'What's Wrong With Angry?' is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys. The play was the basis for the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film ''Get Real''.

History

''What's Wrong With Angry?'' was Wilde's first play. It was written in an era of British history when the Age of Consent for homosexuals was 5 years older than heterosexuals, and legislation called Section 28 prohibited schools and local authorities from depicting homosexual relationships as an acceptable view of family life. The central characters - Steven Carter and John Westhead - were both still at school, and Wilde has pointed out that it is "quite crucial" that Carter is 16, as he wanted to draw attention to the fact Carter was breaking the law, whereas his heterosexual peers at school were not.

Productions

''What's Wrong With Angry?'' first opened at the LOST Theatre in 1993 in Fulham, London, with an unpaid cast and crew of nearly 20, and an audience of only six. It wasn't until the gay press gave the show favourable reviews that audiences came in numbers, and the show sold out in the final week.

The show was then staged the following year at the Oval House in London, where it sold out and was extended for an extra week at the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) Studio. After the final performance, film director Simon Shore and producer Steven Taylor approached Wilde about a film version, which Wilde went on to write the screenplay for.

250px|thumb|''What's Wrong With Angry?'' Poster for the 2001 Celebration Theatre production in Los AngelesIn 1994 the show had another run at the BAC, this time in the main house. The following year it transferred to the West End, where it played at the Arts Theatre for eight weeks. ''What's Wrong With Angry?'' has played professionally in Copenhagen, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago.

A new production, directed by Patrick Wilde himself, opened at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on July 30, 2008 until 25 August. This was the first UK production of the play in 13 years, and was produced by Taggart creator, Glenn Chandler. The production then moved down to London, and was performed at The King's Head Theatre from the 8th July - 16th August 2009.

Sequel

In 2002 Wilde wrote a follow up stage play, ''You Couldn't Make It Up''. While strictly not a sequel to the original, ''You Couldn't Make It Up'' included two characters from ''What's Wrong With Angry?'', John and Kevin, plus a small cameo appearance from Steven Carter. ''You Couldn't Make It Up'' premiered at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Fringe 2002, and transferred to the New End Theatre, Hampstead in 2003. Both productions were produced by Pete Shaw.

References

Category:1993 plays

name	Good Old War
background	group_or_band
origin	Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States
genre	Indie folk
years active	2008-Present
label	Sargent House
website	www.myspace.com/goodoldwar
current members	Tim ArnoldKeith GoodwinDan Schwartz
notable instruments	}}

Good Old War is an indie band from Philadelphia, PA featuring former members of Days Away.

Biography

Good Old War is made up of Keith Goodwin, Daniel Schwartz, and Tim Arnold. The band's name comes from the last names of the three members; Goodwin for Good, Arnold for Old, and Schwartz for War. The band was started after Days Away (former band of Keith and Tim) went on hiatus; Schwartz previously played in Unlikely Cowboy. They recorded some demos for free in a late night session at a recording studio. They have played with Anthony Green on a short stint of dates along the east coast and also at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Texas, as Anthony’s backing band. They are currently on Sargent House, a label which also serves as a management company whose roster includes: RX Bandits, Omar Rodríguez-López, These Arms Are Snakes, Maps & Atlases, Daughters, Love You Moon, Red Sparowes, Tera Melos and Russian Circles. The band recorded their debut album in May 2008 in Los Angeles, with producer Rick Parker who also produced the final EP from Days Away entitled Ear Candy for the Headphone Trippers. Good Old War recorded Anthony Green's album ''Avalon'' with him as his band, and will be performing as his band in addition to playing direct support as Good Old War, with Person L (a project featuring Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line) for a nationwide headlining tour that begins August 6 through September 14, 2008. Anthony Green makes a guest vocal appearance on the track "Weak Man", along with Dave Davison from the band Maps & Atlases who plays a guest guitar solo, also on "Weak Man". They released their self-titled second album on June 1, 2010, which peaked at #150 on the Billboard 200. On April 22 they released "My Own Sinking Ship", the first single off of their new album made available for free download.

