Who plays the song on the dark side?
John Cafferty
On the Dark Side/Artists
Who is the real band behind Eddie and the Cruisers?
and the Beaver Brown Band
Some of us even wore out our singles of “On The Dark Side” by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, the real rockers behind the Cruisers’ fictional hits. Today Eddie And The Cruisers is one of the most beloved movies of the ’80s.
Was there really a band called Eddie and the Cruisers?
The legendary “East Coast Rock’n’Roll” group John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band began their career in 1972 and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s with the “Eddie & The Cruisers – Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
What happened to Eddie from Eddie and the Cruisers?
Eddie & The Cruisers. Under mysterious conditions, Eddie Wilson, a Early Sixties rock’n’Roll idol dies in a car crash. His body had never been found. The tapes of his last record had vanished.
Did they ever find Eddie Wilson?
In 1963, his car went off a bridge, but his body was never found. Wilson walked away from the accident and his old life, including fame and its attendant hassles. He took the name Joe West, moved to Canada and eventually started to work in construction.
Is Eddie Wilson still alive?
The “lost recordings” from A Season in Hell that were discovered in the previous film are released and become a major hit album. Eddie Wilson is actually alive. He slipped away from the car crash which supposedly caused his death and began a new life under an assumed name.
Who played sax in Eddie and the Cruisers?
Michael “Tunes” Antunes
Michael “Tunes” Antunes (born August 10, 1940) is a professional American saxophonist. He is most noted for playing the tenor saxophone on hit songs with the John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band and for his acting role as the saxophonist in the 1983 movie Eddie and the Cruisers.
Is Eddie alive in Eddie and the Cruisers?
Who played sax in Eddie and the Cruisers 2?
Antunes
Antunes performed in the movie as the band’s saxophone player and also in the movie’s sequel. In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked the fictional Eddie and the Cruisers at #18 in their list of 25 Greatest Movie Bands.
How does Eddie and the Cruisers end?
The famous twist ending revealed that long-lost Eddie was still alive. He had faked his own suicidal death by driving his Chevy convertible over the side of the South Jersey Raritan Bridge almost two decades earlier, although his body was never found.