PAUL STANLEY And TED NUGENT Are Not In '2001 Maniacs' Movie

February 4, 2005

Mr. Dark of The Horror Channel's Dread Central has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to refute a recent press release from StaticMultiMedia.com which claims that KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and Ted Nugent make cameo appearances in Hollywood horror freshman Tim Sullivan's ("Detroit Rock City") directorial debut, "2001 Maniacs", due later in the year.

Commented Mr. Dark, "[Paul Stanley and Ted Nugent] aren't in the movie.

"I saw the first screening a couple of weeks ago, and the parts you noted that they're playing are played by other people. The gas station attendant is played by country star Travis Tritt. There is no Sheriff Howell character, the sheriff's name is Friedman. It's played by an actor with the last name of Stark, according to the IMDB. Never heard of him, but I do know he has short hair and is a good 20 years younger than Uncle Ted. Also, I didn't see any sign of [Matt] Sorum [VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES] or [Lenny] Cordola being involved in the score. The new arrangement of the Herschel Gordon Lewis-penned theme to '2000 Maniacs' (which this movie is a remake of) has lots of heavy guitars, so I checked out the songwriting credits at the end, curious to see who did it. I saw director Tim Sullivan's name, but I definitely did not see Sorum or Cordola.

"I think someone is blowing smoke up your ass. :) What we saw was the finished version of the film, music and score complete, so I think the story is bogus from the top down."

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