| Warren Bruce Cuccurullo | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | double you see/ W. C. Sophia Warren |
| Born | December 8, 1956 in Brooklyn, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock, Electronica, Synth-pop |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1978-present |
| Associated acts | Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Duran Duran, TV Mania |
| Website | www.cuccurullo.tv |
Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956 in Brooklyn) is an American rock and pop guitarist who has worked with Frank Zappa, been a longterm member of Duran Duran, and was a founding member of Missing Persons. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two TV Mania was an electronic band founded in 1995 that consisted of keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, both of Duran Duran Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and self-released films for a few years in the early 2000s. Most recently, he has gained attention for being a 911 Truth activist. The 9/11 Truth Movement is the name adopted by organizations and individuals that question the mainstream account of the September 11 attacks against the United Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change
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Warren Cuccurullo is the son of Jerry and Ellen Cuccurullo, the oldest child of four. His Italian American family has its roots in Nocera Inferiore in Campania, Italy. An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship Nocera Inferiore, formerly Nocera dei Pagani, is a town and comune in Campania, Italy in the Province of Salerno, at the foot of Monte Albino 20 km Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest He grew up in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, and began playing drums and guitar as a young child. Canarsie is a Neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, United States. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. [1] He graduated from Canarsie High School in 1974. He is engaged to Donna Nguyen, a Vietnamese woman living with him in the Los Angeles area. The Vietnamese people (người Việt or vi ''người Kinh'' are an Ethnic group originating from what is now northern Vietnam and southern China. He has one adopted child, Mayko Cuccurullo (born 1983) who lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with his mother, Claudia Bueno (Warren's former long-term girlfriend). Mayko is featured in the Duran Duran video Breath After Breath, filmed in 1994. Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two
In his teen years, Cuccurullo became a devoted fan of Frank Zappa and began travelling to every show within 500 miles of his Brooklyn home. During the mid-1970s, he befriended several members of Zappa's band, including Terry Bozzio and Patrick O'Hearn. Terry John Bozzio ( December 27, 1950) is an American Drummer best known for his work with the late Frank Zappa. Patrick O'Hearn (b September 6, 1954) is a multi-instrumentalist musician composer and recording artist Over the next three years, he appeared with the band on stage at a couple of shows as well as in the 1979 Zappa film Baby Snakes (filmed October, 1977). Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Baby Snakes is a movie from Frank Zappa 's 1977 Halloween concert at New York City 's Palladium Theater backstage antics from the crew and He impressed Frank Zappa by knowing the guitar parts to every Zappa song in the catalog, including the strangest sounds and most bizarre time signatures. [1].
In December of 1978, at the age of 22, Cuccurullo was invited to audition as a guitarist for Zappa's new road band, in which many members were replaced (including Terry and Patrick). Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Several shows on the Spring 1979 "Human Jukebox" European/Asian tour were recorded for Zappa's live albums. After the tour, Warren returned to the studio with Zappa to work on the Joe's Garage albums, for which he provided rhythm guitar and several vocal parts. Joe's Garage Acts I II & III is a 1979 Rock opera by Frank Zappa. Terry Bozzio's wife Dale, also contributed vocal parts to the album. Warren and Dale began writing songs together, and eventually they convinced Terry that the three of them should launch their own band.
Zappa asked Cuccurullo to play on his 1988 tour, but the latter's involvement with Duran Duran had begun by then and so he declined.
In 1980, Cuccurullo and the two Bozzios formed Missing Persons, added Patrick O'Hearn and Chuck Wild, recorded a 4-song EP entitled Missing Persons, toured, promoted the EP, and appeared in the movie Lunch Wagon. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Patrick O'Hearn (b September 6, 1954) is a multi-instrumentalist musician composer and recording artist Lunch Wagon (also known as Lunch Wagon Girls) is a 1981 Sex comedy starring Pamela Jean Bryant, Rosanne Katon Two years of hard work led up to a signing with Capitol Records in 1982, the release of the album Spring Session M, and the subsequent success of Missing Persons on radio and MTV. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as The singles "Mental Hopscotch", "Destination Unknown," "Walking in L. A. ," "Words," and "Windows" all met with success. They appeared at the three-day Southern California concert, the US Festival in May 1983. The US Festivals ( US pronounced like the pronoun not as initials were two early 1980s music and culture festivals sponsored by Steve Wozniak of at the time Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Cuccurullo received accolades as a powerful and innovative guitarist, although playing straightforward pop used only a fraction of his abilities.
