VH1 Behind the Music - Where Are They Now?
The events around the 1988 Illyria-Aid music festival have been commemorated in the play "Twelfth Night." Where are they now?
The publicity around Sebastian & Viola's reappearance, after they were both presumed dead in a tour bus crash, catapulted them from obscurity to stardom. Realizing their remarkable resemblance, they began dressing alike onstage, only to see their popularity dwindle as the fad for Nagelesque androgeny faded. Interest in the duo returned with the website sebastianorviola.net, where visitors have to tell one from the other in a series of pictures (average score: 58%.) They continue to tour, although most of her time is spent managing the ringtone business she founded in 2002, Viola-Tor Inc. Sebastian, or course, is the star of the MTV reality show "Hard Rock Life."
Viola and Count Orsino divorced in 1994, due to the stress of touring separately and his continued fascination with the unavailable. He contined to arrange benefit concerts for distressed towns in the Rust Belt. "O!" tattoos, identifying the bearer as a "Jorsino," remain common in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. He married Tawny Kitaen in 1999, filing for divorce three years later on grounds of physical abuse.
Olivia & the Wailers split up aimiably, to pursue separate projects. Toby and Maria Belch and Fabian Nunez (performing as "Fab Belch") formed the core of the band Belch, still remembered as a founding influence in the thrashabilly movement. Olivia became a solo act, and a vehement advocate for same-sex marriage. Her own marriage, to Sebastian, lasted eighteen days.
Eunice Malvolio's lawsuit against Toby, Maria, and Feste was dropped when it was revealed that the three of them had assets totalling $571.48. She resigned as Olivia's agent and had a brief career performing under the name "Notorious MOAI" before returning to artist management. She is currently a lobbyist for the RIAA's efforts to make posting music files on public servers a class "A" felony.
The band Belch continued touring until 2001, when Toby Belch died in a simultaneous overdose/car crash/boating accident, an event eulogized as "metal as fuck," which later became the title of his best-selling biography.
After Toby's death, Maria Belch retired from performing and became a music therapist for at-risk youths in the Los Angeles public school system. She returned to the news briefly in 2005, when a student drew a pistol in her classroom and she beat him into unconsciousness with a trash can.
Fabian Nunez also moved to Los Angeles, where he is a professional houseguest.
Andrew Aguecheek, his suit rejected by Olivia, sadly returned home. He is currently lieutenant governor of Texas.
Curio Valentine's Full Fathom Five spent five weeks on the charts. However, she never managed to duplicate that success. These days, she works tech support, two cubicles away from Tommy Heath of Tommy Tutone fame.
Feste Abramowitz continues to be active on the comedy club circuit, and is the host of Showtime's Funny Or Die.
After his fourth restraining order, Antonio Merchant overcame his more obsessive tendencies, via a combination of court-ordered therapy and near-toxic doses of prozac. He is currently a venture capitalist in Venice CA.
The publicity around Sebastian & Viola's reappearance, after they were both presumed dead in a tour bus crash, catapulted them from obscurity to stardom. Realizing their remarkable resemblance, they began dressing alike onstage, only to see their popularity dwindle as the fad for Nagelesque androgeny faded. Interest in the duo returned with the website sebastianorviola.net, where visitors have to tell one from the other in a series of pictures (average score: 58%.) They continue to tour, although most of her time is spent managing the ringtone business she founded in 2002, Viola-Tor Inc. Sebastian, or course, is the star of the MTV reality show "Hard Rock Life."
Viola and Count Orsino divorced in 1994, due to the stress of touring separately and his continued fascination with the unavailable. He contined to arrange benefit concerts for distressed towns in the Rust Belt. "O!" tattoos, identifying the bearer as a "Jorsino," remain common in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. He married Tawny Kitaen in 1999, filing for divorce three years later on grounds of physical abuse.
Olivia & the Wailers split up aimiably, to pursue separate projects. Toby and Maria Belch and Fabian Nunez (performing as "Fab Belch") formed the core of the band Belch, still remembered as a founding influence in the thrashabilly movement. Olivia became a solo act, and a vehement advocate for same-sex marriage. Her own marriage, to Sebastian, lasted eighteen days.
Eunice Malvolio's lawsuit against Toby, Maria, and Feste was dropped when it was revealed that the three of them had assets totalling $571.48. She resigned as Olivia's agent and had a brief career performing under the name "Notorious MOAI" before returning to artist management. She is currently a lobbyist for the RIAA's efforts to make posting music files on public servers a class "A" felony.
The band Belch continued touring until 2001, when Toby Belch died in a simultaneous overdose/car crash/boating accident, an event eulogized as "metal as fuck," which later became the title of his best-selling biography.
After Toby's death, Maria Belch retired from performing and became a music therapist for at-risk youths in the Los Angeles public school system. She returned to the news briefly in 2005, when a student drew a pistol in her classroom and she beat him into unconsciousness with a trash can.
Fabian Nunez also moved to Los Angeles, where he is a professional houseguest.
Andrew Aguecheek, his suit rejected by Olivia, sadly returned home. He is currently lieutenant governor of Texas.
Curio Valentine's Full Fathom Five spent five weeks on the charts. However, she never managed to duplicate that success. These days, she works tech support, two cubicles away from Tommy Heath of Tommy Tutone fame.
Feste Abramowitz continues to be active on the comedy club circuit, and is the host of Showtime's Funny Or Die.
After his fourth restraining order, Antonio Merchant overcame his more obsessive tendencies, via a combination of court-ordered therapy and near-toxic doses of prozac. He is currently a venture capitalist in Venice CA.