Geoff Peterson
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He's big time now. Literally. Because he's fat.
Careercow Brandon "Bam" Margera - From Jackass to Lolcow
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That's a shame. I hope he can turn his life around. I was alot like these jackass dudes when I was younger getting into retard antics and numbnut stuff. I was really torn up when Ryan died.
I wish Bam the best.
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I didn't know he had a kid, and I find that incredibly distressing. I hope the mom is somewhat stable.
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I always enjoyed seeing this shit brick get it worse than everyone else
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Johnny Knoxville was always the brains behind the enterprise. I always hated Bam and his desperate ploys to try and be a gay ass famous metal boy band singer.
I have to mention this because I bet someone here will remember it and can tell me the guys name.
As tween I remember a bunch of skaters passing around an old bootleg copy of “film threat” compilations on VHS. On this video a guy in Philly was basically doing what Jackass did a few years later. (By the time I saw this video is was already quite a few years old. It also had the Bud Dweyer suicide on it and Apocalypse Pooh). I’d guess the footage was early 1990’s, but could have even been late 1980’s)
The guy raced shopping carts, did skate stunts and interacted with crazy people on the streets. The last got him killed because some dude shot him in the face one night - but they didn’t include that footage on the tape. Anyway, when I later saw Jackass I assumed it was Knoxville running with the same idea and letting MTV do a somewhat safer, sanitized version of it. (They had to fuck around only with themselves, no interacting with strangers or crazy homeless people allowed for broadcast TV)
There were always underground skate tapes going around but this dude actually produced funny guerilla comedy bits just like Jackass later did and was well known enough for it to be included on film threat compilations. IIRC correctly the FT video mentioned his death in text at the end.
If they are feeling particularly petty they can at least use it for lots of free publicity.
European black metal has always been a small niche here. In fact I think it’s appeal to many is that they think it’s underground, not really understanding the bands are quite famous in Europe.
There’s an old cliche in the music business here about certain struggling American bands that do the small bar circuit here but are “big in Europe” (the other is big in Japan). The markets are wildly different. You can be very famous in one, virtually unknown in the other. European bands are pushed to try and crack in the American market because it will make their label and managers obscenely rich.
I have to mention this because I bet someone here will remember it and can tell me the guys name.
As tween I remember a bunch of skaters passing around an old bootleg copy of “film threat” compilations on VHS. On this video a guy in Philly was basically doing what Jackass did a few years later. (By the time I saw this video is was already quite a few years old. It also had the Bud Dweyer suicide on it and Apocalypse Pooh). I’d guess the footage was early 1990’s, but could have even been late 1980’s)
The guy raced shopping carts, did skate stunts and interacted with crazy people on the streets. The last got him killed because some dude shot him in the face one night - but they didn’t include that footage on the tape. Anyway, when I later saw Jackass I assumed it was Knoxville running with the same idea and letting MTV do a somewhat safer, sanitized version of it. (They had to fuck around only with themselves, no interacting with strangers or crazy homeless people allowed for broadcast TV)
There were always underground skate tapes going around but this dude actually produced funny guerilla comedy bits just like Jackass later did and was well known enough for it to be included on film threat compilations. IIRC correctly the FT video mentioned his death in text at the end.
Look at Bam proving exactly why they were hesitant to include him in the film and only agreed to do so if he followed a stringent set of rules and a treatment program. Bam just proving everyone who said the guy was a toxic drug addled head case to stay away from correct. His inflated ego makes him more impossible to work with than his addictions.
If they are feeling particularly petty they can at least use it for lots of free publicity.
HIM was not at all well known in the USA, so if Ville wanted to crack that big money USA market Bam was a great free publicity on MTV. The only reason I knew anything about Ville was due to Bam’s weird obsession with him.
European black metal has always been a small niche here. In fact I think it’s appeal to many is that they think it’s underground, not really understanding the bands are quite famous in Europe.
There’s an old cliche in the music business here about certain struggling American bands that do the small bar circuit here but are “big in Europe” (the other is big in Japan). The markets are wildly different. You can be very famous in one, virtually unknown in the other. European bands are pushed to try and crack in the American market because it will make their label and managers obscenely rich.
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I said this in the Jackass thread in A&H, but the CKY videos started coming out when I was in high school and Jackass released shortly after I graduated. My best friend was a skater and so we got into this stuff big, even bought cameras and did our own half-assed skits. Knoxville and Dunn were always my favorites, but I did like Bam a lot even though he was a little shit.
I sympathize with Bam a bit having been in a similar place in my life: struggling with loss of a loved one, Bi-polar, and addiction. I hope for the sake of Bam's wife and kid (especially the kid) that he can get clean and sort his shit out. If he can't then I hope his wife takes the kid a leaves so the kid doesn't have to have memories of his dad strung out in a cycle of self-destruction. I'm not too optimistic, but the fact that Bam does seem to want to get clean gives me a little hope. He just needs to want it more than doing "whatever the fuck he wants". But that's been his whole life since before CKY, so prospects of his come to Jesus moment aren't great. I hope it does happen though. Just because he's a piece of shit doesn't mean he isn't deserving of a redemption and a chance to make his life right.
