The Gravy Train

The Gravy Train also known as The Dion Brothers is a 1974 film directed by Jack Starrett with a screenplay by Terrence Malick and Bill Kerby. It stars Stacy Keach and Frederic Forrest.

Plot

Two West Virginia brothers quit their jobs as coal miners to make their fortune from armed robbery.

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Gravy Train (band)

Gravy Train were a progressive rock group from Lancashire, England, formed by vocalist and guitarist Norman Barratt in 1969. Also featuring J.D. Hughes (keyboards, vocals, wind), Lester Williams (bass, vocals) and Barry Davenport (drums), the band would record four studio albums. The first two were released on the Vertigo label, the latter two by Dawn Records.

History

The meaning behind the name

Freelance journalist, broadcaster and lecturer John O’Regan wrote that despite recording four albums, Gravy Train's "success rate did not befit their choice of name". The term, "Gravy Train", he commented, was Northern Slang for "an occupation or other source of income that requires little effort while yielding considerable profit".

The group gathered a considerable following among British Progressive Rock audiences with incendiary live performances, along the way recording the debut Gravy Train (1970) and its follow-up Ballad of a Simple Man on Vertigo, while a switch to Dawn Records yielded two further albums in Second Birth in 1973 and Staircase to the Day.

Gravy Train!!!!

Gravy Train!!!! are an electroclash band from Oakland, California. The band has released material on the labels S.P.A.M. Records, Cold Crush, Kill Rock Stars, Cochon Records, and Retard Disco. The band has four members (represented by the four exclamation marks in the band name), that go by the pseudonyms Chunx, Funx, Hunx & Junx. Chunx and Funx formed the band in 2001 as a vehicle for recording humiliating songs about an ex-lover. It was for this purpose that their first single, "Hella Nervous", was recorded. Shortly after, the two-piece recruited two openly-gay backup dancers, Hunx and Drunx (Drunx was eventually replaced by Junx).

The band's albums and EPs include The "Menz" EP (Cold Crush 2002), Ghost Boobs (Kill Rock Stars 2003), "Hello Doctor" (Kill Rock Stars 2003), Are You Wigglin? (Kill Rock Stars 2005), and All the Sweet Stuff (Cochon Records 2007). Their DVD Stame the Batch! (Retard Disco) is a compilation of music videos, interviews, and other material.

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