Michael Alago
From QueerBio.com
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1959 -
Occupation
Entertainment
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). Author of his autobiography 'I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music, Signing Metallica, and Beating Death' (2020). HIV positive.
Further Reading/Research
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4958390/
- 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.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/26/gay-music-exec-michael-alago-beat-aids-and-bathed-nina-simone
