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| Birth name | Ross Friedman |
| Born | January 3, 1954 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | heavy metal, punk rock, proto punk |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Associated acts | Manitoba Manowar, The Dictators, Brain Surgeons, Fabienne Shine, Shakin' Street, Manitoba's Wild Kingdom |
| Website | Ross-the-Boss.net Official website |
Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), in the Bronx, New York, also known as Ross The Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band The Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar.[1]
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History [link]
Friedman formed the New York based proto-punk band The Dictators with Andy Shernoff in New Paltz, New York in 1973. After recording three albums with them, Friedman went to France and worked for one year in Fabienne Shine's band Shakin' Street. On Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell tour in 1980 (on which Shakin' Street were the support act), Friedman was introduced to bass player Joey DeMaio by Ronnie James Dio. Later in 1980, Friedman and DeMaio formed Manowar, with whom he recorded six albums before DeMaio asked him to leave the band after the 1988 album Kings of Metal.[2]
Timeline [link]
In 1990, Friedman joined Manitoba's Wild Kingdom with fellow Dictators Andy Shernoff and Handsome Dick Manitoba. With drummer J.P. Patterson the band released the album, "...And You?" to critical acclaim. The album was in heavy rotation on MTV.[3]
In 1994, Friedman had a blues rock band called "Heyday" and in 1999 CMC records released the Spinatras album, "@Midnight.com", a band whom Ross has described as "The Dictators meet Cheap Trick".[4]
The Dictators started playing again in 1996, touring heavily. In 2001, with original rhythm guitar player Scott Kempner now back in the fold, the band released their album "D.F.F.D." which they then toured to support in the US and Europe. A resulting live album was released from the European tour, entitled "Viva Dictators".
In 2004 Friedman joined Albert Bouchard, the original drummer for Blue Öyster Cult, in his band Brain Surgeons. He also recorded an instrumental album with Dictators drummer JP Thunderbolt Patterson, called "Thunderboss"
In July 2005, Friedman joined Manowar onstage at the Earthshaker Festival; performing "Metal Daze" and "Dark Avenger" with them. At the end of the concert, he also performed "Battle Hymn", with other past and present members of Manowar.
In April 2006, he played one night of early Manowar music at the Keep It True IV Festival in Germany, backed by German Manowar cover band Men Of War, featuring members of German groups Ivory Night and Divinus. That band, now known as The Ross the Boss Band, went on to play some more festivals in Germany, Italy and Greece and then began working on new original material.
In August 2006, Thunderboss was released on Poptown Records. Thunderboss was written and arranged by J.P. Thunderbolt Patterson and featured Ross on all 11 tracks. The CD met with some critical acclaim, but was not successful enough to keep Friedman interested in the project, so there was no supporting tour.
In October 2006, Friedman and The Dictators played Friday and Saturday nights of the closing weekend at punk rock venue CBGBs, one of the clubs where they got their start.
2007 started off with an eleven city tour of Spain with JP Patterson and their Spanish super-band "The Thunderbolts" which also includes members of Bummer and Sex Museum.
Ross guested on former band-mate Fabienne Shine's 2007 LP, Wotan's LP "Epos" where he played Grand Piano on one track, and Atlantean Kodex's 2007 EP.
Friedman's 2008 included an appearance with Manitoba's Wild Kingdom at the 2008 Joey Ramone Birthday Bash, performances with Shakin' Street at the Sweden Rock Festival, and a few tour dates in Spain with The Dictators. He released a new album in August with his German Metal Band under the name "Ross The Boss" called "New Metal Leader" which debuted at #99 in the German Album charts. The following month he appeared on Inner Demons, the 2nd CD by New Jersey metallers Skullshifter, playing lead guitar on the track "Etched In Sand".
In August 2009, Friedman debuted his "Ross the Boss" band in the US at the Brooklyn, New York venue Europa, to favorable reviews.[5]
On November 2010, Friedman and his German Metal Band released the followup to "New Metal Leader", "Hailstorm", which received 4.5 out of 5 stars on AllMusic.com.[6]
In May 2011, Friedman was a special guest at the 11th Annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash in New York city, performing, among other songs, "Stop Thinking About it" with fellow Dictator Andy Shernoff.[7]
In June, Friedman was invited to co-headline Venezuela's Gillmanfest,.[8] In the coming months with the Ross the Boss band he will be performing at several festivals in Europe, including Masters of Rock in the Czech Republic.
Photo Gallery [link]
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Ross the Boss - New Metal Leader 2008 AFM Records (Germany), Candlelight Records (USA)
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Ross the Boss - Hailstorm 2010 AFM Records (Germany)
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Ross the Boss live at Irving Plaza
New York City
May 2011
Photo © Len DeLessio
https://www.delessio.com
See also [link]
References [link]
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Biography: Manowar". Allmusic. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p13602. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ bravewords.com. "> News > ROSS THE BOSS - "I Was Kinda Fired From MANOWAR"". Bravewords.com. https://www.bravewords.com/news/112929. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ "ALBUM". Manitobaswildkingdom.com. 1990-03-14. https://www.manitobaswildkingdom.com/ALBUM.php. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ "Ross the Boss Band". Crushermagazine.com. https://www.crushermagazine.com/features9_08/featross_the_boss.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ www.PiercingMetal.com - Concerts
- ^ Freeman, Phil (2010-11-09). "Hailstorm - Ross the Boss". AllMusic. https://www.allmusic.com/album/hailstorm-r2047038/review. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ "ISL Public Relations » Blog Archive » 2011 JOEY RAMONE BIRTHDAY BASH DETAILS UNVEILED; 10 YEARS AFTER HIS PASSING, THE PUNK-ROCK LEGEND LIVES ON". Islpr.com. 2011-05-04. https://www.islpr.com/wordpress/?p=36. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ "Gillmanfest Cabimas 2011". Gillmanfest.com.ve. https://gillmanfest.com.ve/cabimas/. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
External links [link]
- Ross-The-Boss.net - Ross the Boss Band New Website (as of Winter 2010)
- 2005 Ross the Boss Interview with Brian D. Holland
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Boss Nigger
Boss Nigger is a 1975 cult classic Western film directed by Jack Arnold. It stars former football player Fred Williamson, who both wrote and co-produced the film. Boss Nigger is the first film for which Williamson was credited as screenwriter or producer.Boss Nigger is also called The Boss.
