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Trask composed the music and lyrics for the stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (also a 2001 film), about a struggling rock star named Hedwig. Trask's real-life band Cheater performed as Hedwig's band "The Angry Inch". He received an Obie Award for the play and a Grammy Award nomination for the movie.
Trask fronted the '90s NYC punk band Cheater, Trask, has recorded and performed with artists ranging from Stone Temple Pilots to Yoko Ono, and has been scoring films (Lovelace, Little Fockers, Dreamgirls) for over a decade. He was also the music director and house band member at SqueezeBox, a weekly party that took place at Don Hill's.
Jun 24, 2019 · Mitchell saw, and loved, Trask’s band, Cheater, at CBGB; it would later become the band in the stage show of Hedwig. Mitchell—who by that point had established a solid acting career in theater, television, and film—told Trask stories about his own life, about growing up as the son of a U.S. Army officer in Scotland and Berlin.
Jun 7, 2015 · By Olivia Clement. June 07, 2015. John Cameron Mitchell Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN. "This is for you guys and for Jack Steeb," Mitchell said. Steeb, who was the bass player in the band Cheater...
For five years, Stephen performed with his band, Cheater, who originated the role of “The Angry Inch” Off-Broadway and performed on the original cast recording. From 1993-1998, Stephen danced with and accompanied The Corner Store Dance Company. He has scored numerous dance pieces and movies.
Apr 21, 2014 · John Cameron Mitchell, an actor who had appeared in Big River on Broadway, struck up a conversation with Stephen Trask, a rock musician, while on a flight from Los Angeles to New York in 1989.
Jun 6, 2014 · Originally, Trask and his own band, Cheater, performed as Hedwig's backing group. On Broadway, a new band was assembled with terrific rock-dude pedigrees.
