John McCrea was born on 10 October 1992 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK. So thats the challenge, I think, of an organization like yours. "It depends on who you're asking I suppose - but for me, yes, it's official: he's queer," McCrea explained. We started in 2004; just some music fans and musicians getting together and saying lets make sure that people are getting out to the polls. We were kind of inspired by a Hunter S. Thompson quote that said If every Deadhead in Florida had voted the world would be a different place. Our basic model is we have volunteers in every major city. In Flanders fields the poppies blow. I never felt so much like I was visiting Ancient Rome during the height of their power. You'll find it in their live performances, defined by a unique brand of audience interaction. John McCrea Education. How do you use the time during the day to incorporate all the things that you are active in and include music? Is the Cake fan base a community? Red Carpet News brings you all the latest Film \u0026 Entertainment News. The popular alt-rock group combines caustic lyrics with pulsing guitar music and is influenced by. But one that affects, like in the case of schools, a bunch of children. MCCREA: I think no matter what happens, we have to keep our eye on the ball for a while. I dont feel that Im ever actually getting that much done. More so, like you said, it's such a tough thing to take on, but it really has a unique style and a unique voice, and it would be really exciting to see what happens next, for sure. PopMatters talked with John McCrea, the main song-writer and creative force behind Cake, discussing self-reliance in the music industry, satirical song-writing, and the "petulant, bulbous . Youve licensed Short Skirt Long Jacket to Apple for an iPod Nano commercial. It will be like that first single of creating a balance between the abyss and hopeful utopia. I have a better studio situation now, so its a lot easier for me to record. As it turns out, everyone is monetizing it. Its a great organization. Its not a gritty sort of subversive thing its actually a sort of coddled pudgy thing. Biography McCrea gave one of his finest performances in Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) and brought an amiable, relaxed charm to his comic roles, especially when directed by Preston Sturges in "Sullivan's Travels" (1941) and "The Palm Beach Story" (1942) and by George Stevens in "The More the Merrier . Oh, that was my favorite thing to do by far. Im not trying to diss anything or any genre. But for some reason people get really angry and call us hippies I guess for bringing up those kinds of issues. Then the next day you show up instead you will be in that tiny tiny shop surrounded by beautiful clothes. This week on The Show On The Road, a rare career-spanning interview with the ever-curious frontman, activist, and rock hitmaker John McCrea, who founded Cake, one of the most beloved and yet misunderstood bands of our time in Sacramento in 1992. In terms of the world we're in, obviously we never mentioned him, but I like to believe that maybe, on some level, if he didn't exist, Artie was on the same sort of spiritual journey. STEREOGUM: What can you tell me about your new song, Sinking Ship? Our first visit there, we didnt know that we had become popular there. Yeah. The way I write, I work on a song, and I dont really force myself to finish it. MCCREA: Yeah, some of them before. Conspiracy theories that the whole thing is rigged - they really run rampant. And I am still waiting -- thank goodness!". I dont listen to a lot of rock, I guess. I'd never been on a movie that big before, and I imagined there'd be a lot of pressure, a lot of time constraints, a lot of frantic energy, but it was one of the happiest jobs I've had, for sure. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. It was odd to pickup the character after a year. The odd thing is, McCrea revealed, he is not a fan of horror. Is that actually your voice that we're hearing doing that? I think for musicians increasingly, it is a matter of getting to spend more hours doing the thing that you want to do which ostensibly is music and fewer hours having to wait tables, drive trucks, and/or whatever else you have to do to pay the rent. Theres also more two-way communication between musicians and listeners. Not really. That is my advice. Now in theaters and streaming on Disney+ with Premier Access, "Cruella" first finds Estella as a young girl who dreams of a career in fashion, but her aspirations are sidelined when she becomes a street orphan. Forming in 1991, the band crafted a sound that fused an array of genres as diverse as rock, folk, and elements of hip-hop and spoken word, with dynamic horn parts. Don't forget to subscribe and thanks for watching Interview with Uncle Billy McCrea, Jasper, Texas, 1940 John A. Lomax: What do you remember about the, when slavery was over? John McCrae as Artie in Disneys live-action CRUELLA. At the age of fourteen, he joined the . In other words, there is a massive transference of value and wealth from people who make things over to people that distribute things over the Internet. It's not how I usually sing, and it was really great to sort of explore a different part of my voice. I mean, Ill tell you - theres crazy stories about the world being connected in ways that are so complex, you know that obviously its implausible. I actually knew most of what you told me, but Im glad that I asked you because I like that Hunter S. Thompson quote. The musical, a sleeper hit at the Sheffield Crucible earlier . Everybody in the supply chain gets paid except for the artist. Father: Not Known Mother: Not Known Marital Status: Single John McCrea Favorites STEREOGUM: Do you have an album release date in mind at the moment? I know high school is hard for people. Its creating incentive to be satisfied by a nuanced victory. What you ??? What items have gotten the most reaction? What a wonderful cast across the board. Does all this inform the creative process? We