Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit

Raw Collection
Compilation album by Dick Valentine
Released	July 14, 2016
Genre	Rock
Label	Self-released
Producer	Dick Valentine
Dick Valentine chronology

Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit
Soundtrack album by Electric Six
Released	July 14, 2016
Genre	Rock
Label	self-released
Producer	John Nash
Electric Six chronology
Electric Six Kickstarter album chronology

Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit
Directed by	Tom Lehrer Tom Nahas
Produced by	Chris Fuller
Written by	Tyler Spencer; Tom Lehrer; Tom Nahas;
Starring	Dick Valentine; Dave Malarsh; Mike Alonso; Christopher Tait; John Nash;
Music by	Electric Six
Cinematography	Tom Lehrer
Edited by	Tom Nahas
Production; companies	Mad Habit Creative
Release date	July 14, 2016 (home media);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$63,243

Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit is an American mockumentary film starring members of the rock band Electric Six as fictional versions of themselves. The film was written by lead singer Dick Valentine and was crowd-sourced through a Kickstarter campaign.[1]

Cast

Dick Valentine as himself
Da Ve as himself
Johnny Na$hinal as himself
Tait Nucleus? as himself
Mike Alonso as himself

Production

The project was originally pitched on Kickstarter as a spoof 45-minute pilot for a documentary TV series following fictionalised backstories and exploits of the members of the band.[2]

A $30,000 goal was set which was soon reached and surpassed. A total of $63,243 was raised by the end of the campaign.[3]

The mockumentary features cameos from some backers of the project on Kickstarter who pledged to be given a role in the film.

During the edit, it was decided to alter production and produce a feature-film mockumentary with the footage instead. The finished product runs for 85 minutes.

The project was distributed to its backers on the 14th of July 2016. A public screening was held at the Main Art Theatre in Detroit on the 8th of September 2016[4] and it was subsequently accepted into the Royal Starr Film Festival and screened publicly on the 15th of October 2016.[5]

As with previous Kickstarter campaigns run by the band, the option was given to pledge money in exchange for choosing a song that the band would cover to potentially appear in the film and to feature on the soundtrack. None of these made their way into the final cut but are all present on the soundtrack.[6]

Soundtrack album

The film's soundtrack album was released on CD and digital download to the project's Kickstarter pledgers. It is the band's thirteenth studio album, comprising four original songs, three covers and two remixes of the band's songs.

Soundtrack
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Compensation[7]"	John Nash and Tyler Spencer	2:08
2.	"All Night Long" (Originally recorded by Rainbow)	Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover	3:56
3.	"An Omen of Things to Come"	John Nash, Tyler Spencer and Christopher Tait	3:42
4.	"Obsession" (Originally recorded by Animotion)	Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres	4:30
5.	"Night Vision Dubai Bros. Remix" (Dubai Bros. remix of "Night Vision" from Switzerland)	Tyler Spencer	3:38
6.	"I Upgraded To You"	John Nash, Tyler Spencer and Christopher Tait	3:32
7.	"Shrink the Bastards"	Tyler Spencer	2:04
8.	"Lottery Reptiles Tropicalia Mix" (Remix of the song "Lottery Reptiles" from Fresh Blood for Tired Vampyres)	John Nash and Tyler Spencer	3:23
9.	"When the Lights Go Out" (Originally recorded by Oingo Boingo)	Danny Elfman	3:42

The covers and remixes don't appear in the film despite being present on the album. Conversely, the film makes use of the songs "Dance Commander", "Night Vision", "Infected Girls", "Down at McDonnelzzz", "Gay Bar Part Two", "Eye Contact", "I'm the Devil, "Kids Are Evil", "Roulette!" and "Dime, Dime, Penny Dime" from previous Electric Six albums with none of them appearing on the soundtrack.[8]

The band subsequently performed a stripped down, acoustic version of the song "An Omen of Things to Come" on their third live album Chill Out![9]

Personnel

Dick Valentine - vocals
Tait Nucleus? - synthesizer (tracks 3, 6, 7), guitar (track 3), drum programming (track 6)
Johnny Na$hinal - guitar, background vocals (tracks 1-3), keyboards (tracks 1-2, 4, 9), bass (tracks 2-3, 6-8), drum programming (tracks 4, 8-9), drums (tracks 8-9)
Percussion World - drums (tracks 2-3, 6)
Da Ve - guitar (track 3)
Scott Weinert - bass (track 1)
Steven Powell - cajón (track 1)
Melody Malosh - background vocals (track 3)
Nicole Tausney - background vocals (track 3)
Coaimhe Carton - vocals (track 4)[10]

Dick Valentine Raw Collection

One of the rewards offered as part of the project's Kickstarter campaign was the Dick Valentine Raw Collection, a compilation album of demos and other pieces produced by Electric Six frontman Dick Valentine.

All tracks written by Tyler Spencer.[11]

Raw Collection
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Classon Ave. Robots" (Demo of the track featured on Covered in Gas)
2.	"Digital Jackass"
3.	"Hello! I See You" (Demo of the track featured on Heartbeats and Brainwaves)
4.	"I Belong In a Factory" (Demo of the track featured on Kill)
5.	"I Can Translate" (Demo of the track featured on the deluxe edition of Zodiac)
6.	"I'm Not Scared of Flying Saucers" (Demo of the track featured on Covered in Gas)
7.	"Laughing Gas"
8.	"Making Progress" (Demo of the track featured on Flashy)
9.	"Miami"
10.	"Rubbing Me the Wrong Way" (Demo of the track featured on Kill)
11.	"Suitcases" (Demo of the track featured on Mimicry and Memories)
12.	"Synth 2"
13.	"Theme From Garage Band (Test 1)"
14.	"Tonight Should Have Never Been Tonight (Test 3)"
15.	"Waste of Time and Money" (Demo of the track featured on Kill)
16.	"Zora and Nora" (Demo of the track featured on Covered in Gas)

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References

"Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.
"Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.
"Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.
"Main Art Theatre Showtimes". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.
"Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit Feature - Mockumentary". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.
"Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.
"Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six at Discogs". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.
"Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.
"Electric Six". setlist.fm. 2018.
"Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit". Discogs.
"Dick Valentine Raw". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

External links

Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit on IMDb

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[1] "Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

[2] "Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

[3] "Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

[4] "Main Art Theatre Showtimes". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

[5] "Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit Feature - Mockumentary". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

[6] "Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

[7] "Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit by Electric Six at Discogs". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

[8] "Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.

[9] "Electric Six". setlist.fm. 2018.

[10] "Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit". Discogs.

[11] "Dick Valentine Raw". Retrieved 28 Apr 2017.