Jesse Hartman is a musician, filmmaker and actor, living in New York's East Village.
As a teenager, Hartman played guitar/keyboards on a punk-rock-Spinal-Tap-style comeback tour of Japan with the notorious Richard Hell & the Voidoids. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Voidoids, also known as Richard Hell and The Voidoids, were a New York City Punk rock band of the late 1970s and early He then went on to form Sammy with Luke Wood (Hartman co-wrote, sang, played guitar/keyboards), releasing "Debut Album" (1994), "Kings of the Inland Empire" (1995) and "Tales of Great Neck Glory" (1996).
He then went on to form rock/electro group Laptop in 1997, releasing an E. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. P. (End Credits) in 1997 followed by the single Gimme The Nite in 1998. End Credits was well received by the British underground music press (notably NME magazine), and garnered airtime on BBC Radio 1's Evening Session. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been The song was rendered infamous by the fact that it used samples of Hartman's ex-girlfriend's answering machine. An answering machine, also known as an answerphone, ansaphone or ansafone (especially in UK and British commonwealth countries or telephone answering
Hartman was then picked up by major label Island Records and released 2 singles (Nothing to Declare and I'm So Happy You Failed, both in 1999), before leaving the label due to mounting pressures for him to release his album. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. He eventually joined Trust Me Records to release the full-length "Opening Credits" in 2000, "The Old Me vs. The New You" in 2001, and "Don't Try This At Home" in 2003. He is currently working on his fourth album "Positive".
As a filmmaker, Hartman has written and directed Happy Hour (1993, Best Short Film Award Berlin Intl. Film Festival), made documentaries for MSNBC's Edgewise (1997, opening night selection of Rotterdam Intl. Film Festival), co-produced Kelly Reichardt's indie hit feature River Of Grass, and has co-directed music videos for Helmet, Christmas, and his own bands. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. The International Film Festival Rotterdam ( IFFR) is an annual Film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands at the As an actor, Hartman has been in Larry Fessenden's vampire movie Habit, his brother Phil Hartman's Eerie and No Picnic and as the protagonist Severin in Joel Schlemowitz's Venus In Furs. He is now also a consultant and filmmaker for the musician's resource, Musician. com. Hartman's first feature film "Camp" is, as yet, awaiting release. There was also rumoured to be a film adaptation of the album Don't Try This At Home (as mentioned on the film's web site).
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