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  Leif Garrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Garrett was born in Hollywood, California to cameraman, stuntman, and actor Rik Nervik (né Rick Nervick) and script-writer and actress Carolin Underwood (neé Carolyn Stellar).
Garrett insisted that he did not have the money and the suit was eventually settled out of court for $7.1 million, leaving the friends completely estranged [3].
Garrett was arrested again in March 2005 and plead guilty to possession of cocaine.
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 Leif Garrett - Biography - AOL Music
Leif Garrett, with his tousled blonde hair, big trusting eyes, and sexy yet boyish good looks, set many a teen girl's heart to racing in the '70s.
Leif Per Garrett was born in Hollywood, CA, in 1961.
Garrett was 17 by this point, and enjoying the lifestyle of a rock star when the fall came in the form of a car crash.
music.aol.com /artist/leif-garrett/17801/biography   (746 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Leif Garrett
Garrett was held in jail without bail because he had violated his probation for a previous cocaine related offense in 2005 and a judge had already issued a bench warrant for his arrest in December.
Leif's new band, which is actually the Dizzy Reed band and features members of Matt Starr's band Fastmaster, performed at the legendary Lucky Dog, where the Rolling Stones once did a surprise gig in 1981.
Leif Garrett is back on the comeback trail -- writing new songs, singing great, and is still keeping his audience mesmerized with his boyish good looks and talent.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leif-Garrett   (2702 words)

  
 Ape Culture - Leif Garrett with F8 New Jersey 2002
Leif's tearful reunion with Roland made for riveting TV, ensuring that VH1 would repeat the episode almost as much as they repeat that TV movie about the Jacksons.
Leif has an easygoing stage presence and his band proved to be capable if not particularly inventive, covering songs by Buffalo Springfield and Led Zeppelin.
Leif paid special attention to one of his longtime fans who had dressed for the occasion in tight patchwork bell bottom jeans and a red, white and blue sequined bikini top.
www.apeculture.com /music/leif.htm   (1123 words)

  
 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett charged - Boston.com
Former teen idol Leif Garrett pleaded not guilty Wednesday to drug possession charges after he was arrested for allegedly trying to ride the subway without a ticket.
Garrett was being held without bail after authorities said he was suspected of carrying narcotics and not having a ticket for the Los Angeles subway line Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006.
Garrett was arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies Saturday evening on the platform of the Pershing Square Red Line station downtown for allegedly not having a ticket to ride the train.
www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2006/01/19/1970s_teen_idol_leif_garrett_charged   (284 words)

  
 One-time teen idol Leif Garrett pleads not guilty to heroin possession - CourtTV.com - People
Leif Garrett, a pop singer in the 1970s, rekindled his music career in the late 1990s.
Garrett, 44, declined the offer until he had an opportunity to speak with his attorney, Andrew Flier, who was at trial on another case Wednesday.
Garrett faces a maximum of three years in prison for the new heroin charge and potentially more prison time on his probation violation if he declines Widdifield's offer to enroll in a separate drug treatment program offered through the drug court.
www.courttv.com /people/2006/0118/leif_garrett_ctv.html   (700 words)

  
 Leif Garrett
Leif Garrett was born and raised in Hollywood.
Tragically, in 1979, Garrett was driving when his Porsche rear-ended another vehicle and plunged down a hillside, leaving his passenger and then-best friend Roland Winkler paralyzed for life.
Garrett has said that the only payment he received was a few copies of the CD.
www.nndb.com /people/849/000025774   (542 words)

  
 Newsvine - Ex-Teen Idol Leif Garrett Gets Jail Time
Garrett was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years' probation after opting out of a drug treatment program.
Garrett's attorney, Andrew Flier, said his client decided to leave the program, which required frequent tests and daily counseling, because it was too strict.
Garrett pleaded guilty last year to attempted possession of cocaine-based narcotics based on a 2004 arrest and was placed in a less stringent, outpatient rehab program.
www.newsvine.com /_news/2006/05/12/194866-ex-teen-idol-leif-garrett-gets-jail-time   (292 words)

  
 Leif Garrett Back in Jail - May 11, 2006 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
May 11, 2006, 9:00 PM PT He may have said he doesn't look good in orange, but Leif Garrett is going to have to get used to the color.
Garrett and we all are, but, at the same time, I think they're being a little tough on him.
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Melissa Widdifield told Garrett Thursday that she was "disappointed" with his decision to opt out of another six months at a live-in treatment clinic, but she wished him good luck.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,19011,00.html?rsslatest   (419 words)

