Halfbreed Billy Gram
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Halfbreed Billy Gram developed a cult following and fan base based upon
his work in various entertainment genres. He was the singer/frontman
for Philadelphia punk/metal band Saints in Hell, whose other members
included Tom Keifer and Eric Brittingham who later rose to stardom in
the band Cinderella. Gram also had a successful Indy solo CD/album in
1991. The project and band were called Ghostdance Tribe. Gram sang,
played guitar and wrote the material for GDT. The mixed blooded
entertainer became a very visible activist for Native Sovereignty and
treaty rights, particularly in the struggle of the Iroqouis people. He
also was for many years a traditional dancer and pow wow singer and
drummer. Billy also had a run as a personal appearance manager for
dozens of celebrities, most of them horror genre actors, booking their
appearances at various horror conventions and autograph shows. The
venture that brought Gram the most public notoriety has probably been
his years as a professional wrestling manager for various independent
promotions in the US. He created and leads a faction known as Cult
Fiction,with Gram portraying a Charles Manson-esque character who leads
a group of the most feared and brutal wrestlers on the Indy scene.
Known for his talking/promo skills, Billy developed a reputation among
the fans as the most hardcore, non-wrestler manager in the history of
that business, due to his willingness to be physically abused in
violent and shocking manners, taking beatings and being assaulted and
maimed with various implements including steel chairs, barbwire,
thumbtacks, tables, fluorescent light tubes, trashcans and staple guns
(including the only known use of an electric one in professional
wrestling).
