Had he lived, legendary punk singer Stiv Bators would have celebrated his 75th birthday today (October 22). Bators, who was born Steven Bator in Youngstown, Ohio, is best-known as the founding lead ...

Formed by members of The Damned, Dead Boys and Sham 69, The Lords Of The New Church snatched defeat from the jaws of victory ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- He was a rock 'n' roll troublemaker. A punk. Always provocative, often confrontational. But there was a very different side to Stiv Bators. Offstage, the Dead Boys singer was ...

Veteran New York punk rocker Stiv Bators met his end on June 3, 1990 when he struck by a taxi while crossing the street in Paris. Bators, best known for his stint playing with Dead Boys, was ...

Cheetah Chrome‘s current version of Dead Boys will release a new album (name TBA) in 2025 via Celopatra Records, featuring Blondie‘s Clem Burke on drums and Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock on bass, as well ...

Stiv Bators' cameo in John Waters' 1981 comedy 'Polyester' is so natural, it's easy to forget that his day job was fronting the Cleveland-bred punk band the Dead Boys. In the movie, Bators stars as Bo ...

It became clear that fans were unwilling to embrace him as a replacement for the late, great Stiv Bators, whose legendary presence remains irreplaceable. Since his departure, the former member has ...

Twenty-five years after his untimely death, the memory of Dead Boys singer Stiv Bators lives on. A photo exhibit in Cleveland's Colllinwood neighborhood revisits his early days in rock 'n' roll with ...

Jake Hout, the current singer of the Dead Boys has left the band. He states that the split is due to Dead Boys' current label, Cleopatra, wanting to release a record with "Stiv Bators' Voice" as ...

The singer of punk band Dead Boys has quit the group, claiming their label wants to use an AI version of their late frontman Stiv Bators. READ MORE: In the age of AI Oasis, there’s no point being ...