1. Andrew Lawrence Fortier was born on July 14,1987 and is an American musician, guitarist, filmmaker, actor, and author.
24 Facts About Drew Fortier
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Drew Fortier is best known for his work with The Lucid; which he cofounded alongside Vinnie Dombroski, David Ellefson, and Mike Heller.
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Drew Fortier was guitarist for the now late Chuck Mosley.
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Drew Fortier has directed and edited the documentary Attack of Life: The Bang Tango Movie as well as the David Ellefson produced horror film Dwellers which Fortier wrote and stars in.
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Drew Fortier is the author of Dark, Depressing, and Hilarious which is an autobiography on his career thus far.
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Drew Fortier met hard rock band Bang Tango in June 2011 where they offered to let him shoot a studio documentary while they were in Chicago recording their album Pistol Whipped in the Bible Belt; Fortier agreed to the project which eventually grew from a studio documentary to a feature-length film about the band's career up to that point titled Attack of Life: The Bang Tango Movie.
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Drew Fortier took 4 years filming and editing what would become a documentary on 80's hard rock band Bang Tango.
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Drew Fortier became a member of Bang Tango days later as the band's second guitarist.
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Drew Fortier released the film for free on YouTube in early 2016.
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Drew Fortier made note that the footage was initially removed from the film due to its portrayal of the band members featured in the scenes.
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Summer 2017, Drew Fortier was recruited as guitarist for Chuck Mosley's solo band.
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In May 2019, it was announced that Drew Fortier will be writing, directing, and starring in the found footage horror film Dwellers which is being produced by Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and Thom Hazaert via their newly formed production company Ellefson Films.
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Drew Fortier took a year long break performing with the band to work for Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson's EMP Label Group as their Operations Coordinator.
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Drew Fortier worked closely with Ellefson and the label's Operations Director Thom Hazaert up until he returned to Bang Tango in August 2017.
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In 2011, while shooting Attack of Life: The Bang Tango Movie and 4 years prior to joining the band, Drew Fortier performed additional guitar and backing vocals on Bang Tango's Pistol Whipped in the Bible Belt album.
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In 2015, Drew Fortier co-founded the supergroup Zen From Mars along with Chip Z'Nuff, Brynn Arens, Mike Heller, Stephen Shareaux, and Kate Catalina.
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In June 2018, Drew Fortier joined 90's hard rock band Flipp as their guitarist for a one-off show in Minnesota.
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In 2017, Fortier made his acting debut in the horror film Her Name Was Christa, written by, directed by, and starring James L Edwards who would go on to become a frequent collaborator of Fortier's.
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July 2017, Drew Fortier was cast as a lead role in the Horror film Her Name Was Christa.
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In 2021, Drew Fortier co-starred in the low budget horror anthology Brimstone Incorporated as Gregory Asmodeus, who is the main character of the film's wraparound story.
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In fall of 2021, it was announced that Drew Fortier would be starring in the revenge horror film Trivial along with Sasha Graham.
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Drew Fortier wrote an autobiography titled Dark, Depressing, and Hilarious which covers his career up until 2018.
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In May 2022 it was revealed that Drew Fortier had been diagnosed with Testicular cancer leading to him to have surgery removing his right testicle; as of June 2022, he is cancer free.
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Drew Fortier has received numerous awards internationally for the film Dwellers.