The “lost recordings” from A Season in Hell that were discovered in the previous film are released and become a major hit album. Eddie Wilson is actually alive. He slipped away from the car crash which supposedly caused his death and began a new life under an assumed name.

Was Eddie alive in Eddie and the Cruisers?

The “lost recordings” from A Season in Hell that were discovered in the previous film are released and become a major hit album. Eddie Wilson is actually alive. He slipped away from the car crash which supposedly caused his death and began a new life under an assumed name.

Where can I watch Eddie and the Cruisers II Eddie Lives?

Watch Eddie and The Cruisers 2 | Prime Video.

What happened to Eddie in Eddie and the Cruisers?

All of the original Cruisers are set to participate in it except Eddie and Wendell Newton, who had died of an overdose (reported as a heart attack) in August 1963 at age 37. The others are now living ordinary lives: Sal Amato fronts a Cruisers tribute band.

Did they ever find Eddie Wilson?

In 1963, his car went off a bridge, but his body was never found. Wilson walked away from the accident and his old life, including fame and its attendant hassles. He took the name Joe West, moved to Canada and eventually started to work in construction.

Who actually sang in Eddie and the Cruisers?

The film bombed at the box office, grossing less than $4 million during a short run in 1983. But “Eddie” got a second life during the summer of 1984 on HBO. That sparked the soundtrack, recorded by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, to become an unadulterated smash, rising into the Top 10.

What is the story behind Eddie and the Cruisers?

Eddie And The Cruisers began life in 1980 as a novel by P.F. Kluge (Dog Day Afternoon), based on a summer he spent working for a small town newspaper in New Jersey. Kluge’s novel was a combination memoir and murder mystery, with a reporter investigating the life and death of a local rock star a generation earlier.

Is Eddie and the Cruisers based on a true story?

How many Eddie and the Cruisers movies are there?

Eddie and the Cruisers1983
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!1989
Eddie and the Cruisers/Movies

Who really sang on the dark side?

John CaffertyOn the Dark Side / Artist

Who was Eddie and the Cruisers based on?

Did Michael Pare do his own singing in Eddie and the Cruisers?

It was just a “cool” premise and people fell in love with the lost Eddie. The music on this is fantastic, at least to lots of us. Michael Pare’ embodies the songs he sings. Even knowing that it was John Cafferty singing, the voice was strangely similar to Pare’s natural speaking voice.

Was Eddie and the Cruisers based on a real band?

“And then when it came around this time on HBO and the music reached a very, very wide audience, we have a real great record company who’s worked very, very hard to make people aware of the fact that there’s a real live band behind the music of “Eddie and the Cruisers,’ called John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.