In 1984, Cuccurullo invented a new type of guitar he called the "Missing Link", and used it on the experimental album Rhyme and Reason (1984). Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The band followed up with the more conventional Color In Your Life in June 1986, but during the short-lived promotional tour, increasing tensions between then-husband and wife, Terry and Dale Bozzio, led to the end of the tour and the band.
On his own again, Cuccurullo began recording some music in his bedroom that would eventually be released on his solo album Machine Language.
Missing Persons shared their label Capitol Records with British band Duran Duran. Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two As Missing Persons fell apart, Bozzio and O'Hearn were approached by Duran guitarist Andy Taylor in Los Angeles for work on a solo album. Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961 is an English Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter, best known as a member of Duran Duran and Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In this way, Cuccurullo learned that Taylor didn't intend to rejoin Duran in England to work on their next album, even before the rest of Duran Duran knew. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Cuccurullo sent a tape and a request for an audition, but was turned down, with some puzzlement. [2]
As it became clear that neither enticements nor lawsuits would get Taylor back in the studio, Duran Duran did hire Cuccurullo as a session guitarist to complete the album Notorious. He went on to tour with the band, and returned to contribute his increasingly experimental guitar work to the album Big Thing. At the end of the grueling ten-month Big Thing world tour (in June 1989), Cuccurullo was made an official member of the band, and moved to London. Shifting record label politics and the unsuccessful album Liberty almost derailed the band, but after Cuccurullo offered them the use of his home studio ("Privacy") in Battersea, Duran Duran was able to shift to a more comfortable and controlled music-making style. Privacy was the name of the home studio owned by guitarist Warren Cuccurullo. Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is an inner-city district located 2 [2]
Cuccurullo's songwriting, guitar skills and driving personality contributed to the band's return to fame with 1993's Wedding Album. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) He was the primary composer of the hit singles "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone", although the lyrics were written by Simon Le Bon. Simon John Charles Le Bon (born October 27, 1958) is the lead singer and lyricist of the pop/rock band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia He created new arrangements for many of the band's old hits for the acoustic-flavoured tour that followed, as well as arranging full acoustic pieces for the piano and six-piece string section that performed with them on the MTV Unplugged show. MTV Unplugged is a series showcasing popular musical artists playing Acoustic instruments It was produced by Viacom and was directed by Beth [3] After Frank Zappa's untimely death in December of 1993, Cuccurullo performed the instrumental guitar piece "Watermelon in Easter Hay" (from the Joe's Garage album) in his honor at several Duran Duran shows.
