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| other_names = John Duffy<ref name=":405">{{Cite web|title=Mapplethorpe : Jack Fritscher |url=https://archive.org/details/mapplethorpeassa00frit|access-date=2020-08-06|quote =Film director John Duffy, better known as porn star J. D. Slater, destroyed Robert's photographs of Slater's then lover, Frank Diaz. When Slater asked Mapplethorpe to replace the photographs, Robert insisted that J. D. sit for him. Slater refused saying, "I don't do black-and-white." Mapplethorpe pronounced Slater a philistine. He never spoke to him again, primarily because Slater refused to have sex with Robert to obtain another set of the photographs.—(p. 98.) Also has a photograph of Slater captioned “The famous stage and screen porn star, J.D. Slater, attracted a great deal of public notoriety. He was a friend of both Fritscher and Mapplethorpe.” (Photograph by Mikal Bales).|website=Internet Archive|language=en}}</ref> |
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'''J. D. Slater''' is an American [[gay pornography]] actor, director, and music composer from San Francisco who co-founded [[Raging Stallion Studios]] (RSS) with Chris Ward in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=G. Zisk Rice|title=Bijou Theater to Spotlight J.D. Slater in September AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/bijou-theater-to-spotlight-j-d-slater-in-september-54435.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite book|last=Burger|first=John Robert|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1148475934|title=One-handed histories : the eroto-politics of gay male video pornography|publisher=The Haworth Press|year=1995|isbn=978-1-315-86373-3|location=New York|pages=78–83|chapter=AIDS and the Trade|oclc=1148475934}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=G. Zisk Rice|title=Raging Stallion's JD Slater Releases New Music CD AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-s-jd-slater-releases-new-music-cd-355915.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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He was raised in the [[New York City]] (NYC) area by [[Irish Catholics|Irish-Catholic]] parents, and has a lifelong interest in music, composing, and [[pornography]]. From the age of thirteen he snuck into rock clubs while also excelling academically at college preparatory schools attended on [[Scholarship|scholarships]]. He went to college starting at age fifteen, at [[University of California, Los Angeles]] earning his bachelor's degree in [[psychology]], followed by a master's in [[clinical psychology]] at NYC’s [[Fordham University]], graduating in 1976 at age twenty-one. Throughout school he fronted bands as a singer, and acted as sound technician, he would also sit in on sessions watching bands like [[Grateful Dead|The Grateful Dead]] perform [[live to tape]]. |
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In the early days of the New York [[punk rock]] scene, his band played with [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], and with the [[Talking Heads]]. He [[came out]] as gay in 1976, and at the same time became active in the gay [[Leather subculture|BDSM leather subculture]]. At twenty-three, he was an editor at ''[[Blueboy (magazine)|Blueboy]]—''then the world’s largest gay magazine. A casual photo of him landed Slater on the cover of ''Numbers'', another adult gay magazine, which led to him being in director [[Joe Gage]]’s [[Gay pornography|gay porn film]] ''HandSome'' (1981). He was soon starring in many early gay porn producers’ work including [[Wakefield Poole]], he "kept on doing it ... to learn how to make films".<ref name=":0" /> He soon was one of the most famous porn stars, and was popular because he mixed a “hyper-masculine sexuality” with acting talent.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite book|last=Weinberg|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1048658443|title=Pier groups : art and sex along the New York waterfront|publisher=|year=|isbn=978-0-271-08217-2|location=University Park, Pennsylvania|pages=141-2|oclc=1048658443}}</ref> He starting directing films in the mid-1980s, and also scored all the soundtracks. |
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In the late 1980s he got a triple diagnosis of [[tuberculosis]], cancer, and [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]]. His long recuperation included an introduction to personal computers, and other electronic devices for his music. By the early 1990s, with the advent of [[Live looping|live loop machines]], his music programming, and composing career evolved with the technology. He moved to San Francisco, and with [[Chris Ward (director)|Chris Ward]] in 1999, formed RSS. He composes in a variety of music styles and genres for RSS films including [[world music]]. In addition to writing all the RSS soundtracks, he has scored numerous movies for other top gay porn studios. {{As of|2003|}}, seventeen of the top hundred gay movies at Mannet.com, an adult industry rating service, were scored by Slater. At the time of his induction to the [[GayVN Hall of Fame]] and [[Grabby Awards]] Wall of Fame in the early 2000s, he had acted in 165 movies, and directed nearly seventy; he is “also a skilled videographer, master lighting technician, and a soundtrack composer”.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Karr|first=John F.|date=September 2003|title=J.D. Slater - Mansize|url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/gay/gayhall0903_01.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406001345/http://www.jdslater.com/jdslateravn.html|archive-date=April 6, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2020|website=[[Adult Video News]]}}</ref> RSS merged with [[Falcon Studios]] in 2010 becoming the largest producer of all-male erotica in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Raging Stallion Studios AVN|url=https://avn.com/avnid/raging-stallion-studios-65299.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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==Early life and education == |