Good Old War is working on a new album, possibly for release as early as October 2011.

Line-up

Members

Keith Goodwin - Vocals, Guitar, Keys

Dan Schwartz - Guitar, Vocals

Tim Arnold - Drums, Keys, Accordion, Vocals

Discography

;Albums ''Only Way To Be Alone'' (Sargent House, November 4, 2008)

Track listing # "Coney Island" # "Just Another Day" # "Looking For Shelter" # "Weak Man" (feat. Anthony Green & Dave Davison) # "I'm Not For You" # "We've Come a Long Way" # "No Time" # "That's What's Wrong" # "Maybe Mine" # "Tell Me" # "Window" # "Stay by my Side" (feat. Ali Wadsworth of Unlikely Cowboy and Claire Wadsworth)

''Good Old War'' (Sargent House, June 1, 2010)

Track listing # "GOOD" # "Here Are The Problems" # "My Own Sinking Ship" # "Making My Life" # "OLD" # "That's Some Dream" # "Sneaky Louise" # "Get Some" # "While I'm Away" # "Woody's Hood Boogie Woogie" # "My Name's Sorrow" # "World Watching" # "I Should Go" # "Thinking Of You" # "WAR"

;EPs ''Good Old War / Cast Spells Split EP'' (Sargent House, 2009)

Track listing # "Good Old War - Breaking Down " # "Good Old War - Texas Blues" # "Cast Spells - All Brass" # "Cast Spells - Letters"

''The Purevolume.com Sessions'' (2009)

Track listing # "Coney Island (Acoustic) " # "I'm Not For You (Acoustic)" # "Tell Me (Acoustic)" # "We've Come A Long Way (Acoustic)" # "Window (Acoustic)"

Trivia

Tim Arnold and Keith Goodwin were in Days Away.

Singer Keith Goodwin also appears on the song 'Left Coast Envy' by The Starting Line.

Goodwin also appears on ''Lover, the Lord Has Left Us...'', the second album by The Sound of Animals Fighting.

The track "Window" appeared in the ninth episode of the lone season of the ABC show, The Unusuals, entitled "The Apology Line."

The story behind how band got the name Good Old War was detailed in a Myspace blog post.

-So we started out just calling this project Keith Dan & Tim - KDT for short. Then we picked the name Castles - but a bunch of other bands are called Castles and when we asked people what names they liked a lot of people just said KDT representing our three first names. Well we took our three last names but figured if we called it Goodwin, Arnold & Schwartz we sound like a law firm - so we took pieces of each and hence our new name is born: GOOD OLD WAR. which pretty much also represents our feeling about the struggle in making music so we are throwing our hats into the GOOD OLD WAR again and can only hope people will enjoy the music we make. much love keith (good)win tim arn(old) dan sch(war)tz

References

External links

Good Old War Official Webpage

Good Old War on Myspace

Good Old War on Purevolume

Official Blog

Good Old War on Last.FM

Good Old War's Sargent House Page

Category:Musical groups from Pennsylvania

name	Mighty Diamonds
background	group_or_band
origin	Jamaica
genre	Roots reggae
years active	1969–present
website	www.themightydiamonds.net
current members	Donald "Tabby" ShawFitzroy "Bunny" SimpsonLloyd "Judge" Ferguson
notable instruments	}}

Mighty Diamonds are a Jamaican harmony trio, recording roots reggae with a strong Rastafarian influence. The group, which comprised Donald "Tabby" Shaw, Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson, and Lloyd "Judge" Ferguson, was formed in 1969, and remains together as of 2010. They are best-known for their 1976 debut album ''Right Time'' produced by Joseph Hoo Kim, and the 1979 release ''Deeper Roots''.

Their first hit singles "Country Living" and "Hey Girl" were recorded and released by the Channel One label. Two of their greatest songs are "Go Seek Your Rights" and "I Need A Roof" both from the mid 1970s. The latter was remixed in a techno style in the mid 1990s.

