Voltaire-vocals/guitar
Gregor Kitzis-violin
Matthew Goeke-cello
Kiku Collins-Trumpet, Clarinet
George Grant-bass
Glenn Sorino- drums
Stephen Moses- drums
Grisha Alexiev- drums
Influences
Rasputina, Morrissey, Tom Waits, Cab Callaway, Danny Elfman
Sounds Like
SORRY: I've had to take down the clips of my songs "Brains" and "Land of the Dead" featured on The Cartoon Network show The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy because YouTube keeps deleting them (on account of it being against their rules to post video that you do not own the rights to.)
X-Mess Detritus: My creepy Christmas movie with Gerard Way narrating:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (My Olde Friend) MUSIC VIDEO!
Happy Birthday (My Olde Friend) Sneek Peek! Behind the scenes!
Viva Calaca: An animated video for Day Of the Dead!
VOLTAIRE ON FOX NEWS-2006
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Rocking audiences across the land on the Maiden Voyage tour! Compliments of Draikette!
NEW CD! "TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" now on CD BABY .com!
Also available as DIGITAL DOWNLOADS!!!
Voltaire is often described as a modern day renaissance man. He is a singer/
performer, creator of comic books, animation and toys.
As a musician, he is a songwriter whose music can best be described as a
collection of murder ballads, tongue-in-cheek exercises in the macabre,
with just enough bawdy songs about Star Trek and Star Wars to keep a Con
audience rolling in the aisles. Many know him for his song "Brains!" from the Cartoon Network show "The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy".
Voltaire's live shows, whether solo or with his skeletal orchestra, are highly
theatrical -full of stories and games. The theatrical quality of his
performances is not surprising; Voltaire has been directing commercials and
animating short films for the last twenty years.
Inspired by the films of Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, The 7th
Voyage of Sinbad), Voltaire began animating at the age of ten on a super8
camera. At that time, he says, "no three dimensional object was safe. My
brother's action figures, my sister's dolls, silverware, etc . . . If it was missing,
chances were that it was in the basement in front of my camera."
Voltaire has created dozens of animated spots for MTV, The Sci-Fi Channel,
and many more (including most recently Fangoria TV).
Eventually commercials proved to be too short for his storytelling desires and
so Voltaire embarked on a new career as a comic book creator. His first comic
book series, "Chi-Chian" (a dark Cinderella story for the 31st century) was
picked up as an animated web series by the Sci Fi Channel's website (www.
scificom/chichian). It won The Flash Forward's People's Choice Award and
greatly widened Voltaire's audience.
Other notable comics and books by Voltaire include "Oh My Goth", "What is
Goth?" "Paint it Black-a guide to Gothic homemaking" and most recently, "DEADY". The latter includes collaborations with
Clive Barker, James O'Barr, Neil Gaiman, Billy Tucci, David Mack and many
other luminaries of the spooky comics realm.
In 2004 Hong Kong's Toy2R introduced Voltaire to the world of urban vinyl by
making a toy of his comic book character, DEADY. It was an instant hit and
lead to a string of other Voltaire toys including a line of "Pocket Goth" plush
toys for Toy Network that can be found at all major amusement parks and
crane machines at Walmart, Toys R Us, etc..
For more information on Voltaire's music, comics, animation and toys visit:
www. voltaire.net
voltair whats weird is that i know your pretty famous in the goth music area and all that but still every now and then ill turn on the tv and there you are. like i saw you on the news interview for "what is goth" i saw that and i also just saw you on "goth cruise" hehehe i bet you enjoy being well known in the goth community and something els that has been bugging me lately is that there was this really pretty girl who went to my school. you know blonde hair, blue eyes, big white smile. and when my brother asked her about me she said that she dusnt like walmart goths and i just figured maybe youd be able to tell me about that. cuz i asked my brother and he had no idea but i kinda knew he wouldnt cuz hez one of the "preppies". so maybe you could give me some info on what that is.
your sense of humour is divine & i am absolutely estatic i can go to see a musician perform without having to fly off of floridian soil {not that i like living in sth. fla. by any means} i've lost count how many times i've seen Morrissey play in miami but i knew the end of any musicians i adore coming to here was inevitable once Siouxsie gave the land her middle finger
i do hope to see you perform
i'm absolutely starving for live music that i can connect with
Hello there! I have a quick question brought on by the new Star Trek movie. I've been looking up alot of older filk songs and now just have to ask: Was the title of your CD 'Banned on Vulcan' a tribute to the song 'Banned From Argo'? I'm just curious. Thanks from an avid fan.
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Saw Billy and Mandy the other day and thought of you (obviously - you DID perform the theme song). :D Your voice still makes me happy. Just thought I'd stop by and say hello.
hey! thanks for the add! and just so you know, if you ever had a concert in Maine, alot of people would come. and alot of people would be happy. just so you know ;)
Please come back to Northern California soon, Mr. Voltaire! I missed your last show up here because I was underage, and what made it worse was that seeing you in concert was all I wanted for my eighteenth birthday, but I couldn't! D: Thank you for the add and for the music, it makes life a bit more bearable! With admiration from, -The Goth Dragon <3
Hey Voltaire, Thank you soo much for the add!!! Check out our music, leave a comment, and show some love (or hate). We'll return the favor. NEW LIVE VIDEO ON THE SITE!!!
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