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John Duffy, later under the stage name J.D. Slater,{{efn|His birth name is unknown if it is not John Duffy, used as his name for the early films he directed.}} was born in [[Long Island, New York]] and raised by "strict" [[Irish Catholic]] parents.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Fritscher1994b">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/mapplethorpeassa00frit |page=[https://archive.org/details/mapplethorpeassa00frit/page/98/mode/2up 98] |title=Mapplethorpe: Assault with a Deadly Camera: a Pop Culture Memoir, an Outlaw Reminiscence |publisher=Hastings House |last=Fritscher |first=Jack |year=1994 }} [https://jackfritscher.com/PDF/Mapplethorpe/Take%205%20Popping%20Culture_Web.pdf Alt URL]</ref> They were also [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], and he knew, even as a child, that he was against whatever they were for either as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], or [[Independent voter|Independent]].<ref name=":4" /> He grew up in a wealthy neighborhood and has three sisters, that are thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen years older than himself.<ref name=":4" /> His father, a small man at 4’11”, had worked as a [[horse jockey]], was an [[Estate (land)|estate]] manager with a dozen horses; his mother was only a bit taller, and overweight like his father, but John was tall and lean and found it hard to put on weight.<ref name=":4" /> He recalls, at age eleven, being a little strange for liking jazz like [[John Coltrane]] and [[Miles Davis]].<ref name=":4" /> |
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He described himself as "a good little Catholic-school boy" but concedes "by the age of twelve I had the largest [[Pornography|porn]] collection in Nassau County."<ref name=":0" /> Around the time he was thirteen he had a violent interaction with a nun teacher who hit his head with a alarm clock she threw at him, he fought back.<ref name=":4" /> Afterwards he attended private schools including [[Regis Jesuit High School]], one of the toughest schools to get into; he set a school scoring record and finished the eight-hour exam in three.<ref name=":4" /> From Regis he transferred to [[Chaminade College Preparatory School (Missouri)|Chaminade College Preparatory School]], and from there to [[Loyola School (New York City)|Loyola School]], and then to [[St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School]] all attended on strait [[Scholarship|scholarships]].<ref name=":4" /> From the age of thirteen he began sneaking into [[Max's Kansas City]], an influential rock club in New York City, where he would “mingle with and listen to such acts as [[The Velvet Underground]], [[Nico (singer)|Nico]], and [[New York Dolls|the New York Dolls]]”.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Bannon|first=Race|date=August 13, 2003|title=Aural Sex|url=http://www.jdslater.com/auralsex.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230154017/http://www.jdslater.com/auralsex.html|archive-date=December 30, 2010|access-date=2020-06-15|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> |
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He went to college starting at age fifteen, in order to get away from home, he went to [[University of California, Los Angeles]], where he studied English, fine art, and [[theology]], and earned his bachelor's degree in [[psychology]], followed by a master's in [[clinical psychology]] at [[Fordham University|Fordham]] in [[New York City]], graduating in 1976 at age twenty-one.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> He stated:"porno was the farthest thing from my mind. I was expecting to be a [[psychotherapist]]."<ref name="The Man Behind The Music">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=JD Slater: The Man Behind the Music|url=http://www.jdslater.com/manbehindmusic.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406000729/http://jdslater.com/manbehindmusic.html|archive-date=April 6, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2020|website=GayPornSpace.com}}</ref> |
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While in school he sang in bands, and started also acting as the sound technician, later he became Technical Director for the [[Ensemble Studio Theatre]] in NY.<ref name=":4" /> One of his older sisters’ husband owned a recording studio and J.D. would regularly sit in on sessions watching bands like [[Grateful Dead]] perform [[live to tape]].<ref name=":4" /> |
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== Career == |
