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==Occupation==
 
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Entertainment
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Entertainment, Photographer
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Promoter and punk habitue who signed the rock groups Metallica and White Zombie.  Published a poetry book 'Night Blooming Jasmine Will Never Smell The Same' with Life of Agony’s transgender singer [[Mina Caputo]], and a series of 'Rough Gods' photography collections.  Subject of the documentary 'Who The F**k Is That Guy?' (2017).   
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Promoter and punk habitue who signed the rock groups Metallica and White Zombie.  Former A&R Executive for Elektra Records.  Published a poetry book 'Night Blooming Jasmine Will Never Smell The Same' with Life of Agony’s transgender singer [[Mina Caputo]], and a series of 'Rough Gods' photography collections.  Subject of the documentary 'Who The F**k Is That Guy?' (2017).  Author of his autobiography 'I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music, Signing Metallica, and Beating Death' (2020).  Photographer. HIV positive.   
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://variety.com/2017/film/news/michael-alago-who-signed-metallica-and-white-zombie-gets-the-documentary-treatment-in-who-the-fk-is-that-guy-1202497423/
 
* http://variety.com/2017/film/news/michael-alago-who-signed-metallica-and-white-zombie-gets-the-documentary-treatment-in-who-the-fk-is-that-guy-1202497423/
 
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidalm/2017/07/12/meet-the-guy-who-made-music-history/#326a3c5d59a5
 
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidalm/2017/07/12/meet-the-guy-who-made-music-history/#326a3c5d59a5
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* https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/26/gay-music-exec-michael-alago-beat-aids-and-bathed-nina-simone
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 28 October 2020

Michael Alago

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1959 -

Occupation

Entertainment, Photographer

Description

Promoter and punk habitue who signed the rock groups Metallica and White Zombie. Former A&R Executive for Elektra Records. Published a poetry book 'Night Blooming Jasmine Will Never Smell The Same' with Life of Agony’s transgender singer Mina Caputo, and a series of 'Rough Gods' photography collections. Subject of the documentary 'Who The F**k Is That Guy?' (2017). Author of his autobiography 'I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music, Signing Metallica, and Beating Death' (2020). Photographer. HIV positive.

Further Reading/Research


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