Rudolph Grey
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Rudolph Grey is a musician and the biographer of filmmaker Ed Wood.<ref>Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr., 1992, Feral House, Template:ISBN; reprinted 1994, Template:ISBN</ref>
As an electric guitarist, Grey has recorded and performed with Mars,<ref>Marc Masters, (2007) No Wave London, Black Dog Publishing, pp. 42-46</ref> with John Giorno in the opera Agamemon (1993), and under his own name. Grey has also as led and recorded with various ad hoc ensembles called The Blue Humans.<ref>[[[:Template:AllMusic]] The Blue Humans bio in Allmusic.com]</ref> His music draws on no wave and free jazz.
Grey is also a motion picture historian and has written Nightmare of Ecstasy (1992), a biography of Ed Wood, the director of notoriously awful cult films. Tim Burton's film Ed Wood was based on Grey's book.
In 2001, Grey rediscovered a copy of Ed Wood's final feature-length film, Necromania, which had been presumed to be lost, in a Los Angeles warehouse.<ref>New Yorker: Weird Love</ref>
In 2011, Grey produced a one-hour documentary called Dad Made Dirty Movies, about the life and career of 1960s porn film producer Stephen Apostolof, detailing his co-productions with filmmaker Ed Wood.<ref name="The Age">[1], Elliott, Tim (2011-09-09). "Review: Dad Made Dirty Movies. smh.com.au.</ref>
Discography
Mars
| Date | Album | Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 (Recorded 1978) | Live at Irving Plaza | Featured musician on the track "Nn End"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Feeding Tube/Negative Glam |
Rudolph Grey
| Date | Album | Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Mask of Light | - | New Alliance |
| 1994 | Transfixed | - | New Alliance |
Blue Humans
| Date | Album | Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Clear to Higher Time | Studio recording 1991, produced by Thurston Moore | New Alliance |
| 1993 | To Higher Time | Live CBGB's 1990 | New Alliance |
| 1995 | Incandescence | CBGB's opening for Sonic Youth | Shock |
| 1995 | Live NY 1980 | With Beaver Harris and Arthur Doyle | Audible Hiss |
| 1996 | Live in London 1994 | With Charles Gayle and Tom Surgal | Blast First |
Red Transistor
| Date | Album | Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Not Bite/We're Not Crazy | 7" single recorded 1977, Red Star Records | Ecstatic Peace! |
Recordings of sessions led by others
| Date | Artists | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Arthur Doyle | Live at the Cooler | The Lotus Sound |
Bibliography
Published works include:
- 1992: Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr., Feral House, Template:ISBN; reprinted 1994, Template:ISBN – Biography of Ed Wood