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Ted Bowne is a musician best known as the singer and guitar player for the reggae rock band, Passafire. Passafire has had multiple albums reach #1 on Billboard’s Top Reggae Albums Chart. Passafire has toured with bands such as Pepper, 311, Rebelution, Matisyahu, The Wailers, and Slightly Stoopid.
Lew Temple is an actor who has appeared in many movies and TV shows. Notably, he appeared as the character Axel in season 3 of The Walking Dead. On the big screen he’s been seen in The Lone Ranger, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Unstoppable, Déjà Vu, Domino, Halloween, The Devils Rejects, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Waitress, and many more.
Chris Carter is a TV writer, producer, and director best known for creating The X-Files. Chris also created the shows Millennium, The Lone Gunmen, Harsh Realm, and The After. The X-Files earned 2 Primetime Emmys out of 16 nominations, and 5 Golden Globes out of 12 nominations. In addition to creating the show, Chris wrote and/or directed many episodes throughout the show’s run.
Richard Fancy is an actor best known for his long recurring role as Mr. Lippman, Elaine Benes’ boss on Seinfeld. Along his extensive career, Richard has been seen in films such as Being John Malkovich, The Girl Next Door, Hollywoodland, and Tango and Cash. On TV, in addition to Seinfeld, he’s been in The District, Ray Donavan, The Closer, The West Wing, Friends, The Wonder Years, and many more.
Kristopher Turner is an actor best known for his roles on the medical drama series Saving Hope and the teen drama Instant Star. Other film and TV credits include The LA Complex, Without a Paddle: Nature Calls, and A Little Bit Zombie.
Lee Eelus is a UK based artist. In London in the early 2000s Lee discovered the world of street art. He started experimenting with stencil-based works and went by the name Eelus. Banksy saw Lees work around the East End before inviting him to release his first screenprint edition through the renowned print studio Pictures on Walls. The picture of a young girl walking a Star Wars At-At sold out quickly, establishing Eelus as a favorite amongst collectors. The image has since become iconic and is considered a defining piece of the emerging art movement.
Stevie Williams is the singer for Australian punk band, Clowns. Clowns was nominated for the 2019 ARIA Award for best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal album. They’ve toured extensively and will be supporting NOFX on their final Australian shows. Clowns has a new record out on Fat Wreck Chords called Endless.
Frank Iero plays guitar in both My Chemical Romance and LS Dunes. My Chemical Romance has a couple platinum records and has toured the world extensively. LS Dunes features Frank playing alongside members of Thursday, Circa Survive and Coheed & Cambria.
Tom May plays guitar and is one of the two vocalists in The Menzingers. The Menzingers have toured the world with bands such as Taking Back Sunday, Tigers Jaw, and Off With Their Heads. They’ve put out 7 studio albums, the most recent being Some Of It Was True, which was just released on Epitaph Records.
Padraig Reynolds has written and directed four feature horror films. His films RITES OF SPRING, WORRY DOLLS, OPEN 24 HOURS, and DARK LIGHT have been seen on Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, Tubi and Amazon. Padraig has also directed five music videos for Sumerian Records. His award-winning short film The Election, featured well known character actors Lin Shaye and Ray Wise. He wrote the Sony Television mini series Buried Alive and has written and has developed a script for Sean Cunningham (producer of Friday the 13th and Last House on the Left).
Sam Farrar is a musician who plays bass in the bands Maroon 5 and Phantom Planet. In addition to playing those bands, Sam also writes and produces music when he’s not on tour, working with artists such as Sara Bareilles, Band of Horses, and Mandy Moore.
Duppy Demetrius is a screenwriter and producer who has worked extensively in TV. He wrote for the hit show 24 for several seasons, then wrote on The Closer for five seasons, and Major Crimes for six seasons, rising to the level of executive producer. He also spent time on Hawaii Five-O, Seal Team, and Kidnapped.
Glen Morgan is a screenwriter, director and producer with many TV credits. Among them, Glen has co-written a ton of episodes of The X-Files, and was also an executive producer on the show’s 11th season. Glen was one of the writers of the first Final Destination movie, and also wrote and directed the 2006 remake of Black Christmas. He recently executive produced the Twilight Zone reboot with Jordan Peele.
Adrienne Acevedo Lovette is an award-winning director, actor, writer, and producer. Adrienne produced and assistant directed a coming-of-age drama called BROWNSVILLE BRED, which premiered at SXSW and won the "AUDIENCE AWARD" for best episodic pilot. She currently has a feature film called I’M OKAY, WE’RE OKAY that she wrote, directed, and stars in, and is currently on the festival circuit. As an actor, some of Adrienne’s TV credits include BETTER CALL SAUL, RAY DONOVAN, MASTER OF NONE, MR. ROBOT, and GOTHAM. She is also known for her role in the film SUNLIGHT JR playing opposite Naomi Watts. Make sure you check out Mentors on the Mic podcast, hosted by Michelle Simone Miller, and follow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/mentorsonthemic/
Cleon Peterson is an LA based artist whose chaotic and violent paintings show clashing figures in a struggle between power and submission in the fluctuating architecture of contemporary society. He started as a graphic designer, before working as an assistant to Shepard Fairey. Since breaking out on his own, his work has been exhibited around the world.