"Pass the Koutchie", written by Leroy Sibbles and Jackie Mittoo, became an international hit twice, when first released (on their 1981 album ''Changes''), and again when it was covered by Musical Youth and released as "Pass the Dutchie".

Shaw, Ferguson and Simpson have produced over forty albums in their long career.

Discography

1976 - ''Right Time'' (also issued under a different title ''When The Right Time Come (I Need A Roof)'')

1977 - ''Ice On Fire''

1978 - ''Stand Up To Your Judgment''

1978 - ''Planet Earth''

1978 - ''Planet Mars Dub''

1979 - ''Deeper Roots''

1979 - ''Deeper Roots Dub''

1979 - ''Tell Me What's Wrong''

1981 - ''Changes'' (also released under the title of ''Indestructible'', with two different songs, in 1981)

1981 - ''Dubwise'' (six dub versions from ''Changes'' and four other dubs)

1981 - ''Reggae Street''

1982 - ''The Roots Is There''

1983 - ''Leaders Of Black Countrys (Showcase Album)''

1985 - ''Struggling''

1986 - ''If You Looking For Trouble''

1987 - ''The Real Enemy''

1988 - ''Never Get Weary''

1988 - ''Get Ready''

1990 - ''Jam Session''

1991 - ''Tour The World'' (contains five new songs and five old songs)

1991 - ''Patience''

1992 - ''The Moment Of Truth''

1993 - ''Bust Out''

1993 - ''Paint It Red''

1994 - ''Speak The Truth''

1996 - ''Heads Of Government'' (re-issue of the 1983 mini-album, plus compilation of singles produced by Donovan Germain in the 80's)

2001 - ''Rise Up''

2006 - ''Thugs In The Streets''

2008 - ''Inna De Yard'' (classic songs performed acoustic with nyabinghi drums)

MINI-ALBUMS and REMIX ALBUMS

1983 - ''Backstage'' (six extended mixes of that area)

1983 - ''Heads Of Government'' (mini-album) (two new tracks and four old) (re-issued in 1996 with bonus tracks)

1984 - ''Kouchie Vibes'' (seven extended mixes of that area)

1986 - ''Pass The Kouchie'' (ten remixes of that area)

COLLABORATIONS AND MORE

1976 - ''Vital Dub Strictly Rockers'' (aka: ''Vital Dub – Well Charged'') (included five dub versions from the ''Right Time'' album

1979 - ''Disco Showcase'' (Leroy Smart feat. The Mighty Diamonds)

1979 - ''Trinity Meet The Mighty Diamonds''

1998 - ''Right Time Rockers (The Lost Album)'' (recorded in 1976) (U-Roy deejaying on the riddims from the ''Right Time'' album)

COMPILATIONS

1981 - ''Vital Selection'' (1976–1979)

1990 - ''Go Seek Your Rights'' (1976–1979)

1994 - ''Works''

19XX - ''From The Foundation'' (The Mighty Diamonds & The Tamlins) (nine songs from The Mighty Diamonds) (possible release date: 1996)

1996 - ''Maximum Replay''

1997 - ''The Best Of The Mighty Diamonds: 20 Hits'' (1978–1979) (contains two full studio albums: Stand Up To Your Judgement and Tell Me What's Wrong)

1997 - ''RAS Portrait'' (1993–1994)

1997 - ''Mighty Diamonds And Don Carlos & Gold – Meet At Channel One'' (1976) (includes the complete album''Right Time'')

1998 - ''Right Time Come'' (1976 + 1978) (includes the complete album''Right Time'' and nine songs from 1978)

2000 - ''The Classics Recordings Of Jamaica's Finest Vocal Trio''

2001 - ''Everlasting: 30th Anniversary''

2001 - ''Kings Of Reggae'' (1993–1994)

2001 - ''Unconquerable''

2003 - ''Revolution''

2004 - ''Best Of The Mighty Diamonds'' (1986 + 1991) (features two albums: Pass The Kouchie and Tour The World)

2009 - ''Reggae Legend'' (1987–1993) (4-CD boxset that contains the four albums issued on Greensleeves: The Real Enemy, Get Ready, Live In Europe and Bust Out)