Plot
Upon finding a wagon under attack by bandits, two black bounty hunters, Boss and Amos (Fred Williamson and D'Urville Martin, respectively) intervene and save Clara Mae, a black woman (Carmen Hayworth). Upon inspecting the bodies, the bounty hunters find several have rewards to their name and one holds a letter from the mayor of the nearby town San Miguel inviting him to become sheriff on the recommendation of fugitive Jed Clayton (William Smith). The pair take Clara Mae to safety in San Miguel and meet Mayor Griffin (R.G. Armstrong). Knowing that there is no sheriff and holding proof that the mayor intended to give it to a gang member, Boss is able to outsmart the mayor and intimidate other members of the town council into giving him the position. As sheriff, Boss and Amos keep the peace and enforce several "Black Laws" such as issuing fines or periods in jail for calling either of them a "nigger" in public. In his duties Boss meets Miss Pruit (Barbara Leigh), a white schoolteacher, who initially offends Boss by talking of the fond memories she has of her family's black slaves, but earns his forgiveness and develops a romantic interest in him. When a gang of Jed Clayton's men meet the mayor in the town saloon to extort supplies from the town (an arrangement that the mayor allows on the understanding that the gang will do no harm to the town or its citizens), Boss and Amos kill one gang member and arrest two more - with one prisoner being killed as he attempts to escape town assisted by the mayor.
The Boss (Metal Gear)
The Boss (ザ・ボス Za Bosu), also known as The Joy (ザ・ジョイ Za Joi), is a fictional character from Konami's Metal Gear series.
Appearances
In the Metal Gear series, The Boss is a legendary American female soldier, founder and leader of the Cobra unit, the biological mother of Ocelot, mentor and mother figure to Naked Snake, and is known as the mother of the U.S. special forces. In June 1944, during World War II, she led the Cobra unit to victory at the Battle of Normandy.
The Boss appears as an antagonist in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. She moved to the Soviet Union with Colonel Volgin alongside the Cobra Unit. Throughout the game, Naked Snake repeatedly encounters The Boss to kill her as ordered by his superiors. Following Volgin's death, The Boss reveals she is the daughter of one of the original members of the Philosophers behind the Philosophers' Legacy. After one final fight, Snake fights and kills The Boss who gives him the Philosophers' Legacy hidden by Volgin. The whole mission is later revealed to be a coverup by the United States so that The Boss would steal Volgin's treasure and give it to Snake but then die at his hands to avoid a conflict between America and the Soviet Union.
The Boss (1956 film)
The Boss is a 1956 film directed by Byron Haskin. It stars John Payne, Gloria McGhee and Doe Avedon.
Plot
Matt Brady comes home from World War I to a city where older brother Tim is a political kingpin. Matt meets an old friend, Bob Herrick, but an argument leads to a fistfight. He ends up late for a date with Elsie Reynolds, who is furious. Matt angrily replies that he wants nothing more to do with her.
Matt's self-destructive behavior continues at a restaurant, where he intervenes on behalf of a forlorn customer, Lorry Reed, punching a waiter. He not only takes sympathy on her, he impulsively insists they get married.
Regretting his actions the next day, Matt's temper again flares when Tim Brady decides to get the marriage annulled. Matt tells him to mind his own business. Minutes later, Tim dies of a heart attack.
Years go by. Matt, still in a loveless marriage with Lorry, has followed his brother into politics. His unethical methods include making money on a tip from gangster Johnny Mazia and claiming half the profits of a cement business in exchange for guaranteeing it city projects. Bob has married Elsie, meanwhile, and become Matt's lawyer and insurance commissioner.
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Ross the Boss
ALBUMS
- Hailstorm released: 2010
- New Metal Leader released: 2008
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The Boss
by: Crawling With KingsThe wind blows so cold through the streets tonight
Stepping outside of the taxi that drops us downtown.
I'll play the man with you by my side
And you'll play the little lady who needs me around.
I'm around.
Enter the first bar we see to get our heads on right.
The smell stings like desperation, lite beer and perfume.
And you raise your voice and say, "This ain't my tribe."
We'll then hurry up darlin and finish your drink, anyplace will do.
Then the Boss comes over the stereo singing something about Vietnam
And the frat boys yell for the USA, they think it's a rally song
They'd never suspect something is wrong.
Something is wrong.
Further down the road we're feeling more at home
And everyone I see looks like me and they're likely to be
Feeling so completely alone with their friends so near
And the beer light lights up the lead singer who's words I can't hear
And their song comes over the blown PA you know it's something about living to die.
The bassist looks like Dylan in '68 and you ask me is everyone high.