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Slater was preparing to open his psychotherapy office, but was also busy as a composer of traditional [[Musical theatre|musicals]], cabaret songs, and [[Punk rock|punk]] for his band, Frenzy—one of the earliest punk bands—he fronted as lead singer.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /> It was the early days of the New York punk scene, his band played with [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], and with the [[Talking Heads]] when they first played at [[CBGB|CBGB's]].<ref name=":2" /> His first musical, ''Zoundz'', was produced [[off-Broadway]] and later at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]].<ref name=":5" /> He came out as gay in 1976, and at the same time became active in the gay [[Leather subculture|BDSM leather subculture]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gay Essentials - J.D.Slater ... The Man Behind the Music (Gay Porn Space interview)|url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/gay/gayhall0903_01.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234005/http://www.jdslater.com/manbehindmusic.html|archive-date=October 2, 2011|access-date=June 15, 2020|website=[[Adult Video News]]}}</ref> He worked for a time as a doorman and bouncer at the-then world’s largest drag bar; he broke his hand three times in fights.<ref name=":4" /> The owner would have him serve as social events escort for his wife and daughter as he was a safe clean-cut gay guy.<ref name=":4" /> |
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When he was twenty-three, he was an editor at ''[[Blueboy (magazine)|Blueboy]]—''then the world’s largest gay magazine''—''until a new boyfriend flew him around the world so he became an assistant editor writing travel columns''.''<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> He also ran a promotional company producing parties at gay clubs.<ref name=":0" /> In 1981, a photographer friend's casual photo of him landed Slater on the cover of ''Numbers''; director [[Joe Gage]] (also known as [[Tim Kincaid]]) saw it and demanded that Slater appear in his movie, ''HandSome'' (1981).<ref name=":0" /> Slater appeared in films by [[Wakefield Poole]], and other early producers of [[gay]] erotica.<ref name=":0" /> Slater was also friends with [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] but refused to pose for black and white photography.<ref name=":405"/> He said of the film work, "I didn't see this as a career, but I kept on doing it because I wanted to learn how to make films. Jack Deveau taught me how to organize it, Chris Rage taught me how to actually get the sex and the atmosphere up and going, and Arch Brown taught me the art of linear filmmaking...".<ref name=":0" /> He earned a "bad boy" of gay porn reputation portraying edgy sexuality.<ref name=":5" /> He soon was one of the most famous porn stars, and was popular because he mixed a “hyper-masculine sexuality” with acting talent.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":11" /> In the mid-1980s, Poole, cash-strapped from earlier projects, attempted a new partnership on what would be his final film, ''One, Two, Three'' (1985).<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62284930|title=Contemporary American independent film : from the margins to the mainstream|date=2005|publisher=Routledge|others=|year=2005|isbn=0-203-31296-1|editor-last=Helmlund|editor-first=Chris|location=London|pages=167-8|oclc=62284930|editor-last2=Wyatt|editor-first2=Justin}}</ref> The film was “conceived on the basis of nothing more than a strong marketing premise”, the film’s six stars would tour the country on personal appearances at each city, with each night’s opening as a benefit for AIDS research.<ref name=":9" /> ''One, Two, Three'' has three loops, each with a successive number of actors, Slater starred in the first scene talking directly to camera, and bringing himself to orgasm.<ref name=":9" /> Filmmaker Chris Rage introduced himself outside New York's famed [[leather bar]], The Spike, and took him home to watch ''Raunch,'' "It wasn't pretty. It wasn't some Hollywood type movie. It was raw."<ref name=":0" /> Slater subsequently appeared in a number of Rage's films, and cites him as a big inspiration for being innovative and a risk-taker.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> Of mainstream directors he is inspired by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], [[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Martin Scorsese]], and [[Quentin Tarantino]].<ref name=":4" /> |
