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Mike Tramp is best known as the lead singer from the band White Lion. Mainly active in the 1980s and early 1990s, they released their debut album Fight to Survive in 1985. The band achieved success with their No. 8 hit Wait and No. 3 hit When the Children Cry from their second album, the double platinum selling Pride. The band continued their success with their third album, Big Game which achieved gold status and their fourth album Mane Attraction. White Lion disbanded in 1992. Since then, Mike has been in the band Freak of Nature and also has had a solo career and toured with different line-ups of White Lion.

Ryan O'Nan is best known for his roles as Donno on the ABC hit Big Sky and as King George USA's Queen of the South. (He also is a producer for both.) Other TV credits include recurring roles in such shows as Ray Donovan, Fargo, Swimming with Sharks and Blackout and guest star spots on Animal Kingdom, The Last Tycoon, Proof, Person of Interest, The Blacklist and Wu-Tang: An American Saga. (Which he was a producer/writer on.)

Stephen Tobolowsky is an actor best known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in Memento, as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry (Deadwood), Bob Bishop (Heroes), Sandy Ryerson (Glee), Stu Beggs (Californication and White Famous), "Action" Jack Barker (Silicon Valley), Dr. Leslie Berkowitz (One Day at a Time), and Principal Earl Ball (The Goldbergs.) 

Sananda Maitreya, who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame with his debut studio album, "Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby". That album produced the hits Sign Your Name, Dance Little Sister and the number one Wishing Well. The album earned a Grammy and he appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. Since then, he has released 13 studio albums and in most of his albums he plays all instruments and all songs are written, produced, arranged, performed and conceived by the artist, except where indicated. 

James Eckhouse has had a varied and distinguished career as an actor and director in film, television, and theater for over 35 years. He is best known for his role as Jim Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210. He has had guest starring roles on many TV series including Chicago Med, The Rookie, Station 19, The Affair, Code Black, NCIS, Major Crimes, Castle, The Good Wife, Southland, Criminal Minds, West Wing, and Once and Again and has also appeared in numerous movies such as The Avengers, S.W.A.T., Guess Who, One True Thing, Junior, Defending Your Life, 84 Charing Cross Road, Fat Man and Little Boy, Fatal Attraction, Cocktail, Big and Leaving Normal. 

Adam Ferrara is an Actor, Comedian who Entertainment Weekly dubbed “Hilarious,” and co-hosted the critically acclaimed BBC sensation, Top Gear US, for six seasons. Some of his other credits include playing Chief Needles Nelson on the Emmy nominated FX drama Rescue Me, co-starred with Emmy Award winner Edie Falco on Showtime’s hit series Nurse Jackie and starring alongside Kevin James in the hit movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop. His new podcast, The Adam Ferrara Podcast is a breakout hit and considered a “must listen” by Hidden Remote and his new comedy album It’s Scary in Here, debuted number one on iTunes.

Jill Whelan is best known for her role as Vickie Stubing, the daughter of Captain Stubing, in the first nine seasons of the popular television series The Love Boat and for playing Lisa Davis, the young heart patient, in the iconic movie, Airplane. Through her career she has made numerous other appearances in shows such as Fantasy Island, Vegas, Trapper John M.D., Matt Houston and Battle of the Network Stars.

Actor Matthew Laurance is best known for starring as Ben Coleman in the Fox sitcom Duet and for his recurring role as Mel Silver on Beverly Hills, 90210. Other roles include playing Sal Amato is Eddie and the Cruisers and Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives, and Ron Dellasandro in St. Elmo's Fire. He was also a regular on Saturday Night Live for one season. He currently is an on-air sports radio personality for ESPN in Lexington, KY. 

Ed Marinaro was a three-time All American at Cornell University and in 1971 was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy and went on to play in the NFL for the Vikings and Jets. After he retired, he pursued acting. He landed a role in Laverne & Shirley and then went on to play Officer Joe Coffey for 6 seasons on Hill Street Blues. Other credits include Sisters, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Amy Fisher: My Story, Dream On, Third Watch, Blue Mountain State, The Many Saints of Newark and numerous others.

Al Stewart came to stardom as part of the legendary British folk revival in the sixties and seventies and developed the combination of folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history. He has 19 studio albums between “Bedsitter Images” in 1967 and “Sparks of Ancient Light” in 2008, plus the live album "Uncorked" with Dave Nachmanoff in 2009. He is perhaps best known for his hits ‘Year of the Cat” from the Platinum album of the same name and the Platinum follow up album “Time Passages.” But his career spans four decades as a key figure in British music. He played at the first ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970, worked with Yoko Ono pre-Lennon and shared a London apartment with a young Paul Simon.