my beef? my beef is he had the chance to fuck christina applegate and never did, so im mad at him
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Bud Bundy, Original Gangsta
David Faustino parlayed his Married ... With Children fame into a hugely influential hip-hop party. Now he wants back into the scene.
Though corporations like Pepsi would soon appropriate hip-hop to sell products, folks recognized that the Balistyx crew wasn't exploiting the genre — it was bringing it to a new audience.
Adler believes that, like punk and glam rock before it, rap's arrival on the Sunset Strip helped launch it to the mainstream. "We were downloading hip-hop to a brand-new audience," he says. "These kids were going there because it was Dave Faustino's club, but when they were in there, they were, like, 'Whoa, I love this music.' "
PHOTO BY KEVIN SCANLON
Nic Adler co-founded the early-'90s hip-hop party Balistyx.
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Adds Scott Caan: "It was like church."
It can't be easy living in the shadow of Christina Applegate, who portrayed Faustino's hot older sister, Kelly Bundy, on Married ... With Children and has become a star in her own right. While Faustino has continued to work, he hasn't had a success approaching Applegate's ingenue part in the hit movie Anchorman, much less headlined a major sitcom like his TV sis.
In 2009 Faustino portrayed himself as a drunken has-been in a web series called Star-ving, a Curb Your Enthusiasm–style comedy for the digital network Crackle. Though some of the details portrayed in the short-lived series were true — he gets almost no Married ... With Children residuals, for one thing — others were not. Coolio is not snogging his ex-wife, Faustino's manager doesn't require an oxygen tank, and he isn't nearly broke.
In fact, his financial situation is fine; he owns property in L.A., the Valley and New Mexico. He can be heard constantly in national spots for T-Mobile and Bud Light. He's also been recording voice-over parts for a pair of animated Nickelodeon shows, Winx Club and The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra.
Faustino is a true acting lifer, having scored his first gig at 3 months old, portraying Lily Tomlin's daughter in a comedy special. He later acted in prune commercials and won minor roles on shows such as Little House on the Prairie and Family Ties. At 16, he was able to buy a house for his family — two sisters, a brother and his parents, before the divorce that followed three years later — and move them from Burbank to Northridge. (Potential love interests, Faustino told People magazine in 1992, should be "real fine, small and lots of fun ... and they should know how to cook pasta.")
After spiraling through small parts in some dozen shows in the first half of the '80s, Married ... With Children was his big break, at age 13. Fox's first prime-time series, which ran from 1987 to 1997, was fairly shocking for its lowbrow humor and cynicism. The wholesome family life portrayed on Leave It to Beaver had morphed into a suffocating hellhole, where your neighbors were irritating and your own family was after your money. Bud Bundy was the runt of the litter, a sardonic one-man Greek chorus (often wearing a mullet) who could only survive by his wits alone, whatever they were.
In real life, however, the experience was blissful. Their breezy shooting schedule didn't require the actors to show up until 2 p.m. on Fridays for their live tapings — not that Faustino would necessarily make it. "I call him David Slowstino 'cause he's late to the set a lot," Ed O'Neill, who portrayed patriarch Al Bundy, quipped to People in 1992. "He'll call from his car phone saying he's on his way from some club or premiere."
Indeed, off-set Faustino's social life would have made Bud jealous. His posse included budding celebrities, children of famous actors and ridiculously pretty lady friends, including Fergie and Stefanie Ridel, her groupmate in pop act Wild Orchid, who was dating Faustino at the time. They even had their own security crew.
The group developed a weekly routine: When Balistyx closed at 2 a.m., they would hop into their fleet of BMWs and take Pacific Coast Highway westbound toward Nic Adler's family's house in Malibu. "There would be a caravan with, like, 20 cars," Adler remembers.
"We were spoiled kids," Faustino adds.
Casa de Adler was a swank pad featuring half-basketball courts, both indoors and out. Some low-level partying would commence, although the crowd was more focused on flirting than getting high. By the wee hours, they had finally crashed, on floors, all over the house; how Lou Adler permitted these shenanigans remains a mystery to his son. Faustino would rouse himself for his Friday taping, and the group would subsequently hit L.A. clubs, promoting Balistyx. After a Sunday barbecue, they would finally disperse early in the week — only to start all over again on Thursdays.
Their fantasy lifestyle was one of total freedom. Money was not an issue, and the stifling rules dictating normal teenage life simply did not apply. When they got really ambitious, they would take to the sea. "We went on a lot of cruises because once you get out in international waters, you can drink and gamble," Adler remembers.
Their lives were straight out of a hip-hop video, and so naturally Faustino gave rapping a shot. With Nic Adler assisting with the producing and writing, the crew released a 1992 album called Balistyx on the Lou Adler–founded Ode Records. Featuring tracks with names like "Music Hears No Color" and the single "I Told Ya," Faustino preached their inclusive message under the name D' Lil.
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Really enjoyed the Faustino profile. In fact, I gotta give general props to LA Weekly for its profiles. They're well written and almost always reveal something new and interesting about the subjects. Keep up the great work!
"he's actually an influential figure in the history of West Coast rap, as responsible as anyone for bringing a then niche genre to the masses here "
hey Ben Westhoff, you gotta leave that crack alone..He threw a party for some spoiled, under aged rich kids. End of Story..
Agreed. This reporter got spun hard by faustino, and ended up producing a story that is stunning. I don't know much about hiphop, but I know this story is straight up ignorant.
not to say he's not an original fan and that it's bad that he got some artists paid but if you are gonna do a cover story about L.A. folks who brought West Coast then maybe feature 1580 Kday or Freestyle Fellowship (the Ramones of WC Hip Hop) . And If you wanna actually talk "West Coast" and peeps who were pioneers in the beginning then you had better locate your nearest Born To Mack album and listen to it. Maybe do a feature on Freddie B...There is an amazing history to our Coast, let's make sure we get it right
Get back to me when you read the story, which you clearly didn't if you think Balistyx was only for young rich kids. Oh, and read our recent big story on Freestyle Fellowship while you're at it.
never saw FF on your cover..Never saw a headline about them starting a movement...missed that..and according to your article that party was for rich kids and people who got paid to show. That's called a Rich Kid Party.... Do your research young buck. Learn your history. West Coast was started by a lot of folks that never got covers..LA WEEKLY should be celebrating them
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Faustino used to come to our record store in pomona and come to the open mics. Yes he is a real rapper and got serious skills. Its a bit shocking cause people have stereo types of what a rapper should look like but this guy has been rapping since the 90's.
He seems like a very nice guy, but boy did this article depress me about LA! Like every other mega-insecure, talentless wanna-be "entertainer" in LA, born in BH or not, he is "addicted" to the attention he gets from the tour buses and promoting his new "rapper" - I use quotes 'cause they still had to mention Married w/ Children before taking a crappy stage for 10 whole minutes...just sad, like Vegas sad...
Seriously?David Faustino is awesome but to attribute him to being the catalyst for West Coast rap is ridiculous. The Hiphop Nation was well established by 91 when his club night started. Also Will.i.am as seminal figure, please.
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i really hope this guy doesnt put out an album. way too many rappers popping up and they all suck badly. especially this lil scrub
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