LIVE

1985 - ''Live In Tokyo''

1989 - ''Live In Europe''

1994 - ''Live At Reggae Sunsplash'' (recorded in August 1982) (eight songs from Mighty Diamonds and seven songs from Mutabaruka)

2001 - ''The Best Of Reggae Live'' (Frankie Paul & Mighty Diamonds)

2002 - ''Live In Europe: Nice, France'' (recorded in 1997)

References

External links

The Mighty Diamonds website - plays a sample of "Right Time"

Detailed discography on NiceUp.com

Detailed discography on ReggaeDiscography.blogspot.com

Birmingham">Photographs of Mighty Diamonds in Birmingham

Category:Jamaican reggae musical groups

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name	Lost Boyz
background	group_or_band
origin	South Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States
genre	Hip hop
years active	1994–19992010-Present
label	Uptown, Universal, Contango
website	http://lostboyzmusic.com/
current members	Mr. CheeksDJ Spigg NiceLevert Anthony
past members	Freaky Tah ''(deceased)''
notable instruments	}}

The Lost Boyz is a hip hop group from South Jamaica, Queens, New York. The original group members were lead MC Mr. Cheeks, backup MC and promoter Freaky Tah (1971–1999), DJ Spigg Nice, and Levert Anthony.

Recording career

In 1995, the group released their debut single ''"Lifestyles Of The Rich & Shameless"'', charting on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The release landed them a record deal with Uptown Records. The group contributed a single to the ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' soundtrack, titled "Renee". The song became a major hit, breaking into the Top 40 on the Hot 100 chart. The single also reached Gold status in 1996. On June 4, 1996, they released their debut album ''Legal Drug Money''. The work was highly acclaimed, and the album featured five Hot 100 hits, including their past singles "Lifestyles of the Rich & Shameless", "Renee", as well as "Music Makes Me High", "Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz" and "Get Up". The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in late 1996. Their second album, ''Love, Peace & Nappiness'', was released on June 17, 1997 on Uptown/Universal Records. It featured another Hot 100 hit single, "Me & My Crazy World". One of the most famous songs on the album was the posse-cut "Beasts From The East", featuring A+, Redman and Canibus. The album wasn't as acclaimed as their debut, but fared well commercially, reaching Gold status in late 1997.

In 1996, the group appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Wu-Tang Clan, Coolio, and Fat Joe, among others. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine.

On the night of March 28, 1999, at a birthday party for Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Tah was shot in the head while exiting the Sheraton Hotel in Queens. Tah was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:20 am, at the age of 27. The getaway driver, Raheem Fletcher, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for Manslaughter. In 2001, Kelvin Jones pleaded guilty to the murder. The three remaining group members finished their third album ''LB IV Life'', released in September 1999. The effort fell short critically and commercially, failing to provide any Hot 100 hits, and failing to reach Gold status. The three split-up after the release, and lead MC Mr. Cheeks began a solo career. He released his first solo effort ''John P. Kelly'' in 2001, which featured the smash hit "Lights, Camera, Action!". The album also featured a heartfelt tribute song to Freaky Tah, which titled "Till We Meet Again", featuring Bob Marley's son Stephen. Cheeks released another album in 2003, titled ''Back Again!'', then followed in 2004 with ''Ladies & Ghettomen''. On January 16, 2004, DJ Spigg Nice was tried and convicted of multiple bank robberies in New Jersey and was sentenced to 37 years in prison. The group released a compilation album ''Lost Boyz Forever'' in 2005, featuring past hits and previously unreleased material. Lost Boyz reunited in 2010. A new single was released on their website. It's called "Haaay".

Discography

''Legal Drug Money'' (1996)

''Love, Peace & Nappiness'' (1997)

''LB IV Life'' (1999)

References

External links

LB Fam Online

[ Allmusic page]

"Lifestyles Of The Rich & Shameless" music video

Category:American hip hop groups Category:Musical groups from New York Category:People from New York City Category:People from Queens Category:Members of the Nation of Gods and Earths Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1999

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