  
 Leif Garrett Stays Put in Rehab - Mar 09, 2006 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A scruffy, bearded Garrett, immortalized in a menacing mug shot, was found to be in violation of his probation on an 2004 cocaine charge.
Garrett's attorney, Andrew Flier, had asked the court to give his client outpatient status to spend more time with his mother, Carolyn Stellar, but Widdifield recommended another month in-house.
Flier and Garrett have claimed that Stellar's poor health contributed to Garrett's drug troubles in January, although neither will comment on what exactly is wrong with her.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,18535,00.html?rsslatest   (476 words)

  
 Leif Garrett TV/Film
Leif as a particularly sleazy, sociopathic pimp who knowingly sends call girls to their death at the hands of his serial killer client.
Leif preens in tight tank tops and short shorts in standard teen slasher nonsense about cheerleaders being slaughtered at such a remote location they can do nothing but wait for the next body to fall.
Leif played Endy Karrass, a rootless waif (anyone notice a pattern here?) who travelled the country in a motorhome with his photographer dad (Alex Rocco) and former teen idol Vincent Van Patten.
members.aol.com /Tb0813/Leifbio.html   (1022 words)

  
 Leif Garrett Forever
Leif's claim that his career was dominated by the Scotti Brothers would explain some otherwise seemingly incomprehensible choices of the music he recorded and the way it was packaged and presented.
The reunion with his former friend, who was paralyzed 20 years ago after Leif drove his Porsche off the side of the Hollywood freeway while intoxicated, was by far the most moving of this or perhaps any installment of the show.
well, let's just say Leif appears to be a person of remarkable integrity and maybe, just maybe, worthy of all the love and adulation he continues to engender from both his long-term and new, younger fans.
members.aol.com /tb0813/LeifGarrett.html   (302 words)

  
 LEIF GARRETT - biography - discography - hit singles - charts
LEIF GARRETT is an american variety-disco singer born LEIF PER GARRETT on the 08/11/1961 in Hollywood in California.
Son of a CBS cameraman, RICK GARRETT and a script writer and actress from Hollywood, CAROLIN UNDERWOOD.
LEIF made 6 albums and forms in 1999 the band GODSPEED and in 2000 the group F8.
www.laurentpons.com /leifgarretteng.htm   (117 words)

  
 Leif Garrett Goes Rehab - Aug 16, 1999 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Aug 16, 1999, 7:05 AM PT Leif Garrett is living the prototypical Behind the Music life: Success, un-success, rehab.
Garrett was said to be "great spirits" during the weekend appearances.
Garrett was one of 10 people arrested last June 29 in a drug sting of a apartment building, police and prosecution officials said.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,5183,00.html   (302 words)

  
 ABC News: Leif Garrett to Enter Rehab
Garrett, 44, agreed on Friday to enter a strict drug-diversion program for violating probation in a cocaine case.
The diversion program requires frequent testing and daily counseling for at least a year, but Garrett said the in-patient rehab treatment was his choice.
On Wednesday Garrett pleaded not guilty to felony possession of heroin stemming from a Dec. 14 arrest in Los Angeles.
abcnews.go.com /GMA/Entertainment/story?id=1557409   (233 words)

  
 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Leif Garrett: It's made people more aware of what I'm doing now with my band and my music.
Leif Garrett: I wasn't ready for it until they offered it up, and they sprung it upon me the night before.
Leif Garrett: Yes I am still in touch with her.
cgi1.usatoday.com /mchat/20020828003/tscript.htm   (694 words)

  
 Leif Garrett Photos - Leif Garrett News - Leif Garrett Information
Leif was also the young teen who started the skateboard craz of the 70s,and starred in the...
Celebrity contestants are repeatedly dunked head-first in water, locked in a small pod and given electric shocks, and put on a driving course where they will have to crash through a shed and over a hillside.
Leif Garrett appeared in a Christmas stage play in the winter of 2000, a production for The National Theatre of the Deaf.
www.tv.com /leif-garrett/person/53883/summary.html   (256 words)

  
 KNAC.COM - Headbangers - Leif Garrett Live in Worcester, MA
Worcester is usually pretty quiet in the summertime, but Leif Garrett and Company heated up the stage with their intense new modern sound.
Leif Garrett and Co. performed songs from his former band F8 and Godspeed.
Leif has released seven albums -- six studio and one which is a greatest hit collection called The Leif Garrett Collection.
www.knac.com /article.asp?ArticleID=3161   (748 words)

