After drumming for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lydia Lunch, and Captain Beefheart in the ’80s, Cliff Martinez went on to become a successful Hollywood composer. His partnership with director Nicolas Winding Refn has resulted in some incredible work in soundtracking for movies such Drive, Only God Forgives, and The Neon Demon — last Halloween we recognized his score for the latter as one of our favorite horror movie soundtracks. The pair are teaming up for again for a project, this time for a new Amazon series called Too Young To Die Old starring Miles Teller, William Baldwin, John Hawkes, and Jena Malone. Teller stars as Martin, “a grieving police officer, who finds himself caught in the Los Angeles criminal underworld where various forces push towards sinister goals.”
Cliff Bennett may not have scored a hit with this album, but he proved he was a survivor; it was as solid a body of music as he'd released across the previous eight years, and thoroughly contemporary (for 1971) as well. The record is steeped in a soul sound that was totally convincing for its time – Bennett was a veteran shouter who lacked the distinctive edge of, say, Rod Stewart, Steve Marriott, Eric Burdon, or Chris Farlowe – but with the right material his talent could soar with the best of them, and with the best material (to which he seldom got access) he could outdo them.
is a studio album by , released in August 1981. The album peaked at #4 in the UK album charts upon release and spent a total of 25 weeks on the chart in 1981–82. The album was certified by the BPI and achieved sales over one million globally. The title track was released as the lead single of the album and was followed up by a cover of 1961 US doo-wop hit, . The singles peaked at #4 and 2 respectively on the UK singles chart. was held off #1 for 4 weeks running by the 's , but earned gold certification from the BPI for sales over half a million. The track was recorded live on 1 May 1981 at the for a rock 'n' roll special to be broadcast later by .
is a studio album by , released in August 1981. The album peaked at #4 in the UK album charts upon release and spent a total of 25 weeks on the chart in 1981–82. The album was certified by the BPI and achieved sales over one million globally.
Filmmaker William Greaves is shooting a series of screen tests in New York City's Central Park for the two leads of a feature length movie, with the working title of "Over the Cliff". Simultaneously, he has a documentary filmmaking crew filming the behind the scenes making of the movie.