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He left New York for Los Angeles where his skills in front of, and behind the camera brought him lots of work.<ref name=":0" /> In the early-1980s, the [[HIV/AIDS in the United States|AIDS pandemic started in the U.S.]], around the same time, home video equipment was popularized; and the gay porn industry evolved to have options to address [[safe sex]], and productions that felt more home-made.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title=Raw! Uncut! Video!|url=https://www.rawuncutvideo.com/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Raw! Uncut! Video!|language=en-US}}</ref> Gay [[BDSM]] magazine [[Drummer (magazine)|''Drummer'']] editor [[Jack Fritscher]] and a partner started Palm Drive Video north of San Francisco and recruited Slater and other men into fetish and kink to star in films that provided fantasy without exchanging bodily fluids.<ref name=":8" /> Slater later said, "In 1986, I'd established my image, and learned how to make a film. So I started directing and producing."<ref name=":0" /> He was a popular porn star because he mixed a “hyper-masculine sexuality” with acting talent.<ref name=":5" /> In April 1989’s ''Drummer'' (volume 127), editor Jack Fritscher ran “J. D. Slater Is ‘Dirt,’” with his poem of the same name and photographs of Slater shot by Fritscher from his Palm Drive Video feature, ''Mud and Oil'' (October 27, 1988).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Drummer Bibliography: An annotated list of writing and photography|url=https://www.jackfritscher.com/Drummer/Drummer%20Annotated%20Bibliography.html|access-date=2020-06-19|website=www.jackfritscher.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Drummer Poetry: J.D. Slater is Dirt!|url=https://www.jackfritscher.com/Drummer/Issues/127/JDSlater%20Dirt.html#Historical%20context|access-date=2020-06-19|website=www.jackfritscher.com}}</ref> They were friends, Fritscher called Slater “the most consistently witty man I have ever met”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Keehnen|first=Owen|date=April 1995|title=Artist Robert Mapplethorpe's Biographer and Bi-Coastal-Lover: An Interview with Jack Fritscher|url=https://jackfritscher.com/InterviewsOF/Honcho%2004-95.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=June 19, 2020|website=Honcho magazine}}</ref> Fritscher also lists Slater as an “essential contributor” for ''Drummer'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fritscher|first=Jack|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8v8Vt1onY0C|title=Gay San Francisco: Eyewitness Drummer : a Memoir of the Sex, Art, Salon, Pop Culture War, and Gay History of Drummer Magazine, the Titanic 1970s to 1999|date=2008|publisher=Palm Drive Publishing|isbn=978-1-890834-39-5|language=en}}</ref> and "he attracted a great deal of public notoriety."<ref name="Fritscher1994">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/mapplethorpeassa00frit |page=[https://archive.org/details/mapplethorpeassa00frit/page/n269/mode/2up n270] |title=Mapplethorpe: Assault with a Deadly Camera: a Pop Culture Memoir, an Outlaw Reminiscence |publisher=Hastings House |last=Fritscher |first=Jack |year=1994 }} </ref> In the mid-1980s once [[HIV/AIDS]] transmission was tied to the exchange of bodily fluids between people, mainly [[semen]] and blood, the money shot of a man [[Ejaculation|ejaculating]] outside of, or on his partner, was “an erotic disclaimer that lives were not jeopardized on the set of the film.”<ref name=":10">{{Cite book|last=Burger|first=John Robert|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1148475934|title=One-handed histories : the eroto-politics of gay male video pornography|publisher=The Haworth Press|year=1995|isbn=978-1-315-86373-3|location=New York|pages=78-83|chapter=AIDS and the Trade|oclc=1148475934}}</ref> Slater as an actor, and as a director, faced the pressures of gay pornography producers whether to portray sex by pre-condom standards, or succumb to politically-correct safer sex codes which were commercially much less popular; gay porn consumers wanted their sex portrayers to look authentic including ejaculating inside each other.<ref name=":10" /> Through the 1980s more studios incorporated safer sex messaging into their films including stars who would open a feature with a safer sex talk.<ref name=":10" /> As a director Slater left safer sex practices up to each actor as he was documenting their sexuality in action and did not want to dictate how they should act.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Escoffier|first=Jeffrey|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794243138|title=Bigger than life: the history of gay porn cinema from beefcake to hardcore|date=2009|publisher=Read How You Want|year=|isbn=978-1-4587-7988-5|edition=|location=|pages=205|oclc=794243138}}</ref> As an actor, in 1989’s ''Motorsexual'', Slater deliberately used poppers—long associated with the [[Party and play|party-and-play]] sex subculture eroticizing illegal drug abuse, unprotected and risky sex practices—to be politically incorrect.<ref name=":10" /> In 1990 he said, “As far as safe sex in my work is concerned, I will not preach, or morally judge. I am simply a documentarian of sexual incidents. What an actor does is completely his own decision. I let an actor do exactly what he wants any way he wants to do it. Some directors think it’s their job to instruct the public on safe sex, and for them, that’s great. But that’s not my responsibility.”<ref name=":10" /> Meanwhile Slater’s music took a backseat for over fifteen years although he still played and wrote music, and was a “sought-after writer of torch songs” for [[Chanteuse|chanteuses]] as [[Karen Akers]], Mercedes Hall and [[Jane Olivor]].<ref name=":5" /> He also scored all the soundtracks to the films that he directed.<ref name=":5" /> |
