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Adam Pascal was born on October 25, 1970 in the Bronx and raised in Syosset, New York. He started singing in various heavy metal and hard rock bands when he was 12, and has been singing in bands,
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as a solo artist,
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in movies,
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or on the Broadway stage ever since.
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In high school, Adam’s bands played at local clubs and parties on Long Island, and performed at his high school’s Battle of the Bands. In later years, the band name changed and the music evolved, and the band moved on to play in New York City clubs like CBGB and China Club.
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In 1995, the band, then called Mute, recorded an album (appropriately titled Mute) that was released in Japan by Zero Corporation. Through the various phases of the band, Adam continued to write his own music.
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In 1995, Adam tried out for the then-unknown off-Broadway production of RENT. He landed the role of Roger Davis- one which he would reprise a few years later in London,
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in the 2005 movie version of Rent,
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and again 11 years later, surprisingly, for a limited run this past summer.
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While in New York, Adam also played gigs with The Adam Pascal Band around New York City.
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In 2000, Adam was cast in the lead role of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA as Radames.
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In May that year, his debut solo album, Model Prisoner, was released on Sh-K-Boom Records.
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Also in 2000, Adam co-produced the hit off-Broadway play Fully Committed, with fellow former Rent cast member, Jesse L. Martin.
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In October 2003, Adam once again visited the Broadway stage, this time as the Emcee in Cabaret, as part of the closing cast.
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Adam's second CD, Civilian, was released in November 2004.
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Adam has also appeared in other Broadway shows in numerous benefit and other one-night performances.
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In 1998 Adam's career expanded to the big screen in SLC Punk!
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He appropriately played the lead singer of a rock band in 2003’s School of Rock and is on the movie’s soundtrack.
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After 2004's musical Temptation,
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his reprisal of the role of Roger in the movie version of Rent in 2005 brought a new generation of fans not only to the Broadway show and its music, but to the original cast as well.
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When Adam returned to the Rent stage in July of 2007 , he helped Rent regain the excitement and buzz it hadn't seen in many years.
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Since 2005’s Rent, Adam has appeared in a 2006 episode of Cold Case (where he played an actor in Cabaret)
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and he has worked on 2 additional films, Goyband...
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and American Primitive, both still in the post-production/distribution phases.
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Adam’s latest project, a CD entitled Blinding Light, to be released in early 2008, is a collaboration with writing partner Larry Edoff.
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In the last year, the new band, “Me and Larry”, has been writing,
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touring
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and recording-all in preparation for the new CD, the 2008 tour and all that will accompany it.
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Adam currently lives in LA with his wife and sons.
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