Tentative plans for a Missing Persons reunion in 1994 were shelved over remaining tensions between former band members. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
Cuccurullo and Rhodes continued to hold Duran Duran together during the band's lean times in the 1990s. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The covers album Thank You (1995) was an attempt to keep the peace among band members who had increasing trouble writing music together. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Medazzaland (1997) and Pop Trash (2000)—written after the departure of bassist John Taylor and Duran Duran's separation from Capitol Records—featured mostly new Cuccurullo/Rhodes songs and reworked TV Mania material, but failed to dent the charts even though the band sold out multiple nights in most cities on the 2000/2001 tour. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. John Taylor (born Nigel John Taylor on June 20, 1960 in Birmingham, England) is the Bass guitarist and co-founder TV Mania was an electronic band founded in 1995 that consisted of keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, both of Duran Duran
In the spring of 2001, Cuccurullo was asked to leave the band so that the original members of Duran Duran could reunite. At first the split was amicable, hinging on a financial settlement which granted him compensation from the band's forthcoming reunion album (to which he was not expected to contribute). Two years later, relations soured considerably during the reunited band's American tour, and Warren began confirming some of the rumors that had spread about the 2001 split. [2]
Cuccurullo was largely responsible for Duran Duran's change of image. The band had once been regarded solely as a pop band; however, Cuccurullo helped to move them into a more serious image, and helped to create some very powerful alternative rock and synth-pop. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument
During breaks in Duran Duran's schedule, Cuccurullo worked with Tetsuya Komuro, Shankar and Patrick O'Hearn. also known as TK, is a Japanese Keyboardist, Songwriter and music producer born on November 27, 1958 in Fuchu In 1994, the preparations for a solo show near his hometown led to a burst of creativity; he recorded and mixed the Thanks 2 Frank album in less than ten days, with bassists Pino Palladino and Nick Beggs and ex-Zappa drummer Vinnie Colaiuta. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Pino Palladino (born on 17 October 1957 in Cardiff, Wales, UK) is a rock and Rhythm and blues bass Nick Beggs (born Nicholas Beggs 15 December 1961, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England) is a British pop Vincent Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American Drummer based in Los Angeles. The album was finally released on Imago Records in 1996.
Cuccurullo also collaborated with Duran bandmate Nick Rhodes on a large scale vanity project they called TV Mania, an experimental rock opera (not yet released except for a few songs on Warren's website and in the movie Trollywood). Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates in Moseley, West Midlands, England, 8 June 1962 is the keyboardist for Duran Duran TV Mania was an electronic band founded in 1995 that consisted of keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, both of Duran Duran The two of them also wrote and recorded a song called "Tomorrow Never Dies" with vocalist Tessa Niles for the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. Tessa Niles (née Webb is an English musician from Kent, who began her professional singing career as both a lead and a backing vocalist in 1979 James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Tomorrow Never Dies, released in 1997, is the eighteenth Spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan The song wasn't chosen, so Duran Duran re-recorded it for the Pop Trash album with new lyrics under the title "Last Day On Earth". In December 1996, Rhodes and Cuccurullo wrote and produced two songs for a never-completed Blondie project ("Pop Trash Movie" and "Studio 54"); the re-recording of the former gave the Pop Trash album its name.
In 1997 Cuccurullo completed Machine Language, an ambient instrumental guitar album, also released on Imago. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar He followed up with a live album, Roadrage in 1998 (on Bandai Records). Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Blue (recorded with Shankar in 1992) was self-released in 2000. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Another ambient album, Trance Formed, was released on One Way Records in 2003. [4]
Spring Session M, was released on CD in 1995, followed by Rhyme and Reason and Color In Your Life in 2000. Each of the three studio CDs were newly augmented by six rare B-sides or live tracks. Classic Remasters is a compilation of remastered tracks and dance mixes issued by Capitol Records with no band involvement.
Beginning in 1997, Cuccurullo began work on his "Missing Persons Archival Trilogy" project. The first CD to be released was Late Nights Early Days in 1998, a live concert recorded in 1981 with the added 1980 studio track "Action/Reaction. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) " This was followed up by a compilation of modern remixes of classic MP tracks, Missing Persons Remixed Hits (1999) which included the TV Mania remix of "Destination Unknown. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) TV Mania was an electronic band founded in 1995 that consisted of keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, both of Duran Duran " In 2002 Lost Tracks was released, a collection of extremely rare Missing Persons live tracks from five different eras of the band. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Meanwhile, in late 2000, Cuccurullo and Dale Bozzio again began discussing a Missing Persons reunion to feature original members Warren, Dale Bozzio and Terry Bozzio, with new keyboardist Ron Poster (of Dale Bozzio's band) and bassist Wes Wehmiller (formerly in Cuccurullo's solo band and Duran Duran's tour bassist from 1997-2001). Wes Wehmiller ( September 12, 1971 – January 30, 2005) was a bass guitarist who performed with Duran Duran and The short-lived, official reunion consisted of promotional activities and three live performances in July 2001. Late 2002/early 2003 brought us "Missing Persons Featuring Dale Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo. " Filling in were keyboardist Ron Poster, bassist Wes Wehmiller and drummer Joe Travers (formerly in Cuccurullo's solo band and Duran Duran's tour bassist from 1999-2001). Wes Wehmiller ( September 12, 1971 – January 30, 2005) was a bass guitarist who performed with Duran Duran and This version of Missing Persons was featured on Access Hollywood (performing "Words") and did three live performances in February 2003. Access Hollywood is a weekday Television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry Following this, Dale Bozzio returned to touring as "Missing Persons" with hired musicians, and in 2005, Terry Bozzio and Cuccurullo collaborated on an as-yet-unreleased CD titled Playing in Tongues.