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Consciously abandoning the mainstream industry he felt had gotten sterile, Slater produced what he calls his "big guerilla filmmaking things"; titles like ''Smut'', ''Motorsexual'', and ''Confessions''.<ref name=":0" /> For ''Guilty'' (1990), he started his own production company, and nearly landed in jail when copies shipped to [[England]] were seized and declared obscene.<ref name=":0" /> At the same time in 1989, he was diagnosed with cancer, [[HIV/AIDS|HIV]] and [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="The Man Behind The Music"/> He faced a trial that could have resulted in 25-years to life.<ref name=":0" /> His long recuperation included a lengthy time where, due to “a severe [[Epileptic seizure|seizure]] disorder”, he could not walk or talk.<ref name=":2" /> He said, "since they thought I wouldn't live until the trial, and they wouldn't get the headline out of it they wanted, they finally just let it go."<ref name=":0" /> Helping him deal with his health issues was his lover at the time, Dan Anderson, who first got him into computers for composing; building all the systems he used over the years.<ref name=":2" /> |
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By the early 1990s, when dedicated [[Live looping|live loop machines]] first went on sale, the term "live looping" had not yet been coined, the first dedicated loop device was the Paradis LOOP Delay.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Growth due to limitations|url=http://www.livelooping.org/history_concepts/theory/growth-along-the-limitations-of-the-tools/|access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> Slater’s composing went to a new level, “With the advent of loop-based music programs my entire musical palette exploded. Suddenly I could have access to every instrument in the world. My whole concept of sound and structure evolved with the technology.”<ref name=":2" /> |
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He moved to San Francisco, living in a small two-bedroom [[rent-controlled]] apartment in the [[Castro District, San Francisco|Castro]] gay neighborhood.<ref name=":4" /> He survived the diseases, and returned to composing during his [[convalescence]], until a [[chat room]] friend connected him with [[Chris Ward (director)|Chris Ward]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1999, the new friends formed [[Raging Stallion Studios|Raging Stallion]] and collaborated on a number of films, the company quickly became a leader in the gay porn industry, then Slater decided to concentrate on making the soundtracks more meaningful.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":0" /> "So ''Gorge'' has that [[Aaron Copland]] meets [[Peter Gabriel]] thing going on, and ''Exhibition'' has some really great [[John Coltrane]] jazz. There's a samba for ''Zoot Suit'', and romantic Spanish guitar for ''Sins of the Father''."<ref name=":0" /> His music inspirations include [[Chris Isaak]], [[Ry Cooder]], [[Neil Young]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Daniel Lanois]], [[Keith Jarrett]], [[David Byrne]] and [[Led Zeppelin]], and [[U2]].<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" /> He adds, “My influences are only partially grounded in Western culture, however, with a significant portion having roots in a variety of [[world music]] including Middle Eastern, African and tribal beat genres.”<ref name=":5" /> For any musical piece he composes he learns how to play whatever instruments are needed, even foreign ones; enough that he can envision how the musician will play it, and what sounds it can make.<ref name=":4" /> In addition to writing all the Raging Stallion soundtracks, he has also scored movies for [[Titan Media]], All Worlds, [[Falcon Entertainment]], Studio 2000, Zeus and [[Channel 1 Releasing]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=G. Zisk Rice|title=Raging Stallion’s JD Slater Releases New Music CD AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-s-jd-slater-releases-new-music-cd-355915.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> {{As of|2003|}}, seventeen of the top hundred gay movies at Mannet.com, an adult industry rating service, were scored by Slater.<ref name=":5" /> |
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At the time of his induction to the [[GayVN Hall of Fame]], he had acted in 165 movies, and directed nearly 70; he is “also a skilled videographer, master lighting technician, and a soundtrack composer”.<ref name=":0" /> ''[[Out (magazine)|Out Personals]]'' wrote, “Slater is the evil genius whose music forms the underbelly of most Raging Stallion porn productions, not to mention [[Chi Chi LaRue]] and who knows how many others. Productions for both companies got him 2 nominations for Best Soundtrack by AVN in 2001...”.<ref name=":1" /> The nominations were for Raging Stallion's ''Raiders of the Lost Arse'' and Chi Chi La Rue's ''Missing Link''.<ref name=":5" /> |
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On composing movie soundtracks Slater said he likes the challenge of writing in different genres, and more complex projects.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Out Editors|first=|date=|title=JD Slater: Hard Tracks|url=http://www.jdslater.com/hardsexinterview.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406000710/http://www.jdslater.com/hardsexinterview.html|archive-date=April 6, 2010|access-date=June 15, 2020|website=[[Out (magazine)|Out Personals]]}}</ref> He describes his work style as obsessive—writing for fifteen hours a day—with almost no interruptions or company.<ref name=":2" /> |
