This page will contain blogs about bam margera, as they become available.Bam MargeraBam MargeraBrandon Cole "Bam" Margera (born September 28, 1979) is a professional skateboarder, creator of the "CKY" skate / prank / stunt videos, and radio personality. He is also the star of Viva La Bam, and member of the Jackass crew, two shows broadcast by MTV. He grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania and went to East High School. He cites Raab Himself as his only reason for attending high school, and dropped out after Raab got expelled. His weekly Sirius Radio show is called Radio Bam. Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera made his own skate videos known as the CKY quadrilogy, which is also the name of his brother Jess's heavy metal band (see CKY band). Margera's crew includes Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Rake Yohn, Raab Himself, and Brandon Novak. His videos and television shows often include his long-suffering parents, Phil and April, his uncle Vincent Margera ("Don Vito"), and ex-fiancée Jenn Rivell (Margera broke off his engagement to Rivell in early 2005). Margera's television antics push the generally accepted boundaries of good taste by seeking to shock and offend, thereby creating a large contingent of detractors who charge that he profits from the humiliation and misfortune of others. Margera was born and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania, a western suburb of Philadelphia. Before becoming a professional skateboarder, he could be found frequenting the local skate spots, performing at area fairgrounds, and loitering at Fairman's skate shop. As a professional skater in the summer of 2005, Margera successfully landed The Loop in Phoenix, Arizona. He became the 13th known skater to land it, and was the first street skater to successfully land it. Margera directed and co-wrote (with Brandon DiCamillo and Chris Aspite) a low-budget independent film called Haggard, starring himself and his friends, released in 2003. Margera also has a small speaking part in the skateboarding movie "Grind". Margera also appeared on Punk'd, in 2005. Ashton Kutcher trapped Margera and his friend inside of a convenience store while staging a terrorist attack. (The real LAPD SWAT team helped with this prank) In the DVD comentary for the seasons 4&5 of Viva La Bam, Margera has said that Element Skateboards pays him two million dollars a year, just for wearing their clothing. He has also been animated as a character into a number of pro-skateboarder Tony Hawk's video games. In fact, he is featured as a main character in Tony Hawk's Underground (1 and 2). Movies
TriviaBam got his name from his grandfather. When he was younger he would run into walls and be crazy, and his grandfather would say "Bam, bam, bam, chill out! Bam!" The name stuck, and soon everyone was calling him Bam, even his teachers. "CKY" stands for "Camp Kill Yourself", a reference to the movie Sleepaway Camp (1983), a favourite of CKY band frontman Deron Miller. A 2006 sequel entitled Return to Sleepaway Camp will feature the CKY band members in cameo roles as camp counselors. A fan of, friend of, and occasional video director for HIM's frontman, Ville Valo, Margera has licensed the band's logo, the heartagram (a pentagram with two points curved to incorporate a heart symbol), for personal use. Bam has even had himself tattooed with the heartagram. Margera is currently writing, producing, and directing his new feature film, a sequel to Haggard, titled Kiss a Good Man's Ass. He announced another film he is working on called The Dream Seller. The Dream Seller is a nickname for long-time friend and fellow skater Brandon Novak. Current episodes of Margera's show have shown him to own both a red 2003 Hummer H2 as well as a purple Lamborghini Gallardo and a Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG with a heartagram on the front instead of the mercedes-benz logo. A recent episode however showed the destruction of the H2 by Don Vito as revenge for constant torment. The Lamborghini has been modified with help from friend Billy Idol to include a sunroof (a rough rectangle crudely cut with a jigsaw). Bam bragged that his was the only vehicle of its kind with a sunroof. Since the end of filming on Viva La Bam, Bam has replaced the red H2 with a blue H2. The first 5,000 DVD copies of CKY4 contained a hidden Easter Egg - a two-minute video clip of Bam and his then-girlfriend, Jenn Rivell, having sex. The video clip was immediately (and continues to be) widely circulated on the Internet. According to Ryan Gee's message board, he is currently engaged to Missy Rothstein. This page about bam margera includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about bam margera News stories about bam margera External links for bam margera Videos for bam margera Wikis about bam margera Discussion Groups about bam margera Blogs about bam margera Images of bam margera |
