Five Great Actors And Actresses That Also Saw Success As Musicians

One of the things that I have noticed as a common theme in all facets of the entertainment industry and there are several examples of this in the world of sports as well, and that is the fact that there seems to be a lot of people that generally seem to gravitate toward doing movies and TV shows...

Well you know what, I got to thinking about those actors & actresses that saw commercial success as musicians, and there are many, but here are five great actors and actresses that also saw success as musicians!

At number 5: David Hasselhoff (Starcrash).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="470"] David Hasselhoff in, 'Knight Rider'![/caption]

Today we all know Mr. Hasselhoff for his drunken antics that made it to Youtube... It is sad because the man is a great actor having torn up the small screen in the 90s with such shows as, 'Baywatch', but his career (at least on the international stage) has been a major sensation since the at least the 1970s!

For more information on David Hasselhoff please enjoy this trailer for one of his better movies, Starcrash (1979).

http://youtu.be/pzfuNSpP0RA

And please enjoy this song that he did in Germany in the 70s!

http://youtu.be/SebarSe6u4c

At number 4: Juliette Lewis (From Dusk Till Dawn).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Juliette Lewis in a scene from, 'From Dusk Til Dawn' (1996)![/caption]

Now this actress has seen immense commercial success in both Movie and TV, but in the last bunch of years she has seriously begun to see some major success touring with her band, 'Juliette & The Licks'!

For more information on Juliette Lewis, please enjoy this trailer for, From Dusk Till Dawn (1996):

http://youtu.be/-bBay_1dKK8

And also please check out this song from, 'Juliette & The Licks':

http://youtu.be/E9mRYCK--cI

At number 3: Steve Martin (Little Shop Of Horrors).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Steve Martin in a scene from, 'Little Shop Of Horrors'![/caption]

We all know who this guy is, I mean the antics that he has done both on TV and in Movies for the past decades.... That's right, I said decades, is truly legendary! But recently I have come to discover that Steven Martin has been heading in to the world of music with some success!

For more information on Steve Martin, please enjoy this trailer for, Little Shop Of Horrors (1986):

http://youtu.be/nWu1Q16AV5U

Also please enjoy this song from the master himself!

http://youtu.be/5bcO1svqh_Q

At number 2: Kevin Bacon (Friday The 13th).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Kevin Bacon is having a bad day in, 'Friday The 13th' (1980).[/caption]

Kevin Bacon has been a staple in the world of movies for decades, both as a horror icons, and in the more mainstream world of movies... But he also has a band with his brother, 'Michael' called, 'The Bacon Brothers'

For more information on Kevin Bacon, please enjoy this trailer for, Friday The 13th (1980):

http://youtu.be/2S8YFTcEDME

Also please enjoy this song from, 'The Bacon Brothers':

http://youtu.be/W8xXmeyVenI

At number 1: Will Smith (Men In Black)

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="271"] Will Smith in, 'Men In Black' (1997):[/caption]

Will Smith is another one of those Hollywood staples that frequently has a movie that is in some level of production, but one of the things that he is lesser known for is the fact that Mr. Smith has also periodically had a pretty successful music career, including having done some of the music for one of his biggest hits, Men In Black (1997)!

For more information on Will Smith, please enjoy this trailer for, Men In Black (1997):

http://youtu.be/uCJHn-ZFH54

Also please enjoy this song from the hit 1997 movie as well!

http://youtu.be/KSRF3slguhI

Tremors (1990) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_557" align="alignright" width="307"] Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils[/caption]

Directed by: Ron Underwood (City Slickers) & Starring: Kevin Bacon (The Following), Fred Ward (The Crow: Salvation), Finn Carter (Sweet Justice), Michael Gross (Sometimes They Come Back... Again), Reba McEntire (Christmas In Washington), Robert Jayne (Fear Runs Silent), Tony Genaro (La Bamba), Charlotte Stewart (Eraserhead), Ariana Richards (Jurassic Park), & Victor Wong (Prince Of Darkness).

Tremors is an awesome action packed horror movie that tells of how a couple of handy men by the name of Valentine McKee (Bacon), and Earl Bassett (Ward) and the small town of Perfection come on the map!

You see the small town of Perfection is a virtually unknown town that is almost off the map and is deep in the Nevada desert, during this time though, un-suspecting to everyone, a monster of sorts has woken up and it is pretty hungry!

At first though everything is quiet, Val and Earl are going through their regular routine of taking on odd jobs around the town to make their way... While they are working out there though, they end up meeting up with the new local Seismology student by the name of, 'Rhonda Le Beck' (Carter).

After talking with Rhonda they head back in to town to do the worst possible job (handling the trash for one of the local towns people... That is until they finally have enough of their lives in the small town and head on out of town as quick as they can, (so quickly that they actually give up a months worth of work that includes both free food and booze)...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Val (Kevin Bacon) and Earl (Fred Ward) as they are hightailing it out of, 'Perfection'![/caption]

As they are leaving the area though, they come to discover an old drunk that is up on the power lines... So they stop and try to yell to get the old fool down from the power tower. When they realize though that they can't get the old man down, Val ends up making his way up the ladder and discovering that the man is dead.

So they end up taking the old man back to town, they also end up discovering that an old rancher's head was cut clean off, and so after they take care of business inside of the town, they decide to head back out of town... As they are heading down the road though they come to discover that they only regular road out of town has been destroyed and has become impassible...

Trapped in the valley, with no real workable way to get out of there, it will be up to Earl, Val & the rest of the town to discover what has been killing all these people around the town, before this as yet unseen monster comes after the town itself, because in this case, the town of Perfection is no longer perfection!
Now I don't really have much negative to say about this movie... I mean it is fun, action packed, with awesome special effects, amazing acting from a group of very talented actors, and the monster along with the rest of the special effects were just awesome!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="770"] The town of, 'Perfection' is about to have a real, 'Graboid' problem on their hands![/caption]

The last thing that I wanted to mention also is that besides the fact that this movie does inject some levity in to the moment, the script was fun, engrossing, with some awesome character development, and you end up really rooting for these guys from the small town of, 'Perfection'!  Anyway folks, this is definitely one that was worth my time, and which I really enjoyed, and I think that you guys might as well!

http://youtu.be/Tlzvh0cR9q4