really feel grateful that there were still enough people who think its not foolish to buy an album and support us. I think he's the bee's knees. We need to fucking wake up and pay attention. We thought we would give it a try. "It's the luckiest gift that . John McCrea: I'm always a fan of the villain, always (laughs). Profession: Actor Known For: Giri/Haji (2019), God's Own Country (2017) and Dracula (2020) Net Worth: USD $1 Million approx Family & Relatives. I was just so lucky to walk into an audition and have the director in the room, and that was it. I just know that this isnt something you always did with the band. One of the freshest faces in the new Cruella de Vil origin story "Cruella" is actor John McCrea, who plays Artie, an independent fashion store owner who helps kick off Estella's (Emma Stone) transformation into the legendary villain fans first met in Disney's "101 Dalmatians" films. I've got to be honest, I was a '90s Disney kid, so for me it was sort of more about "The Lion King" and the like. Back in the very beginning, we played these radio festivals where we were opening and it seems that everybody there was a way bigger deal than we were. And the Republicans are bringing back the Styrofoam cup and dont want recycled stuff. It seems to be taking the audience participation - thats so integral to your live show - and bringing it to the web. To tune out like that - its sort of like the housewife in the 60s on valium or something. Cake's front man Matching search results: Well, here's why they're disaffected. But anyways, so people felt like it was a big betrayal, a lot of people, and that weve somehow changed our ideals. It helped popularize the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance. It doesnt matter what town you live in now. I tend to stay away from the horror genre. Check out our other videos for more exclusive interviews and west end theatre coverage, thanks for watching and dont forget to subscribe. The story is a while ago when I was a struggling musician in Sacramento, California I bought a tree for about seven dollars at a sale a garage sale or something and planted it in the median between my apartment building and the street. McCrae began writing poetry when he was a student at the Guelph Collegiate Institute and also showed an early interest in joining the military. Well known for his smart and often caustically funny lyrics and his trademark half-spoken, half-sung delivery, McCrea and CAKE exploded out of Sacramento, California in 1996 when the single "The Distance" from their second album Fashion Nugget saturated the airwaves. Movies. "It's wonderful to create a role," McCrea shares. Yeah, we noticed at the time concert-goers seemed to be politically inclined, but also somewhat disaffected. That just kicks the wind out of you physically and psychologically. Do Cake fans kind of fit into what youre describing, or do you think its a different sort of community? Its not a clean victory; its a nuanced victory, isnt it? If you cant make money doing something that you like, you might as well do some other job and then keep your music pure. Have you noticed the cost of being in the industry going up or down? I really enjoy opera and I enjoy country western. Yeah, we got a lot of complaints all the time, every day. He was given a life sentences for raping and molesting women, plus 4 more life terms and 50 years for the murder. You know we had never done a big TV ad before in our entire 18, 19 years of being a band. Check us out on www.instagram.com/jamie.musical Interviewing John McCrea (Jamie New) Matt Seaman and Grace Myers from @jamie.musical, the Instagram fan account for the West End musical -. Was that real life? "It was actually my academic teachers that suggested taking up some extracurricular activities," he recalls. Photo by Laurie Sparham. Lomax, John Avery, et al. The first issue features the terrifying tales Take One," by writer/artist Chris Burnham, colorist Adriano Lucas, and letterer Pat Brosseau, and "Shingo," from writers Paul Dini and Stephen Langford, artist John McCrea, colorist Mike Spicer, and Brosseau returning for lettering duties. Copyright 2023 All Access Music Group All rights reserved. He rose to fame after playing a gay man in the Disney Live-Action film "Cruella," which will be released on May 28, 2021. We interview Cruella star John McCrea about what drew him to take a role in the film, working with director Craig Gillespie, and much more. His birthday falls under the Libra zodiac sign. Tracking Down is a Stereogum franchise in which we talk to artists who have been out of the spotlight for a minute. Speaking of talking about something, the conversation of Everybody's Talking About Jamie arose as the film adaptation of the West End musical is coming to Amazon Prime in October. Go to the theatre as often as you can, even if it means doing a front-of-house job - I worked at the Donmar Warehouse. HeadCount: I appreciate you taking the time today. Right? Did he teach you anything about yourself as a performer? I need to think of a tag line, don't I? It just reminds you of how talented she is. Im not disconnected from whats going on. I finish it when I feel like finishing it. At the same time, literally the whole thing could be flushed down the toilet. Would be interested to know. You are played on Rock stations, but your sound does not seem to fall into any one specific genre. It's a pretty boring story, but that's how it went. Yeah, we took a risk on self-releasing our album during a time of precipitous decline in music sales. I'm a bit of a coward. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Find a way to collectively bargain. In some way, I think it is kind of wasteful because I dont think that cultural criteria should be used to judge musical criteria. And then there are people who think we dont go far enough in terms of taking a stance. Today, we interview John McCrea who had the opportunity to try the . Any good actor will tell you that doing the work is a learning experience. If I felt culturally obligated to stay behind a certain boundary or else I would have to wear a different style leather jacket, then I feel that that would be cumbersome, physically. I think theres a sense at least of shared aesthetic. Lovecraft. Its not worth it to do something musically. Thats I guess really why I like that quote. And in this case it really seemed like it didnt. Our culture as a band was very do it yourself - very interactive from the very beginning. And I think it does to a certain degree, Im not sure how much. It is a brilliant script, isn't it? Literally, they dont have food if they stop touring. He casually reveals his track record with his early leading ladies (he got 'em all) before he married his wife of fifty years, the classically beautiful . Skybound's Creepshow takes all the fright from Shudder's hit anthology series and brings it to comic book readers who want to get the Halloween festivities started a little earlier this year. Intent on dismantling the Baroness' empire, Estella embarks down a dark path that leads to her villainous metamorphosis into Cruella de Vil. You have to have a job thatll let you tour all the time. Having to somehow interface with this huge industry was very stressful and sort of unnatural for us. It's going to lead somewhere. John McCrea's 's top tips for aspiring performers 1. And there is something really exciting when a lot of people are all doing something together. A noted pathologist and army physician, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was also a poet; he wrote "In Flanders Fields" one of the most famous poems of the First World War. John A. Lomax: Where that salt come from? One day, Estellas flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute, played by two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson (Howards End, Sense & Sensibility). John McCrae, soldier, physician, poet (born 30 November 1872 in Guelph, ON; died 28 January 1918 in Wimereux, France). I was more of a Hercules, Lion King, sort of nineties era, but I do remember the live-action one and I remember Glenn Close. And it was sort of fun to see how different those characters were, in terms of how she played them. Luca is a beautiful film set on the Italian Riveria, and in this creators interview they discuss bringing it, and the sea monsters, to life. Thats a rather hopeful song with a very unhopeful song on the other side. I think just like anybody else. 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Scarce heard amid the guns below. Was that by happenstance or design? But I do remember Glenn Close in the live-action "101 Dalmatians" and just being absolutely terrified of her. There are Cake fans that threaten us that if we post one more non-music related story on our website or Facebook site they will never buy our music again - they will only steal our music. I think we need to be just straight-out blunt about whats happening. Then three years later, we release another album, play the same festivals, and it would be a totally different group of faces. Uncle Billy McCrea: From the boat goes back to the warehouse. And she is just multitasking away like nobody's business. His mother is a homemaker, while his father is a military commander. Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky. But there is a sense of shared aesthetic, and maybe shared experience, because some people have been to the same concerts and seen some of the same things. It was just that one audition. We'll never know. And I took care of it for a while, but then my life went on, and the band started touring a lot. Well, I'm going to put the word out there that John McCrea wants to work on "The Lost Boys." If you hand over all the decision making to other people, I think it becomes less of a lifes work and more of a 9 to 5 job. All I'd heard was how personable and lovely, down-to-earth and normal she is. There was a certain sort of underlying sort of evil, a menacing sassiness that I felt coming along every time I was around her in the Cruella wig. But its scary for us when people threaten to take away our livelihood not that its enough people to actually close us down. We were able to release Sinking Ship rather quickly in that way. Thats the way I preserve my happiness in writing: by doing it because I want to do it, not because Im trying to finish a job. McCrea isn't the only person involved with Cruella we talked to about the music. Uncle Billy McCrea: Toting salt. I mean, I'll tell you - there's crazy stories about the world being . Right. But it's such a wonderful introduction to him because it sounds sort of funny and sassy, but it really is the way he lives his life. McCrea is excited to see a film based on the stage version that he originated because it will then be viewed by the masses. Cake's front man John McCrea, the voice and face of much of this activity, sat down with HeadCount to discuss how he tries to infuse a sense of populism in his communication with fans, and the various reactions that invokes. You know were not saving the entire world, but maybe like 100,000 kids will be better educated. He has also sung a song in a 'Cruella' movie named 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'. I mean, yeahit is. Uncle Billy McCrea: Yes, sir. . Author: headcount.org Published Date: 08/05/2022 Review: 4.72 (231 vote) Summary: You'll also find it on the Web, where the band constantly engages its fans with advice, links to news stories, and sometimes heated discussion. Your 2011 album, Showroom of Compassion, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. Let The Roundup Begin: The Month In Hardcore, The Number Ones: Mims This Is Why Im Hot, Weve Got A File On You: Marshall Crenshaw, The 10 Best Flaming Lips Songs (That Even Flaming Lips Fans Might Not Know), Cast And Crew Members Describe The Weeknds HBO Show, Watch Weezer And The Detroit Youth Choir Blow Away Simon Cowell On. In a "Cruella" movie, he also sang the song "I Wanna Be Your Dog." He also appeared in the film "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" as Jamie.