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==Awards and nominations== |
==Awards and nominations== |
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* 2000 [[Grabby Awards]] |
* 2000 [[Grabby Awards]] – Best Video, nomination: ''All Sex – SexPack 2: A Kinky Twist'' (directors: Chris Ward and J. D. Slater)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 10th Annual (2000) Grabby Award Nominations for the Award Show, May 26, 2001 (Gay Chicago Magazine's "Behind Closed Doors")|url=http://www.grabbys.com/a1.grab.00.cat.win.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604095113/http://www.grabbys.com/a1.grab.00.cat.win.html|archive-date=June 4, 2004|access-date=June 25, 2020|website=Grabby Awards}}</ref> |
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* 2003 [[GayVN Awards]] ''Hall of Fame'' |
* '''2003 [[GayVN Awards]] ''Hall of Fame'''''<ref name=gayvnpastwinners>{{cite web|title=GayVN Awards past winners |url=http://gayvnawards.avn.com/noms/pastwinners.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219221249/http://gayvnawards.avn.com/noms/pastwinners.html |archive-date=February 19, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=Acme Andersson|title=White Trash White Hot at GayVN Awards AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/i-white-trash-i-white-hot-at-gayvn-awards-31978.html|access-date=2020-06-18|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* 2003 Grabby Awards ''Wall of Fame'' |
* '''2003 Grabby Awards ''Wall of Fame'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grabbys.com/a1.grab.02.winners.html|title=The 12th Annual (2002) Grabby Award Winners|date=24 May 2003|publisher=Gay Chicago Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040509125335/http://www.grabbys.com/a1.grab.02.winners.html|archive-date=9 May 2004}}</ref> |
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* 2004 HX Magazine, winner |
* '''2004 HX Magazine, winner: ''Gorge''''' |
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* 2004 GayVN Awards |
* 2004 GayVN Awards – Best Soundtrack, nomination: ''A Porn Star is Born'' |
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*2004 GayVN Awards |
* 2004 GayVN Awards – Best Soundtrack, nomination: ''Gorge'' |
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* 2004 GayVN Awards |
* 2004 GayVN Awards – Best Leather Video, nomination: ''Your Masters'' |
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* 2006 GayVN Awards |
* 2006 GayVN Awards – Best Music, nomination: ''Arabesque''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 2006 GAYVN Awards Nominees AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/the-2006-gayvn-awards-nominees-47569.html|access-date=2020-06-18|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* 2008 GayVN Awards |
* 2008 GayVN Awards – Best Music, nomination: ''Nekked Grunts''<ref>{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=G. Zisk Rice|title=GAYVN Announces 10th Annual GAYVN Awards Nominations! AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/gayvn-announces-10th-annual-gayvn-awards-nominations-25062.html|access-date=2020-06-18|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* 2008, 14th Annual Hard Choice Awards, nomination |
* 2008, 14th Annual [[Hard Choice Awards]], nomination: ''Erotikus''<ref>{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=G. Zisk Rice|title=XX Factor's Hard Choice Award Winners Announced AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/xx-factor-s-hard-choice-award-winners-announced-52310.html|access-date=2020-06-18|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* 2009 GayVN Awards |
* 2009 GayVN Awards – Best [[Bear (gay culture)|Bear]], nomination: ''Centurion Muscle 5: Maximus'' (director: J. D. Slater)<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Raging Stallion Receives 51 GAYVN Nominations AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/press-release/gay/raging-stallion-receives-51-gayvn-nominations-302891.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* 2009 GayVN Awards |
* 2009 GayVN Awards – Best Music, nomination: ''Nekked''<ref name=":6" /> |
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* 2009 GayVN Awards |
* 2009 GayVN Awards – Best Music, nomination: ''To The Last Man''<ref name=":6" /> |
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==Filmography== |
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===As a director and producer=== |
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* ''S.M.U.T.'' (1994)<ref name=":0"/> |
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* ''Motorsexual'' (1989)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Motorsexual AVN|url=https://avn.com/gay/movies/47497.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* ''Confessions'' (1989)<ref name=":0"/> |
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* ''Guilty'' (1988)<ref name=":0"/> |
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* ''Raiders of the Lost Arse'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Raiders of the Lost Arse AVN|url=https://avn.com/movies/49316.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* ''Fistpack 4: Nutts for Butts'' (2005) |
