User:Discospinster/Jesse Blaze Snider
| Jesse Blaze Snider | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 19, 1982 |
| Nationality | American |
Notable works | Creator of the Dead Romeo graphic novel series, writer of Evil Ernie 2012 reboot |
| Children | 4 |
| http://www.jesseblaze.com | |
Jesse Blaze Snider (born September 19, 1982) is an American comic book writer, voice-over actor, TV and radio host, and rock musician. He is the eldest son of Twisted Sister frontman and vocalist Dee Snider.[1]
Hosting
[edit]Snider has hosted MTV2 Rock, The MTV2 Rock Countdown, as well as shows on Fuse TV and HBO. He was the host of Haunted Live on the Travel Channel until the end of 2018.[2]
He was a radio DJ on 98.5 The Bone as well as on WLIR-FM.
Narration and voice work
[edit]Snider has been the narrator of Food Paradise for the Travel Channel since 2014, and has also done narration for Museum Secrets (Smithsonian Channel).[3]
He was the voice of Pizza Hut, GameStop, and Cheetos for a number of years.[4]
Music
[edit]Snider was the music consultant for Dee Snider's film Strangeland (1998).[5]
In 2008, Snider appeared on the reality television singing competition Rock the Cradle, which featured the offspring of famous singers competing against one another.[6] Snider came in second place, behind winner Crosby Loggins.[1]
Discography
[edit]Snider wrote and performed "G.U.T.", the theme song to his family's reality show Growing Up Twisted (2010). He also wrote "Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Dead", which he performed with his father Dee on the show.[7] The song "Go With Me", written for his eldest daughter's christening, was also featured on the show.[1]
In 2012, he released the single "Twisted" which would eventually appear on the album The Slip: Love Songs from a Serial Killer, produced by Matt Squire and GoodWill & MGI among others.
His single "Crank it Up" was featured in ESPN's coverage of NCAA college football in 2012.[8]
In November 2014, the single "Promised Land" was featured on ESPN's Monday Night Football; it was performed by Snider and co-written with Frederick Scott.[9] The music video was directed by John Herzfeld.[10]
The soundtrack to the film Reach Me (2014) features the song "Alive" that Snider wrote and performed.[11] John Herzfeld, who wrote and directed the film, also directed the music video.
Snider wrote and performed the theme song "Juggernaut" for The Movie Crypt podcast.[12] The song was also used as the international theme song to the related TV series Holliston.[citation needed]
In 2016, Snider won in Novelty/Comedy category of the USA Songwriting Competition with his song "Fight to Death", cowritten with Freddy Scott. The song also won 3rd Overall Grand Prize.[13] Also in 2016, he was named one of Music Connection's Hot 100 Live Unsigned Artists & Bands.[14]
His song "Got Your Number" was featured in ESPN's "First Take" in March 2016.[15]
In 2016 he also released his debut album 16, which included the songs "Crank it Up", "G.U.T.", "Go With Me", and "Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Dead".[10]
His album Come With Me If You Want to Live was released in 2020.
Comic books
[edit]Snider's first professional work in comics was writing a Deadpool short called "Fun With Ninjas" (Marvel Comics Presents, volume 2 #10, August 2008).[16]
In 2009, Snider created the Dead Romeo graphic novel series.[17][18] On December 9, 2009, the first issue of an ongoing Toy Story comic from Boom! Studios written by Snider was released. He also wrote a four-issue prequel to the motion picture Strangeland for Fangoria Graphix called Strangeland: Seven Sins (only the first issue of the series was released before Fangoria went bankrupt).
In 2010 Snider worked with Marvel Comics again, writing the One-Shot "Hulk: Let the Battle Begin".[19]
Snider wrote the reboot issues of the comic series Evil Ernie, drawn by Jason Craig. The first issue was released in October 2012.[20]
On October 12, 2016 Snider released Black Light District: 6 Issues from Image Comics, a combination of comic book and soundtrack.[21][22] It features six mini stories based on the six tracks from his EP album of the same name.
Personal life
[edit]Snider has four children, daughter Logan Lane (b. April 2009) and sons Cassidy West and Grayson Wayne (b. September 2014). Most recently his newest daughter, Parker Pryde, was born on L.A.'s 405 Freeway in the car on the way to hospital.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Olivia Taubner (August 3, 2010). "Growing Up Twisted: Interview with Jesse Blaze Snider". The Aquarian. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ "HAUNTED LIVE Travel Channel host replaced: Meet Jamie Kaler, the new MC". October 5, 2018.
- ^ "Inside the Smithsonian Institute" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Sleaze Roxx: Jesse Blaze Snider Interview". February 28, 2008. Archived from the original on January 10, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
- ^ "Dee Snider Back With Twisted New Film And Tour". MTV News. September 1, 1998.
- ^ Jim Rock (March 10, 2008). "MTV to 'Rock the Cradle' with Sons & Daughters of Music Legends". People. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ "Dee Snider Keeps It Real on 'Growing Up Twisted'". Billboard. August 3, 2010.
- ^ "Music for ESPN's college football coverage". ESPN.com. August 29, 2012.
- ^ ESPN music (29 October 2014). "'Monday Night Football' November music". espn.go.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Dee Snider's son Jesse Snider releases debut album and new video for "Promised Land"". Sleazeroxx. September 16, 2016.
- ^ "Reach Me (2014) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Yorkies Never Say Die: Recapping The Movie Crypt 48 Hour Marathon". August 9, 2016.
- ^ "2016 results". USA Songwriting Competition. 2017. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017.
- ^ "2016's Hot 100 Live Unsigned Artists & Bands - Music Connection". Music Connection Magazine. December 5, 2016.
- ^ "First Take Music in March". ESPN.com. March 8, 2016.
- ^ "Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #10 | Comic Issues | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment.
- ^ Jesse Blaze Snider on DC's "Dead Romeo", Comic Book Resources, April 1, 2009
- ^ Vampires Don't Sparkle: Jesse Blaze Snider on Dead Romeo, Comic Book Resources, April 3, 2009
- ^ "Hulk: Let the Battle Begin (2010) #1 | Comic Issues | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment.
- ^ "Could It Be? Dynamite To Resurrect Evil Ernie With Jesse Blaze Snider And Jason Craig". Bloody Disgusting. March 22, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ "Comics Review: "Black Light District" by Jesse Blaze Snider". October 1, 2016.
- ^ Nadia Alamah (October 20, 2016). "Black Light District Review: A World of Story and Sound". Comicsverse.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Discospinster/Jesse Blaze Snider at IMDb
- Jesse Blaze Snider at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)