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According to Ryan Gee's message board, he is currently engaged to Missy Rothstein. The villain of the week in the anime version of Sailor Moon are called youma, or "monster". The video clip was immediately (and continues to be) widely circulated on the Internet. The monster par excellence is the dragon. The first 5,000 DVD copies of CKY4 contained a hidden Easter Egg - a two-minute video clip of Bam and his then-girlfriend, Jenn Rivell, having sex. It also almost always implies that the creatures are powerful and hostile to the hero (and consequently evil), and must be defeated to progress. Since the end of filming on Viva La Bam, Bam has replaced the red H2 with a blue H2. "Monster" often, but not always, implies that these creatures are larger than or equal to human size. Bam bragged that his was the only vehicle of its kind with a sunroof. They are also a mainstay of role-playing and video games in general. The Lamborghini has been modified with help from friend Billy Idol to include a sunroof (a rough rectangle crudely cut with a jigsaw). The monsters of Monsters Inc. scare to create the energy to run their secret world, and the furry monsters of Sesame Street live as complete equals to their fellow humans and animals. A recent episode however showed the destruction of the H2 by Don Vito as revenge for constant torment. Occasionally, monsters are depicted as friendly or misunderstood creatures. Current episodes of Margera's show have shown him to own both a red 2003 Hummer H2 as well as a purple Lamborghini Gallardo and a Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG with a heartagram on the front instead of the mercedes-benz logo. Since that era, although the type of monster has changed, it has not disappeared as it did in the late 1940s. The Dream Seller is a nickname for long-time friend and fellow skater Brandon Novak. At this time, the earlier Universal films were shown on US television by independent stations (rather than being scheduled by a network) by mocking announcers, and these together gained a large number of young fans. He announced another film he is working on called The Dream Seller. The British studio of Hammer brought color to the human-sized monster in the late 1950s. Margera is currently writing, producing, and directing his new feature film, a sequel to Haggard, titled Kiss a Good Man's Ass. In this age as well, the monster type of the fish-man was developed in the series Creature from the Black Lagoon. Bam has even had himself tattooed with the heartagram. The tantalizing proximity of other planets brought the notion of alien monsters from outer space to the screen; some were huge, but cheaper movies had those of a more human scale. A fan of, friend of, and occasional video director for HIM's frontman, Ville Valo, Margera has licensed the band's logo, the heartagram (a pentagram with two points curved to incorporate a heart symbol), for personal use. But later there were Japanese, British, and even a Scandinavian giant monster attacking cities. A 2006 sequel entitled Return to Sleepaway Camp will feature the CKY band members in cameo roles as camp counselors. The first was American: The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was a dinosaur that attacked a seaport. "CKY" stands for "Camp Kill Yourself", a reference to the movie Sleepaway Camp (1983), a favourite of CKY band frontman Deron Miller. After World War II, however, giant monsters returned to the screen in a pattern that has been causally linked to the invention of nuclear weapons. When he was younger he would run into walls and be crazy, and his grandfather would say "Bam, bam, bam, chill out! Bam!" The name stuck, and soon everyone was calling him Bam, even his teachers. The "monster" cycle eventually played itself out becoming comedic in Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein of 1948. Bam got his name from his grandfather. As for giant monsters, the serial Flash Gordon had a man in a monster suit, who played a huge dragon by attacking a doll dressed like the title character. In fact, he is featured as a main character in Tony Hawk's Underground (1 and 2). Gogol, transplanted hands that embodied a malevolent temperament, which would then re-animate in Mad Love, which became another genre. He has also been animated as a character into a number of pro-skateboarder Tony Hawk's video games. His mad surgeon, Dr. In the DVD comentary for the seasons 4&5 of Viva La Bam, Margera has said that Element Skateboards pays him two million dollars a year, just for wearing their clothing. Frankenstein was played by Peter Lorre. (The real LAPD SWAT team helped with this prank). Mummies also became a fearsome type of monster, and a variant of Dr. Ashton Kutcher trapped Margera and his friend inside of a convenience store while staging a terrorist attack. The entire notion of the werewolf was introduced by the movies in this era, and a similar type of person afflicted with traits said to come from an animal was presented in Cat People. Margera also appeared on Punk'd, in 2005. They also made many lesser films, such as Lon Chaney, Jr.'s portrayal of an electrified zombie in Man-Made Monster. Margera also has a small speaking part in the skateboarding movie "Grind". During the sound era, the film studio Universal specialized in monsters, offering Bela Lugosi's portrayal onscreen of his role in the stage play, Dracula, and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster. Margera directed and co-wrote (with Brandon DiCamillo and Chris Aspite) a low-budget independent film called Haggard, starring himself and his friends, released in 2003. A few dinosaurs were presented by stop-motion animated models, something