Acting
Jack Blades
Born
1954-04-24 (72)
Place of birth
Palm Desert, California, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
13 titles
Jack Martin Blades is an American rock musician best known for his work with Rubicon, Night Ranger, and Damn Yankees. He has also recorded with Tommy Shaw under the name Shaw Blades, co-founded Revolution Saints with Deen Castronovo (Journey) and Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake), collaborated with Tak Matsumoto Group alongside Eric Martin (Mr. Big), and released solo material. Personal life: Born in Palm Desert, California, Blades began playing guitar at age eight when his parents gave him a plastic ukulele. He attended Arcadia High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, then graduated from Indio High School in 1972, where he was senior class president. At College of the Desert, he met saxophonist Pat Ri…
Known for
7.3Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
Where Are They Now?
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
2006
7.8Formed in the early '90s, Damn Yankees featured guitarist Ted Nugent, Styx guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw, Night Ranger bassist/vocalist Jack Blades, and drummer Michael Cartellone. They released two platinum albums with a bunch of radio-friendly tracks and had a Top 5 hit with the ballad High Enough. Originally released on VHS in 1992, and now on DVD for the first time, this features the band at it's peak in a live concert filmed at the Rocky Mountain Jam in Denver, Colorado. It is the only video footage available documenting this brief but popular union. The DVD Includes behind-the-scenes rehearsal and recording sessions, plus exclusive backstage footage and interviews with the band.
Damn Yankees: Uprising Live!
1992
NRTMG LIVE TOUR "Dodge The Bullet" was a live tour held by TMG (Tak Matsumoto Group) in 2004. The tour ran from July 3, 2004 to September 7, 2004. The band played a sixteen-song set, including all songs from TMG I apart from "My Alibi". Additionally, the band performed a full-band acoustic rendition of Mr. Big's "To Be With You" and a cover of Night Ranger's "(You Can Still) Rock in America". One month prior to the tour proper, the band appeared as one of the featured acts at annual Japanese music festival SUMMER SONIC 04 to play a truncated setlist of ten songs. The tour finale was filmed and released on DVD and VHS.
TMG: Dodge The Bullet - Live 2004
2004
NRThe craze is back! The final performance from the first national tour in 20 years, which captivated the audience with its unchanged rock spirit and quality performance, is recorded in its entirety! Fans are eagerly anticipating the release, ready to relive the magic and energy that defined a generation. This performance promises to reignite the passion and excitement that made the tour a landmark event in music history.
TMG Live 2024 - Still Dodging the Bullet
2025
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
NRThe craze is back! The final performance from the first national tour in 20 years, which captivated the audience with its unchanged rock spirit and quality performance, is recorded in its entirety! Fans are eagerly anticipating the release, ready to relive the magic and energy that defined a generation. This performance promises to reignite the passion and excitement that made the tour a landmark event in music history.
TMG Live 2024 - Still Dodging the Bullet
2025
NRNight Ranger left an indelible mark with a string of best-selling albums that sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. The band’s popularity was fuelled by an impressive string of instantly recognizable hit singles and signature album tracks, including “Sister Christian,” “(You Can Still) Rock In America,” “When You Close Your Eyes,” “Sentimental Street,” “Goodbye” and the aforementioned “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me.” Harnessing the frenetic drive of heavy metal to hook-laden rock songs, throwing in a stunning twin lead guitar team, and melodious, radio-friendly power ballads, Night Ranger inspired new descriptive phrases such as “melodic metal” and “metal power pop”. They became the standard-bearer of a new sound. The bright lights and rock ‘n’ roll nights never end for Night Ranger. You can still Rock in America!
Night Ranger
2022
8.0Night Ranger had a one of a kind performance at the Key Bank State Theatre in Cleveland on November 9th, 2022 as they performed their entire show with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Setlist: "Intro", "(You Can Still) Rock In America", "Four In The Morning", "Sing Me Away", "Call My Name", "Sentimental Street", "High Road", "Night Ranger", "Goodbye", "When You Close Your Eyes", "Don't Tell Me You Love Me", "Sister Christian"
Night Ranger: 40 Years And A Night (With Contemporary Youth Orchestra)
2023
2010s · 2 titles
7.5In celebration of their 35+ year career, this new live album, featuring all their classic and most recent hits, sees the band at the top of their game, delivering a superb performance not to be missed! Recorded May 7, 2016 concert at the the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois.
Night Ranger - 35 Years and a Night in Chicago
2017
5.5Night Ranger truly epitomizes the sound of the 80’s while at the same time transcending it. Since their reunion in 1996, they have brought their guitar-crunching, melodic brand of Hard Rock into the 21st century with unparalleled talent, energy and creativity.
Night Ranger: 24 Strings & A Drummer - Live & Acoustic
2012
2000s · 2 titles
NRTMG LIVE TOUR "Dodge The Bullet" was a live tour held by TMG (Tak Matsumoto Group) in 2004. The tour ran from July 3, 2004 to September 7, 2004. The band played a sixteen-song set, including all songs from TMG I apart from "My Alibi". Additionally, the band performed a full-band acoustic rendition of Mr. Big's "To Be With You" and a cover of Night Ranger's "(You Can Still) Rock in America". One month prior to the tour proper, the band appeared as one of the featured acts at annual Japanese music festival SUMMER SONIC 04 to play a truncated setlist of ten songs. The tour finale was filmed and released on DVD and VHS.
TMG: Dodge The Bullet - Live 2004
2004
NRRunning 21 minutes, this DVD contains the videos for five of Night Ranger's first six chart singles, including the group's two Top Ten hits, "Sister Christian" and "Sentimental Street." The clips are each little films that, in the typical fashion of music videos, have something to do with the songs that serve as their soundtracks and allow plenty of space for the group members, particularly singer/bassist Jack Blades, to shake their curls and emote in performance.
Night Ranger: Best Of The Videos
2004
1990s · 3 titles
7.8Formed in the early '90s, Damn Yankees featured guitarist Ted Nugent, Styx guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw, Night Ranger bassist/vocalist Jack Blades, and drummer Michael Cartellone. They released two platinum albums with a bunch of radio-friendly tracks and had a Top 5 hit with the ballad High Enough. Originally released on VHS in 1992, and now on DVD for the first time, this features the band at it's peak in a live concert filmed at the Rocky Mountain Jam in Denver, Colorado. It is the only video footage available documenting this brief but popular union. The DVD Includes behind-the-scenes rehearsal and recording sessions, plus exclusive backstage footage and interviews with the band.
Damn Yankees: Uprising Live!
1992
NRRingo Starr peforming Beatles classics and solo hits live.
Ringo Starr: VH1 Storytellers
1998
6.5This is the Damn Yankees at Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan on January 20, 1993. Setlist: 01. Don't Tread On Me / 02. Damn Yankees / 03. Rock City / 04. Free-For-All (Ted Nugent song) / 05. This Side of Hell / 06. Where You Goin' Now / 07. Come Again / 08. Uprising / 09. Renegade (Styx cover) / 10. (You Can Still) Rock in America (Night Ranger cover) / 11. Coming of Age / 12. High Enough
Damn Yankees: Live In Japan
1993
Series credits
7.3Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
Where Are They Now?
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
2006
