Frank Rogala burst onto the scene as the lead vocalist of EXUDE when their parody (or Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Want To Have Fun/Boys Just Want To Have Sex; stayed on the International top 200 for five years. As the lead singer of NC-17, Frank is pro [+]Frank Rogala burst onto the scene as the lead vocalist of EXUDE when their parody (or Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Want To Have Fun/Boys Just Want To Have Sex; stayed on the International top 200 for five years. As the lead singer of NC-17, Frank is profiled in the feature length critically acclaimed documentary about the band NC-17 Won’t Anybody Listen (exclusively available through Netflix). Frank’s critically acclaimed first solo album Crimes Against Nature was pronounced “a masterstroke” by the Los Angeles Times and a dance remix of the album hit top 10 on dance charts in 8 major cities.
One of the more noteworthy independent band films is the critically acclaimed full length feature motion picture documentary, Won’t Anybody Listen (www.anybodylisten.com) featuring Anaheim’s NC-17 (www.nc17music.com). Seven years in the making, director Dov Kelemer followed NC-17 as they rehearsed, composed, recorded music, and played clubs in OC/LA. Intercut with interviews with music press, and music industry executives the film was picked up by the prestigious distributor Seventh Art Releasing. The distribution contract resulted in theatrical screenings in nearly every major U.S. city as the film received rave reviews by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, among others. Robert Redford’s Sundance Channel has purchased U.S. television right and has began a series of showings that will continue over the next two years.
Brothers Frank and Vince Rogala with Robin Canada created NC-17 in 1990. The trio had previously performed and recorded together for several years in a techno rock band called Exude, which among other accomplishments was the only unsigned band ever featured twice on MTV's Basement Tapes (the band's Safe With You video won the final Basement Tapes competition) and was lauded as the best unsigned band in America by Musician Magazine (chosen by judges Elvis Costello, Mark Knopfler, T-Bone Burnett and Mitchell Froom).
Ready to go at the onset of the alternative movement, NC-17 set out on a mission to write and record a collection of powerful new rock songs without the use of a guitar. After months of writing and rewriting, recording and re-recording, NC-17 completed its debut album The Happiest Place On Earth. Us
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