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*''Sexpack Four'' (2001)<ref>{{Cite web|title=SexPack Four AVN|url=https://avn.com/movies/21220.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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*''Centurion Muscle'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|title=CENTURION MUSCLE AVN|url=https://avn.com/gay/movies/60761.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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*''Hard'' (1985) |
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*''Bound, Beaten, and Banged'' (2000) |
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*''Centurion Muscle 2: Alpha'' (2006)<ref name="Karrbar" >{{Cite news|last=Karr|first=John F.|date=September 19, 2006|title=Manifest destiny of gay male masculinity|work=[[Bay Area Reporter]]|url=https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture///224172|access-date=}}</ref> |
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*''Centurion Muscle 3: Omega'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web|title=Centurion Muscle 3: Omega AVN|url=https://avn.com/movies/8646.html|access-date=2020-06-17|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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*''Centurion Muscle 4: EROTIKUS'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Centurion Muscle IV: Erotikus AVN|url=https://avn.com/gay/movies/68674.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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*''Centurion Muscle 5: MAXIMUS'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Massive machismo|url=https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture///224249|access-date=2020-06-18|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref> |
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* ''Centurion Muscle 6: MONUMENT'' (2008) |
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* ''Hard Sex'' (2004)<ref>{{Cite web|title=HARDSEX AVN|url=https://avn.com/movies/55181.html|access-date=2020-06-18|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* ''Hunter/Hunted'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hunter Hunted AVN|url=https://avn.com/movies/945.html|access-date=2020-06-18|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* ''Knight After Night'' (2005)<ref name="Karrbar" /> |
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* ''Punishment Chamber'' (2000) |
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* ''Red and the Black'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|last=XBIZ|title=Raging Stallion Taps Remy Delaine as Man of the Year|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/10457/raging-stallion-taps-remy-delaine-as-man-of-the-year|access-date=2020-06-18|website=XBIZ|language=en}}</ref> |
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* ''Roid Rage'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roid Rage (disc) AVN|url=https://avn.com/movies/9838.html|access-date=2020-06-16|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* ''Your Masters'' (2003)<ref name=":0" /> |
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===As an actor=== |
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* ''Manholes and More Manholes'' (2003) |
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* ''Confessions'' (1989) |
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* ''Ranch Hand'' (1988) |
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* ''In Heat'' (1986)<ref>{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=Mickey Skee|title=Mickey's Quickies {{!}} Hot House Scene Shakes Things Up, Jett Blakk Spoofs a Novel, New Red Eagle Title Delayed, More Gay Porn Gossip AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/mickey-s-quickies-hot-house-scene-shakes-things-up-jett-blakk-spoofs-a-novel-new-red-eagle-title-delayed-more-gay-porn-gossip-357251.html|access-date=2020-06-17|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* ''Bring Your Own Man'' (1985) |
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* ''Daddies Plaything'' (1985) |
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* ''One, Two, Three'' (1985)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holiday arousal|url=https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture///224433|access-date=2020-06-18|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Symphonic surges|url=https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture///224354|access-date=2020-06-18|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref> |
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* ''What the Big Boys Eat'' (1985) |
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* ''Outrage'' (1984) |
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* ''Handsome'' (1981)<ref name=":0" /> |
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* ''New York Men'' (1981)<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=G. Zisk Rice|title=Bijou Theater to Spotlight J.D. Slater in September AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/bijou-theater-to-spotlight-j-d-slater-in-september-54435.html|access-date=2020-06-17|website=AVN}}</ref> |
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* ''Stud Busters'' (1985)<ref name=":7" /> |
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* ''My Masters'' (1981)<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Albums== |
