Halfbreed Billy Gram

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). Show less «