Billy Gram

Billy Gram (born February 16, 1970) is an American musician, screenwriter, actor, professional wrestler manager, color commentator and political activist.

He is best known for appearances with the Philly punk-metal band Saints in Hell and his solo project Ghostdance Tribe.

He has also appeared for the professional wrestling promotions Combat Zone Wrestling and IWA Mid South as the manager of Cult Fiction.

From 1980 through 1982 Gram was a founding member and the singer/frontman for Philly punk-metal band Saints in Hell, whose lineup also included future Cinderella members Tom Keifer and Eric Brittingham.

In 1986 Gram was involved as an actor and animal wrangler on the film Street Trash.

1991 saw the release of the indy CD/album Ghostdance Tribe, with singer/guitarist Gram as the writer of all the material, and performances by Tom Keifer, Ronnie Younkins of The Kix, Bill Mattson of Tangier, all the members of Britny Fox, Kevin Moore of Dandelion and Johnny Dee of Doro.

Billy's initial training in professional wrestling took place at The Monster Factory in 1992.

Gram worked sporadic indy shows from 1993 through 1995 and then quit the business.

For two weeks, in November 1999, Gram's Traditional Native Drum Group, The Sovereign Nation Singers were performing as part of a demonstration/event in front of The White House.

Billy spent the final four days of that protest, in a ceremony, fasting inside a large teepee that had been set up on the ellipse adjacent to the White House.

In 2003, after befriending Toby Klein and Deranged, Gram re-entered the world of pro wrestling, working small independent shows as Klein's manager.

In 2003 Gram created the concept of his stable Cult Fiction.

The initial concept, an Ultra-Violent Four Horseman meet the Manson Family.

The original group was conceived as Gram, along with Klein, Deranged, Brain Damage and The Necro Butcher.

In 2005 Gram directed a documentary on the career of pro wrestler Ox Baker.

The film has yet to be released.

In 2006 Billy appeared as a zombie in the film Shadow: Dead Riot.

Billy also appeared that year in The Meltdown Memoirs, a documentary celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Street Trash.

In 2007, Halfbreed Billy Gram debuted in both Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and IWA Mid South, as the leader and manager of the faction known as Cult Fiction, whose members in the ensuing years have included "Mister Insanity" Toby Klein, Necro Butcher, Brain Damage, Deranged, Ox Baker, Masada, J. C. Bailey, tHURTeen, Tank, Tracy Smothers, Freakshow, Matt Tremont, J.D. Horror and Sage Sin

Late in 2007, Billy also began working as a color commentator for CZW.

Gram's two wrestling charges in 2007 Toby Klein and Necro Butcher spent 2007 feuding with members of the Maven Bentley Association.

The final event of CZW's calendar year Cage of Death 9 found Gram in the corner of Team CZW: Toby Klein, The Necro Butcher, Drake Younger and Danny Havoc as they took on Team MBA: D. J. Hyde, Brain Damage, Scotty Vortekz and Dustin Lee in the main event.

At the end of 2007, the fans on CZW's official forums voted for their annual year end awards, and Gram was the winner of the award for "Best Mic Work".

In addition, throughout the course of 2008 Cult Fiction became even more visible in CZW.

Gram was the color commentator for CZW throughout most of the year.

His Cult Fiction stable was relaunched in CZW, first with the addition of Brain Damage, and later Deranged.

At Cage of Death 10, in the course of the semi-main event, a fans-bring-the-weapons match that saw Gram's charge Deranged against Gram's perennial nemesis D. J. Hyde, at some point during the course of mayhem and the ebb and flow of the Ultra-Violence, Hyde assaulted Gram with an electric staple gun to the body and face.

In 2009 Billy was cast in director Fred Vogel's Anthology film The Murder Collection as a college professor of Native American studies.

Due to a technical difficulty with a special effect and the fact that if any reshoots were attempted they then would not have enough time to do an acceptable cut of the film and still have enough time to fulfill a contracted release date, so sadly the entire segment was cut from the film.

No word from ToeTag Pictures on an impending future release.

In 2010 Gram was cast as a cross-dressing, necrophiliac grave digger in director Anthony Matthews' Revenge is Her Middle Name.

Also in 2010, Billy was cast as The Demon/Indian in The Cemetery by director Adam Ahlbrandt and The Dungeon Master in director Tom Savini's Wet Dreams segment for the anthology film The Theatre Bizarre.

The Theater Bizarre debuted at The Fantasia Film Festival in July 2011.

The film, with Billy's scenes intact was released in 2012.

Two of Gram's old Ghostdance Tribe songs, "Pain Makes the World Go 'Round" and "Electric Lovepump Blues" are included as part of the soundtrack.

The Cemetery was released in 2013.

Gram was featured in the film's poster/cover painting.

In 2019 the projects Gram filmed with Ox Baker are set for release, around mid-year.

Two separate films, a documentary I LOVE THE PEOPLE I HURT: The Life and Legend of the Mighty Ox Baker, and a short comedy feature (approximately 55 minutes) MY SMORGASBOARD WITH OX.

The latter is co-starring and co-written by Gram and Baker.