Howdy! I'm Frank Meyer. I am a musician, producer, writer and author. For over a decade, I doubled as a touring rock musician in The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs and as a writer/journalist for the likes of Variety, KNAC.com, POPsmear magazine, LA Weekly, Bizarre, New Times, and others.A few years back I took a position at G4tv, where I am now Sr. Interactive Content Producer. At G4, I created the multi-platform hip hop series Freestyle 101, which took home the 2008 Webby Award for Best Music Series. I also co-produce much of the music on Freestyle 101 with my music production team Messiaz (also featuring the great Bruce Duff) and serve as a gun-for-hire guitarist.In addition, along with pal Scott Chernoff, I wrote/directed/produced the TV series Videogame Theater for MTV Europe, which is currently airing on Escapistmagazine.com .
Along the way, I also co-wrote the book On the Road with The Ramones with the great Monte A. Melnick, worked with Dave Mustaine (Megadeth/Metallica) on his upcoming debut book, and edited Neil Zlozower's Van Halen: A Visual History: 1978-1984.
A little bit more about the music…My Freestyle 101 hip hop production credits include Ice-T, Lil’ Fame (M.O.P.), B-Real, Kool keith, Buckshot, Prodigy (Mobb Deep), Fat Joe, Sheek Louch (Lox), Master P, Romeo, Bizarre (D12), Pigeon John, Busdriver, Sean Price, Killah Priest, Devin the Dude, Sean Kingston, Planet Asia, The Pack, Gift of Gab, RBX, MC Frontalot, and many more. Messiaz has also worked with Saafir, Freddie Foxxx, Hell-Razah (Sunz of Man), Freestyle (Arsonists), Necro, Insane Poetry, Lord G, Neila, K-Rino, Dope-E of The Terrorists, Johnny Polygon, and many more. Rock production credits include Eddie Spaghetti (Supersuckers), Prima Donna, The Ladykillers, Thor the Rock Warrior, and more.
I fronted L.A. punk rawk 'n' rollers The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs , who formed in 1995, made 10 albums, appeared on 65 others, toured the world and backed rock legends Wayne Kramer (MC5), Sylvain Sylvain (NY Dolls), Cherie Currie (Runaways) and many other of our heroes. We split up in '02...kinda...we still do reunion shows once and awhile for kicks.
After the Cheetahs, I formed a band called Sweet Justice , which lasted a little over a year and yielded one album (Rolling Stone Editor's Choice, thank you), one trek to Spain, one tour with hero Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys) and gigs with the likes of Zeke, Rocket From the Tombs and others. Along the way I also played with artists such as Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman), Michael Des Barres (Silverhead, Detective, Power Station) and Bob Dorough (Schoolhouse Rock, Miles Davis).
Now I have a new band called Angus Khan , which features members of the SW Cheetahs, B Movie Rats, and ADZ himself. The sound is AC/DC meets Motorhead meets the Ramones meets the neutron bomb, and the stage show is a KISS vs. Crue inspired spectacle.
Whew! So...er, yeah, I tend to be a multi-tasker and involved in a bunch of stuff at once...but try to stay organized and find time to have fun and relax. I have a 4 ½ year-old daughter that is beyond incredible, whom I love with all my heart. She's the smartest, funniest person I know and will surely rule the world one day.
So why am I here at MySpace? Just lookin' to turn people onto my music, writing and art, make a few friends, whatever... so there you go.
I also also an official blogger for Yahoo's Nissan Live Sets series, where I covers concerts by artists like Velvet Revolver, Common, Evanescence, Jewell and Enrique Iglisias (random, I know). Check it out here
Click here to order On The Road With The Ramones, the book I wrote with Ramones Tour Manager Monte A. Melnick. The book just went into it's third pressing and this latest version features a brand new, updated chapter!
Watch me accepting the 2008 Webby Award for Best Music Series for G4tv's Freestyle 101 below:
Check out this clip of Apple president/founder Steve Jobs plugging my show Freestyle 101 during his recent Apple keynote speech:
Click the link below to watch the new Apple Ipod Nano commercial with a clip of Freestyle 101 and one of my Messiaz beats:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/ipoditunes/2007/nano
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Dig these G4tv commercials I worked on that were inspired by Freestyle 101:
Watch me in action in this behind-the-scenes episode of Freestyle 101:
Dig these recent episodes of my multi-platform G4tv series Freestyle 101:
Watch Videogame Theater on Escapistmagazine.com below:
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To watch me on Microsoft 10 talking about Videogame Theater, CLICK HERE.
To watch Videogame Theater co-creator Scott Chernoff and myself on German TV, click here or watch below.
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Click on screen below to watch me in a short commercial parody co-written and directed with Videogame Theater's Scott Chernoff:
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Angus Khan - "Mr. Living Dead"
Angus Khan - "Silver and Green" (Live at the Knitting Factory):
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Live clips of me in The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs from back in the day:
To buy any Streetwalkin' Cheetahs CD via Paypal, just click on the link below. Make sure to indicate which one you want in the Paypal notes as I have too many to make individual buttons for. Check the discographies at www.the streetwalkincheetahs.com , www.sweetjusticetheband.com , and www.messiaz.com for choices and availability. Thanks!
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