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*''Deeper'' (2005)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Bonnazoli|first=Eric|date=|title=The Sound of Sex Interview|url=http://www.jdslater.com/soundsexinterview.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406001352/http://www.jdslater.com/soundsexinterview.html|archive-date=April 6, 2010|access-date=June 15, 2020|website=Out Personals}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> |
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*''Raiders''<ref name=":4" /> |
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*''Arabesque''<ref name=":4" /> |
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*''Naked (Songs for Sexual Subversives)''<ref name=":2" /> |
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*''Stations of the Cross''<ref name=":2" /> |
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*''Master'' |
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*''The Red and the Black''<ref name=":2" /> |
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*''Submission'' |
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*''Passport to Paradise'' |
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*''Obey'' |
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*''Unrepentant''<ref name=":1" /> |
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*''Western Skies and Eyes of Blue'' (2009)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=GB|first=|date=|title=Western Skies and Eyes of Blue|url=http://www.jdslater.com/westernskies.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406001403/http://www.jdslater.com/westernskies.html|archive-date=April 6, 2010|access-date=June 15, 2020|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> |
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*''Harder'' (2005)<ref name=":2" /> |
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*''Filling Your Silence'' (2000)<ref name=":2" /> |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of Grabby recipients]] |
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* [[List of male performers in gay porn films]] |
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* [[List of pornographic movie studios#Homosexual pornography|List of pornographic movie studios]] |
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J.D. Slater | |
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| Born | 1954 or 1955 (age 69–70) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | actor, director, composer |
| Employer | Raging Stallion Studios |
| Known for | Gay pornography; music composition |
| Awards | GayVN Hall of Fame, Grabby Awards Wall of Fame |
J. D. Slater is an American gay pornography actor, director, and music composer from San Francisco who co-founded Raging Stallion Studios (RSS) with Chris Ward in 1999.[1][2][3]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 2000 Grabby Awards – Best Video, nomination: All Sex – SexPack 2: A Kinky Twist (directors: Chris Ward and J. D. Slater)[4]
- 2003 GayVN Awards Hall of Fame[5][6]
- 2003 Grabby Awards Wall of Fame[7]
- 2004 HX Magazine, winner: Gorge
- 2004 GayVN Awards – Best Soundtrack, nomination: A Porn Star is Born
- 2004 GayVN Awards – Best Soundtrack, nomination: Gorge
- 2004 GayVN Awards – Best Leather Video, nomination: Your Masters
- 2006 GayVN Awards – Best Music, nomination: Arabesque[8]
- 2008 GayVN Awards – Best Music, nomination: Nekked Grunts[9]
- 2008, 14th Annual Hard Choice Awards, nomination: Erotikus[10]
- 2009 GayVN Awards – Best Bear, nomination: Centurion Muscle 5: Maximus (director: J. D. Slater)[11]
- 2009 GayVN Awards – Best Music, nomination: Nekked[11]
- 2009 GayVN Awards – Best Music, nomination: To The Last Man[11]
References
[edit]- ^ AVN, G. Zisk Rice. "Bijou Theater to Spotlight J.D. Slater in September AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ Burger, John Robert (1995). "AIDS and the Trade". One-handed histories : the eroto-politics of gay male video pornography. New York: The Haworth Press. pp. 78–83. ISBN 978-1-315-86373-3. OCLC 1148475934.
- ^ AVN, G. Zisk Rice. "Raging Stallion's JD Slater Releases New Music CD AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ "The 10th Annual (2000) Grabby Award Nominations for the Award Show, May 26, 2001 (Gay Chicago Magazine's "Behind Closed Doors")". Grabby Awards. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "GayVN Awards past winners". Archived from the original on February 19, 2009.
- ^ AVN, Acme Andersson. "White Trash White Hot at GayVN Awards AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ "The 12th Annual (2002) Grabby Award Winners". Gay Chicago Magazine. 24 May 2003. Archived from the original on 9 May 2004.
- ^ "The 2006 GAYVN Awards Nominees AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ AVN, G. Zisk Rice. "GAYVN Announces 10th Annual GAYVN Awards Nominations! AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ AVN, G. Zisk Rice. "XX Factor's Hard Choice Award Winners Announced AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ a b c "Raging Stallion Receives 51 GAYVN Nominations AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
External links
[edit]- J.D. Slater at IMDb, including a partial list of his works.
- "J.D. Slater's Website". Archived from the original on 2003-08-12.
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