Cuccurullo took the plunge into adult print in 2000, appearing in a nude photo spread in Brazilian gay publication, G magazine, in which he appeared with a full erection in many photographs. Nudity is the state of wearing no Clothing. The term' "nudity" can also occasionally be used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. [5]
In July of 2001, he relaunched his fan club website, adding additional members-only sections that included sexually explicit material of himself having sexual relations, music downloads, a chat room, Q&A section, and message board. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Sexually explicit material (video photography creative writing presents sexual content without deliberately obscuring or censoring it Despite his rapidly enlarging fanbase among gay males (and despite persistent rumors and requests), his adult material is all heterosexual in nature. Later that year, he created the "Rock Rod," a self-modeled dildo that sold through the manufacturer's website and in adult stores. A dildo is a Sex toy, often explicitly Phallic in appearance intended for bodily penetration during self-administered Masturbation [6]
In 2004, all adult material was removed from his website. Many clips of his porn work are regularly circulated on the web.
For many years Cuccurullo was a vegan, shunning alcohol, tobacco, drugs, animal products, dairy products and sugar. Cuccurullo was very health-conscious, taking extremely good care of his body, and encouraging others to do so as well. Beginning in 1998, Cuccurullo began eating a low-fat diet that included meat and wine, along with adopting a complicated regimen of bodybuilding, vitamins and supplements.
Warren was raised with a strong Italian-Catholic background and attended a Catholic elementary school in Brooklyn. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. During most of his adult life, he had a strong disdain for religion of any sort but believed in reincarnation. After a life-threatening illness in 2003, he experienced a spiritual epiphany that he wanted to share with his fans as well as the rest of the world. These new views, which include a somewhat Universalist belief in God's existence inside everything and everyone, were not connected with any organized denomination or religion, for which he still retains a strong antipathy. [1]
In the summer of 2002, Warren purchased a Santa Monica, California, Italian restaurant called Via Veneto. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It has become a Los Angeles-area hotspot and a favorite with celebrities. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Around this same time, he became engaged to new girlfriend Donna Nguyen. Soon afterward, he experienced a spiritual epiphany after a life-threatening illness and returned to focusing on music full time. An epiphany is the sudden realization or comprehension of the (larger essence or meaning of something
His recent projects, while still mostly guitar-based, are designed to be a trip through diverse musical styles and his new views on life. Collaborating with a variety of partners, he has three as-yet-unreleased projects: a concept album titled N'Liten Up, Chicanery (with vocalist Neil Carlill), and Playing in Tongues, a musical reunion with ex-Zappa drummer Terry Bozzio. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" Terry John Bozzio ( December 27, 1950) is an American Drummer best known for his work with the late Frank Zappa. Playing in Tongues will include more spiritually driven music (and a previously unrecorded Zappa track).
In September 2007, the Warren Cuccurullo Band took part in a concert event in New York City, supporting the 9/11 Truth group WeAreCHANGE, followed by a Sept. The City of New York The 9/11 Truth Movement is the name adopted by organizations and individuals that question the mainstream account of the September 11 attacks against the United 17 appearance on the Alex Jones talk-radio show. Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11 1974 is an American Paleoconservative radio host and documentary filmmaker He's also opened several new restaurants. Meanwhile, new music is occasionally released on his Myspace page.