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The Off-Broadway Cast Recording of Philip Paul Kelly‘s Rock-n-Roll Wrestling Spectacle, “Rockquiem For A Wrestler,” is available on Compact Disc and Music Streaming/Download Services today.

Featuring the music of Eddie Star (Eddie Star & The Zero Effect, JoyBox) and composer Paul Castrataro (Picture of Dorian Gray, Fags & Cellphones) the show about a champion wrestler created a lot of excitement among both wrestling and music fans. The “Elevated Staged Reading” streamed live on June 27, 2020, from New York City’s Triad Theater.

The single, “Savior” (One of Star’s songs) sung by Philip Paul Kelly, was released earlier this year. It will be accompanied by a music video currently in post-production and scheduled for release early next year. “Rockquiem For A Wrestler” is in development for the screen by Kelly, who is reprising his role as Mr. Greenway in the Ogunquit Playhouse at the Music Hall’s production of “Elf the Musical” in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this holiday season.

Singer Philip Paul Kelly‘s new single “Savior” arrives on digital music streaming services today. The song, off the live cast recording of Kelly’s Rock-n-Roll Wrestling Spectacle, “Rockquiem For A Wrestler,” is currently available on Compact Disc through the independent label Ton-Up, Inc. 

“Savior” showcases Kelly’s signature vocal style and captures his ability to draw the listener into the song. Performed and recorded live at New York’s Triad Theater for the elevated staged reading of “Rockquiem For A Wrestler, in June of 2020, Kelly brings a blistering intensity and menace, capturing the theatrical spontaneity that is the signature of Rock-n-Roll and the Wrestling world.

The band features Guitarist Benjamin J Samuelson, Drummer Peter Lazorcik, Bass Player Seth Lisle, and a special appearance by Eddie Star (Eddie Star & The Zero Effect, JoyBox) on Rhythm Guitar. Originally written, recorded, and performed by Star, the song is one of several titles licensed from the musician’s catalog included in the show.

The story of a champion wrestler revisiting his past, transporting the audience simultaneously between the world of professional wrestling and being at a rock concert, featuring the music of Eddie Star and composer Paul Castrataro (Picture of Dorian Gray, Fags & Cellphones) captured the imagination of the viewing audience during the live stream in June of 2020.

A music video for “Savior” will soon be released, and the live cast recording will be available on digital music services later this year. Kelly is currently developing “Rockquiem For A Wrestler” for the screen.

About Ton-Up Records:

Ton-Up Records is the music division of Ton-Up, Inc, an independent creative company that draws its inspiration from the biker subculture that developed in 1950s Britain. “Doing the Ton” meant you were going 100mph or over on your motorcycle. We are taking that idea and applying it to our work and the creativity we bring to the world.

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NEW YORK – March 3, 2022 – PRLog — Ton-Up, Inc. will be releasing the first single from the live cast recording of Actor, Singer, Writer, and Director Philip Paul Kelly‘s Rock-n-Roll Wrestling Spectacle, “Rockquiem For A Wrestler.”

Performed and recorded live by Philip Paul Kelly during the elevated staged reading at New York City’s legendary Off-Broadway venue, The Triad Theater, the song “Savior” will arrive on streaming services on March 25, 2022.

Originally written, recorded, and performed by Eddie Star, the song is one of several titles licensed from Star’s catalog included in the show.  “Eddie Star’s music is Punk Rock.  I thought it would be a good compatible form of music to compliment the grittiness of the wrestling environment,” Kelly commented in a short documentary about the show by NYU film student Shuyao Chen in 2019.

The story of a champion wrestler revisiting his past, transporting the audience simultaneously between the world of professional wrestling and being at a rock concert, featuring the music of Eddie Star (Eddie Star & The Zero Effect, JoyBox) and composer Paul Castrataro (Picture of Dorian Gray, Fags & Cellphones) captured the imagination of the viewing audience during the live stream in June of 2020.

The live cast recording, “Rockquiem For A Wrestler” (Released January 7, 2022), is currently only available on Compact Disc and will be released digitally later this year. The show is currently being adapted and developed for the screen.

https://www.rockquiem.com/buy-cd/

About Ton-Up, Inc.

Ton-Up Records is the music division of Ton-Up, Inc, an independent creative company that draws its inspiration from the biker subculture that developed in 1950s Britain. “Doing the Ton” meant that you were going 100mph or over on your motorcycle. We’re taking that idea and applying it to our work and the creativity we bring to the world.

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Rockquiem For A Wrestler the pro-wrestling related musical by Philip Paul Kelley will be releasing an eight-song recording of their 2020 performance at the Triad Theater in New York City.   

The project “dramatizes the dangerous, absurd, and often tragic lives of wrestlers” while telling the story of a “champion wrestler revisiting his past, transporting the audience simultaneously between the world of professional wrestling and being at a rock concert.”

The eight song set on the CD features the following tracks:

-Narcissist.

-Savior.

-Bitter Water.

-Mirror, Mirror.

-Casanova.

-The Letter.

-Alright.

-Technicolor Dreams.

The CD will be released on 1/7 and can be ordered at TonUpRecords.com.

For more on the project, visit www.Rockquiem.com.

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