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Vision Quest (released in the United Kingdom and Australia as Crazy for You) is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic drama film starring Matthew Modine, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox and Linda Fiorentino in her first film role.
"Lunatic Fringe" is a song by the Canadian rock band Red Rider from their 1981 album, As Far as Siam. The song reached No. 11 on the rock radio airplay chart in Billboard in September 1981, [1] and was awarded a SOCAN Classic award in 2009 by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada for reaching the 100,000-airplay mark on (Canadian) domestic radio.
Ramone decided to repeat what he'd done on Flashdance and compose the Vision Quest soundtrack of already published rock songs, such as Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" (1978), Red Rider's "Lunatic Fringe" (1981), and "Change" (1982) by John Waite. [2] Sill, by his part, contacted lyricist John Bettis, wanting him to write new material for the film. [3]
Lunatic Fringe", the band's most famous song, is about what composer Tom Cochrane saw as an alarming rise of anti-Semitism in the 1970s, and was inspired by a book he read about Raoul Wallenberg. [2] The song is featured in the 1985 high-school wrestling movie Vision Quest , the Miami Vice episode " Smuggler's Blues ", the My Name Is Earl ...
Lunatic fringe, a derogatory term used to characterize members of a political or social movement as extremists with eccentric or fanatical views, may refer to: "Lunatic Fringe" (song), a 1981 song by Red Rider; LFNG, a gene in the Notch pathway; Jon Moxley (born 1985), nicknamed "Lunatic Fringe", American professional wrestler
Red Rider, later known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, is a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While they achieved significant success in Canada, the band never had a song in the top 40 in the United States, although "Lunatic Fringe" from their second album, 1981's As Far as Siam, became popular on US album-oriented rock radio.
Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. (October 11, 1945 – June 11, 2015), better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation, later known as WWE.
Port Vale – Vale Lunatic Fringe [97] West Bromwich Albion – Section Five [98] Watford – Watford Risk Squad [99] West Ham United – Inter City Firm I.C.F [100] Wolverhampton Wanderers – Subway Army 1981–1984, The Bridge Boys 1987–1988, Yam Yam Army mid 2000s–present [101] York City – York Nomad Society (YNS) [102]