I sympathize with Bam a bit having been in a similar place in my life: struggling with loss of a loved one, Bi-polar, and addiction. I hope for the sake of Bam's wife and kid (especially the kid) that he can get clean and sort his shit out. If he can't then I hope his wife takes the kid a leaves so the kid doesn't have to have memories of his dad strung out in a cycle of self-destruction. I'm not too optimistic, but the fact that Bam does seem to want to get clean gives me a little hope. He just needs to want it more than doing "whatever the fuck he wants". But that's been his whole life since before CKY, so prospects of his come to Jesus moment aren't great. I hope it does happen though. Just because he's a piece of shit doesn't mean he isn't deserving of a redemption and a chance to make his life right.
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If you can post this "Film Threat" video, do it because you have me curious and I cant find shit.
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Film Threat was an old underground film magazine. Apparently they would compile shorts/footage of interesting underground or guerilla filmmakers and sell copies in the back of the magazine by mail.
Of course, people just copied and dubbed these videos, sometimes added other stuff, and it got passed around.
I think there were several film threat compilations, like 1, 2 and 3. No idea which volume the one with this guy doing jackass like stunts was on. I mentioned the Bud Dweyer and Apocalypse Pooh because I’m sure those were other shorts part of the official FT compilation it was on. (Apocalypse Pooh was just old Whinne the Pooh cartoon footage that someone dubbed very appropriate dialogue from Apocalypse Now over)
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Custody Court going to make it an interesting season of Viva La Bam.
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Here is the “apocalypse Pooh” video I mentioned that was on the compilation.
Apocalypse Pooh [Original VHS version] - by Todd Graham (1987)
This is a VHS-tape transfer of Todd Graham's original 1987 VCR-made remix which appropriates the animals from Disney's animated version of Winnie the Pooh an...
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Even the official film threat site know very little about the origins of this particular short that they put on their video, which they only know was done by a Tod Graham. From what I’m reading here the compilations were called “the bootleg files” and google isn’t giving me shit.
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Seems like film threat went from a underground zine in the 80’s, then sometime in the early 90’s they tried to go mainstream with a big publisher, didn’t work, and eventually became a ad filled website with some info on its early history.
It’s obvious they just found some cool shorts and clips various budding filmmakers sent in or that they found, put them all on one video which they sold for $19.99 in the back of their zine. I’d say they had no licensing or rights to the footage, save for some maybe who directly submitted that we’re happy just to get some exposure and notice by FT. I’m a bit shocked that I can’t find on YT, but I also don’t have a lot of time to search at the moment. Maybe I’ll try more later.
I don’t even have an old VHS copy of it. Someone let me borrow for a week and I watched probably 30 times and then gave it back.
I’m sure the fact that there was shock footage (Dwyer) and use of copyrighted material (audio from Apocalypse Now) made it difficult to keep up on YT. But I’m still sort of shocked I can’t find it, it’s rare to remember some old media and not find several examples on YT.
Unfortunately FT has kept churning out modern version so searching yields bootleg files 53 and if there’s any of the original pre-1991 videos still out there they are buried.
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What makes this such a shame, was that for a while there Bam was doing a decent job staying sober for a while. From following his IG, he was doing a lot of skating and spending time with his son and wife, and got new deck releases through Element.
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He never got sober. He stopped doing coke and meth and started sipping beers instead of slamming booze.
To be fair, I do believe these annual mental breakdowns and hints at homosecks are a part of his genetic predisposition to Manic Bipolar disorder. Vito had it reaal bad. Bam also has many many head injuries that probably dont help. Top this off with addiction and old fame and you have a recipe for disater not even a million dollar therapist and psych meds can fix. Especially when hes been kicked off the only super successful thing he had done... Jackass.
I'm gonna go with "An Hero" for $500 Alex.
Akira Fudo
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The Virgin Bam Margera vs. The Chad Steve-O
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Nope. VLB was shown in nearly country MTV aired.
I saw re-runs and premieres in 3 different countries (Italy, Mexico, Argentina) and skate kids in said countries had several of them rocking Bam's CKY merch.
Bam did not surpass Knoxville, sure, but he was definitely a standout cast member.
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The way in which he seems to "go at" his wife leads me to believe he's probably an abusive asshat to his son, too. I've seen addicts around children-- they're just as nasty to their kids as they are to their non-addicted partners. They lay the blame for their behavior on anyone but themselves.
GhostButt
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TWO, since a nice chunk of the general purpose jackass thread was Bam Drama™
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Well, don't that beat all.
Bam Margera. Come on dude. You're turning Jackass into a high school mean girl slap fight at prom orgy.
We're all big girls now. Just cause Johnny Knoxville took pretty Preston to the prom and not you, we're all different people now. And Preston got fat so... (just kidding)
Let's put the meth down and come together to teach your little margera how much fun things blowing things up sober is.
Just saying.
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In the mid 2000's a friend of a friend of mine who would skate at FDR in Philly said Bam could be a dick iirc. Though that's at the height of his fame and he probably had to deal with annoying kids and people asking him to do crazy shit.
I never skated but went to FDR with my friend only once, Bam wasn't there but I wouldn't have tried to talk to him anyway.
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I don't get why yall need drugs...I never needed drugs to do bonehead shit. I totaled a car going less than 2 miles per hour when I was 18. I literally defied the laws of physics and wrecked a Chevy impala completely.
I outran a cop through 2 counties in Florida.
......for no reason.
I outran a cop through 2 counties in Florida.
......for no reason.
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Pam, stick to your thread if you're gonna do storytime, this is about Brandon's fuckups, not yours.