Michael McGlone is an actor, writer, and musician. As an actor, Michael’s breakout role was in the Edward Burns film, The Brothers McMullen, as Patrick McMullen. He went on to work with Burns several more times, notably starring in She’s The One. On the big screen he’s also been seen in films such as The Bone Collector, One Tough Cop and Hardball. On TV, he recurred on Person of Interest, and recently guest starred on NCIS: Hawaii, The Rookie: Feds, SWAT, and was also in a series of "rhetorical question" Geico commercials.
Tucker Rule is the drummer for the bands Thursday and LS Dunes. In the past he has also spent time drumming for Yellowcard, Murphy’s Law, My Chemical Romance and The Wanted.
Terry Serpico is an actor who is currently recurring on Law & Order: SVU as Chief of Detectives, Tommy McGrath. He’s been working professionally for a long time, with his first major role in Donnie Brasco alongside Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. He’s also been seen in films such as Hannibal, Michael Clayton, The Interpreter and The Purge: Election Year; as well as TV shows such as Yellowstone, Army Wives, Cobra Kai, and Designated Survivor.
Mike Watt is a legendary bassist, who in addition to his solo work, has played bass in The Minutemen, Firehose, and The Stooges. He’s collaborated with a who’s who of the rock world, including Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder, Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Mike D and so many more.
Kadia Saraf is an actor and screenwriter who has been recurring on Law and Order: SVU, and has also been seen in Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, FBI: International and a number of others. Kadia also recently received a “story by” writing credit on an episode of Law and Order: SVU.
Chris Cresswell is a musician known for being the guitarist and singer of the band The Flatliners, as well as guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Hot Water Music, who he’s been playing with since 2017. In addition to those two bands, he releases solo music, and co-owns a merch company called Cut Loose Merch.
Casey Cavaliere is guitarist and a founding member of The Wonder Years. The Wonder Years have released six full length albums, and toured the world extensively. In addition to The Wonder Years, Casey is a music producer, podcast host, and artist coach.
James Bowman is a musician, best known for being the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the punk band Against Me!. He also runs Bowman Audio Endeavors where he hand builds guitar pedals which you can check out at bowmanaudioendeavors.com.
Susan Merson is an actor, writer, and teacher. Susan has appeared in TV shows and films such as Terminator 3, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, most recently Netflix’s The Watcher, and a ton more. She’s taught at NYU and Cal State Fullerton. Susan has written and produced a number of plays in both NY and LA. As an author she’s written several books, including her most recent novel, How We Saw The Moon.
Mark Pellington is a director and producer who has worked in features, TV, and music videos. Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies, and Going All The Way are a few of the films he’s directed. In TV, he’s directed episodes of Blindspot, Cold Case and many others. He’s also been prolific in music videos, directing videos by Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, The Foo Fighters, Demi Lovato, Michael Jackson, Jon Bon Jovi, Nine Inch Nails, Alice in Chains, Public Enemy, U2, REM and many more.
Steve Evetts is a legendary record producer, engineer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist. Having been a prominent producer for 30 years, he has worked with many artists such as The Cure, The Wonder Years, New Found Glory, Snapcase, Glassjaw, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Misfits, Saves The Day, Senses Fail, Every Time I Die, The Used and countless others. His body of work is contains so many records that have been highly influential to me personally.
Jack Irons is the founding drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and is a former member of Pearl Jam, The Wallflowers, and Eleven. In addition, he has spent time drumming for Neil Young, Joe Strummer, and Mark Lanegan. In 2012 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He recently released a solo EP called Dreamer’s Ball.
Shawn Stern is the singer and guitar player for the influential punk band Youth Brigade, which he formed in Los Angeles in 1980 alongside his brothers, Mark and Adam. Shawn then co-founded BYO Records, which put out releases by The Bouncing Souls, 7 Seconds, among many others. These days Shawn runs the annual Punk Rock Bowling music festival in Las Vegas, NV, and still takes the stage with Youth Brigade.
Tim Barry is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the lead singer of the Richmond, Virginia-based punk rock band Avail. In addition to Avail, Tim has been performing solo music on his own since 2004.
Frank Turner is an English punk and folk singer-songwriter. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the bands split in 2005. To date, Turner has released nine solo albums, one split album and five EPs. His ninth and most recent studio album, FTHC reached number 1 in the UK albums chart in the week following its release.
