1. Aurelio Voltaire has released 13 studio albums, including Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children, BiTrektual, and Raised by Bats.
34 Facts About Aurelio Voltaire
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In 1997, Aurelio Voltaire wrote and illustrated the six-issue Sirius Entertainment comic book series Chi-Chian, and created a Flash animated webseries of the same name for the Sci-Fi Channel website.
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Aurelio Voltaire's father died when he was four months old.
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At ten months old, Aurelio Voltaire emigrated to New Jersey with his mother and sister after his mother remarried.
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At the age of ten, Aurelio Voltaire was inspired by the films of Ray Harryhausen, and began animating on a super 8 camera.
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Aurelio Voltaire's stepfather was abusive, considering Voltaire's strange hobbies and interests to indicate he was homosexual.
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Aurelio Voltaire's first job there was an animator with Parker Brothers.
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Aurelio Voltaire says that he loves New York, and that the only other place he would be happy living is Tokyo.
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Aurelio Voltaire's music has strong roots and connections to European folk as well as other influences such as the goth scene.
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Aurelio Voltaire's music has been linked to cabaret, with Lexicon Magazine using the term "goth cabaret", possibly referring to dark cabaret, a term often used to describe some bands Voltaire cites as his influences.
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Aurelio Voltaire has been linked to the steampunk scene with Victorian-era horror related subjects, and some of his visual and music styling, and in recent years he has become a favorite at major steampunk conventions such as the Steampunk World's Fair.
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Aurelio Voltaire describes his own music as "Music for a parallel universe where electricity was never invented and Morrissey is the queen of England".
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Aurelio Voltaire says that bands and artists who influenced his music are Rasputina, Morrissey, Tom Waits, Cab Calloway and Danny Elfman.
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The first band that Aurelio Voltaire played in was called "First Degree".
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Aurelio Voltaire wrote "Land of the Dead" for Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, which plays in the opening sequence.
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Aurelio Voltaire performed a musical special for Artix Entertainment in their MMO game AdventureQuest Worlds, altering some of his songs in To the Bottom of the Sea to suit their standards.
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On September 2,2011, Aurelio Voltaire released his eighth studio album: Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children.
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On September 2,2012, Aurelio Voltaire released his ninth studio album, BiTrektual.
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Aurelio Voltaire was hired for his first directing job in 1988 with MTV, creating the "MTV-Bosch" station ID in the style of Hieronymus Bosch.
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Aurelio Voltaire has made station IDs for clients such as Cartoon Network, Sci-Fi Channel and its Animation Station block, USA Network, and Nickelodeon.
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Aurelio Voltaire currently teaches stop motion animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, as well as animating, directing, and singing.
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On his YouTube channel The Lair of Aurelio Voltaire, Aurelio Voltaire publishes the video series Gothic Homemaking, a guide to gothic style.
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Aurelio Voltaire additionally contributed a cameo as the exorcist Altair in The VelociPastor in 2017.
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Aurelio Voltaire will be appearing in visual companion content for American Murder Song as Unwed Henry.
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Aurelio Voltaire will be co-directing the upcoming horror film, The Demonatrix with co-director Jeff Ferrell.
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Aurelio Voltaire is playing the part of Father Veto opposite Hannah Fierman's dominatrix, Lita.
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In early 2004, for his DEADY comic book, Aurelio Voltaire signed a deal with Toy2R.
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In 2008, Aurelio Voltaire shot the Animation short film X-Mess Detritus.
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In mid-2013, Aurelio Voltaire released the novel Call of the Jersey Devil.
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Aurelio Voltaire is currently writing a novel based on his 2022 album The Black Labyrinth.
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Aurelio Voltaire married his long-time girlfriend, Jayme, on October 1,2009, at the Angel Orensanz Center in New York City.
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Aurelio Voltaire has a son, Mars, from a previous relationship, born in 1998.
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On September 25,2013, Aurelio Voltaire announced on his official blog, that he and his wife were to be divorced.
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Tracks by Aurelio Voltaire appeared on these compilation albums, sorted by year.