Date: 06/18/2008 Time: 02:58:46pm Visits: 52
       
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About Me

I am the founder of Superhero Artist Management, representing several bands, including Bleeding Through, Demon Hunter, Throwdown and Tiger Army. I have been a regular contributer to Alternative Press for over ten years. I have worked as an on-air correspondent, writer and producer for MSNBC, E!, MTV, MySpace TV, Current TV and FEARnet. I have also appeared as a commentator on Fuse and VH1. In addition to AP, my writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Premiere.com, OC Weekly, Punk Planet, Metal Maniacs, Circus, Decibel and of course, Buzznet. I have produced DVD content for Lionsgate, Warner Bros., EMI Music and other clients. I am the vocalist for the Misfits tribute band Die Die My Darling and am working on new musical projects. "Ryan Downey has established a history of breaking some good scoops in the last few years, and you could certainly do worse than bookmark [him] to check in on." -- Ain't It Cool READ MY BLOG!

My Interests

MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY is my main interest.,

Bleeding Through, Demon Hunter, The Gates Of Slumber, Living Sacrifice, Soul Embraced, Telecast, Throwdown, Tiger Army, War Of Ages, Zao., Followed by: Metallica, Oasis, Into Another, Megadeth, Candelmass, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Misfits / Samhain / Danzig., And in no particular order: a-ha, A.F.I., Adam & The Ants, Agalloch, The Aggrolites, Alice In Chains, Anathema, Anthrax (through Sound Of White Noise), Bad Brains, Badly Drawn Boy, The Cro-Mags, Celtic Frost, Baroness, Bauhaus, Billy Idol / Generation X, Black Flag, Black Sabbath (esp. w/ Dio), Blur, Iron Maiden / Bruce Dickinson, Carrie Underwood, George Michael, Chamberlain / Split Lip, St. Vitus, Coalesce, The Quakes, Nekromantix, Coldplay, Integrity, Counting Crows, Death, Dark Angel, Voivod, Nevermore, The Verve, Guns N' Roses, Type O Negative, Stone Temple Pilots, Sanctuary, Miranda Lambert, Hank Williams Sr. & Jr., Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Neil Diamond, Robbie Williams, Judge, R.E.M., Rain Like The Sound Of Trains, Placebo, Pulp, Portishead, Jeff Buckley, The Doves, Paloalto, Hanoi Rocks, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds... And many more.

Movies

The Crow, Good Will Hunting, Fletch, Tommy Boy, Super Troopers, Gone Baby Gone, American History X, Roman Holiday... WAY too many to list!

Television

Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined version), The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The Office (US version), Extras, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show with John Steward, Countdown with Keith Olberman, Real Time with Bill Maher

Books

The Bible (NLT), A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Interview with a Vampire & The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley, The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, Your Movie Sucks by Roger Ebert, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein, The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Son of a Preacher Man: My Search for Grace in the Shadows, Jay Bakker, Free the Animals: The Story of the Animal Liberation Front, Ingrid Newkirk, LOTS of children's books, And plenty more...

Profile
Home: So Cal CA, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 36
Sign: Scorpio
Status: Committed
Religion: Christian - Other
Drink: No
Smoke: No
Education: Some College
Member Since: 05/19/2008
Phone: iPhone
Online Now: No
STATS
My Friends: 9
Followers: 19
People With Me As A Favorite: 1
Total Posts: 17
Comments On My Posts: 21
Tags On My Posts: 193
Buzz On My Posts: 12
Comments By Me: 3
Tags I'Ve Added: 192

SCHOOLS
IUPUI
Indianapolis, IN US

Southport High School
Indianapolis, IN US


JOBS
Superhero Artist Management And Productions, LLC Founder / CEO
2003 - present
Sun City, CA US

FEARnet On-Air Talent / Reporter
2007 - present
US

MSNBC's "At the Movies" On-Air Talent / Critic
2005
Burbank, CA US

E! On-Air Talent / Movie Expert / Guest Host
2004 - 2005
Los Angeles, CA US

MTV News Writer / Segment Producer / Reporter
2000 - 2005
Santa Monica, CA US
  I started freelancing there in 2000, worked there full-time from 2002 - 2004, did my last freelance story for them in 2005 when I broke the sad news of the death of Dimebag.

Alternative Press Writer
1997 - present
US
  Freelance writer, baby!

Nuvo Newsweekly Assistant Music Editor
1996 - 1998
Indianapolis, IN US


My Tags
angelsandairwaves, badreligion, kevinlyman, mcchris, mediumtroy, megaphone, metallica, midnighttotwelve, miracledolls, mobigsley, motioncitysoundtrack, motionlessinwhite, normajean, nowon, pennywise, phathom, sayanything, thevandals, warped, warpedtour
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