that was carried over into RKO's King Kong, the first giant monster of the sound era. He became the 13th known skater to land it, and was the first street skater to successfully land it. The film Siegfried featured a dragon that was a giant puppet on tracks. As a professional skater in the summer of 2005, Margera successfully landed The Loop in Phoenix, Arizona. During the age of silent movies, representations of monsters were the size of a person played by an actor in a costume: Frankenstein's monster, the Golem, and vampires are the most well-known ones. Before becoming a professional skateboarder, he could be found frequenting the local skate spots, performing at area fairgrounds, and loitering at Fairman's skate shop. by Charles Wolfe (London, 2005; and http://www.monstersandphilosophy.com). Margera was born and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania, a western suburb of Philadelphia. Monsters also occur in a variety of philosophical works (Aristotle, Augustine, Montaigne, Locke, Leibniz, Diderot ...); see Monsters and Philosophy, ed. Margera's television antics push the generally accepted boundaries of good taste by seeking to shock and offend, thereby creating a large contingent of detractors who charge that he profits from the humiliation and misfortune of others. Contemporary philosophers such as Lorraine Daston have written at length about the relationship between how society depicts monsters and the role of science in that society. His videos and television shows often include his long-suffering parents, Phil and April, his uncle Vincent Margera ("Don Vito"), and ex-fiancée Jenn Rivell (Margera broke off his engagement to Rivell in early 2005). Some traces of this classic relation to monsters can be found in the popularity of tabloid newspapers such as the Weekly World News. Margera's crew includes Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Rake Yohn, Raab Himself, and Brandon Novak. This change corresponded with a decline in the popularity of science among the general public. Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera made his own skate videos known as the CKY quadrilogy, which is also the name of his brother Jess's heavy metal band (see CKY band). Hyde and Frankenstein. His weekly Sirius Radio show is called Radio Bam. Jekyll and Mr. He cites Raab Himself as his only reason for attending high school, and dropped out after Raab got expelled. Notable examples include Dr. He grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania and went to East High School. The relationship between science and monstrosity became an important theme in many Victorian-era horror novels, where science was often depicted not merely as studying monsters, but as producing them. He is also the star of Viva La Bam, and member of the Jackass crew, two shows broadcast by MTV. One example is Grendel from Beowulf. Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera (born September 28, 1979) is a professional skateboarder, creator of the "CKY" skate / prank / stunt videos, and radio personality. The hero goes to the monster and slays it. CKY Landspeed - 1999. They are often a threat which kills victims mercilessly. CKY2K - 2000. There is a pattern which many monsters in mythology follow. CKY3 2001. Some well known examples are King Kong or the Horta in the Star Trek episode, "The Devil in the Dark". CKY4 - Latest and Greatest 2002. Occasionally, there are monsters who act out of legitimate motives and their monstrous appearance leads to serious misunderstandings. Jackass 2 2006. The first so-named monstra were the showpieces in traveling carnival freakshows, people afflicted with body deformities or diseases like elephantiasis. Grind 2003. Ancient peoples considered the birth of "freaks" representations of the wrath of the gods, a demonstration, as it were. Haggard: The Movie 2003. Ragnarok in Norse mythology was the final battle between the gods of Asgard and the many monsters of the world. Jackass: The Movie 2003. Many Eastern religions such as Hinduism, as well as ancient religions such as Greek mythology and Norse mythology, depict monsters as the enemies of the gods. Similarly, the monstrous was an important concept on aesthetics during the enlightenment, often closely associated with the wondrous and the sublime. In the Enlightenment, the cabinet of curiosities would often include monsters in amongst the scientific instruments and toys. Monsters were seen as scientific puzzles; things science needed to understand. This connection between monsters and the unknown meant that the monster was an important concept in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, as Western society began to use science and other academic disciplines to try to understand the unknown. For instance, historically, unexplored areas on maps would be marked indicating that monsters such as dragons lived there. Monsters were often associated with unknown lands and unknown things. Monsters were generally composed under a group that befell humans. At one time, the monster was an important social concept. . The word originates from the medieval vulgar Latin verb monstrare (plural monstrum), which translates as either "to exhibit" or "to point out". Monster is a term for any number of legendary creatures that frequently appear in mythology, legend, and horror fiction. |