Ray Gange

Ray Gange (b. 1958) was a film star from London, England, best known for his portrayal of the roadie who starred in the film "Rude Boy". [cite news |first=Marcus |last=Gray |title=The cult of the roadie |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/20/popandrock.clash |work=The Guardian |date=2007-07-20 ] The film won various awards but Gange shocked the show business world by pulling the plug on his rising film career, apparently preferring instead the less-glamourous life of a construction worker in California, perhaps inspired by the Jack Nicholson character in "Five Easy Pieces".

In his one and only well-known film appearance, Gange displayed a variety of expressions, although some have pointed out that they all look somewhat similar to the one at the start of the film which shows him waking up and looking out the window.

Gange returned to the UK in the early 1980's and formed the short-lived record label Gange's Records in order to release the records of punk-blues band The Folk Devils that he was then managing.

In the late 1990s Gange obtained a Fine Arts degree from Chelsea School of Art and re-emerged as a visual artist, working primarily in the fields of sculpture and painting

In November 2008 Ray Gange will be guest DJ at 3 shows by The Alarm at London's Islington Academy

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*myspace|raygange