  
 The Official Leif Garrett Website
During the late seventies, Leif Garrett made a big impact on the lives of millions of teenage girls.
Leif Garrett: I do what I like what I do and I want to keep doing it, so it might be ignorance or stubbornness more than anything.
Leif Garrett: Godspeed was so much work and the other members basically wanted to rely on my name to get gigs, and not work as a band.
www.leifgarrett.net /teenmusic.html   (1651 words)

  
 My Love of Leif Garrett
This website is dedicated to the actor/singer Leif Garrett and his fans.
Leif in Concert Slide Show -- it takes few seconds to load on each slide
Nancy, a fan from Florida, got to meet Leif when he was a teen idol; click here
dophinespage.tripod.com /index.html   (60 words)

  
 Leif Garrett's Downtown Smackdown - Defamer
Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was charged this morning with possession of heroin after his arrest in the Pershing Square subway station over the weekend.
Garrett, 44, was being held without bail because he was also detained on a bench warrant for allegedly violating the terms of his probation for a previous offense, Los Angeles County sheriff's and district attorney's officials said.
According to deputies, Garrett was detained after he was found to be without a ticket to ride the rail system.
defamer.com /hollywood/.../leif-garretts-downtown-smackdown-149343.php   (377 words)

  
 Leif Garrett Bravely Not Overcoming Addiction - Defamer
While former 1990s teen idol Brad Renfro appears to be on the long, uphill road towards substance-abuse recovery, former 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett does not.
Garrett, who had hits with "I Was Made for Dancing" and a remake of "Surfin' USA" in the 1970s, was jailed again last week after a judge was notified of the positive drug tests, Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Jane Robison said.
In honor, then, of happier days, we therefore feature a picture of Garrett is his pretty-boy prime, back when he and David Cassidy ruled the Earth, bedding teenage virgins by the dozen as they guzzled RC Cola from a horn o' plenty.
www.defamer.com /hollywood/celeb-jurisprudence/leif-garrett-bravely-not-overcoming-addiction-165711.php   (362 words)

  
 '70s Teen Idol Leif Garrett in Drug Bust | Leif Garrett : People.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Musician-actor Leif Garrett was arrested over the weekend and was still in L.A.'s Men's Central Jail on Thursday, for suspicion of possessing narcotics and failing to have a subway ticket, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Garrett was detained by transit unit sheriff's deputies in a downtown subway station after it was found that he lacked a ticket to ride the system.
Garrett is due at a hearing in this new case on Wednesday.
people.aol.com /people/article/0,26334,1149958,00.html   (381 words)

  
 Leif Garrett - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone
Moviegoers first became aware of juvenile actor Leif Garrett when he was cast as Buford Pusser's son Mike in the first two Walking Tall pictures of...
Leif Garrett Fans web site which includes, pictures, message board, chat, sightings, news, bio, guestbook and much more.
Leif Garrett - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Leif Garrett Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/leif-garrett/26028/main   (85 words)

  
 Whatever Happened To: Leif Garrett
Update Jan 18/06: Garrett, now aged 44 seems to have continued along the well travelled route from teen idol to drug addict.
He was arrested in Los Angeles yesterday for not having a subway ticket and a subsequent search revealed he was in possession of narcotics, violating his probation for a March, 2005 conviction on possession of "cocaine based narcotics" (would that be crack?).
Update: May 12/2006: Garrett gets 90 days in jail and 3 years probation for quitting his rehab program.
www.weht.net /WEHT/Leif_Garrett.html   (247 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: People: G: Garrett, Leif   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kid Garrett and the Tramp - Photos of Leif with Danish pop star Mike Tramp at a 1979 commercial shoot.
Leif Garrett : The Man Himself - Biography, career, new projects, interviews, and a notice board.
Leif Garrett Fans - Contains biography, credits, photos, message board, and mailing list for fans, and information about the band F8.
dmoz.org /Arts/People/G/Garrett,_Leif   (188 words)

  
 Biography and Discography - Leif Garrett
Below you will find previously reviewed links to sites containing music and band biographies for Leif Garrett along with any artist, band or singers discography.
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www.iband.com /music/g_bios/Leif_Garrett.html   (300 words)

  
 MTV News - The Melvins Tap Leif Garrett For Tour
After unleashing their latest effort, "The Crybaby," the guitar buzz maestros of The Melvins are hitting the road with a little help from fallen teen idol Leif Garrett.
The result is, according to Ipecac, a uniquely schizophrenic experience, and it marks the third entry in a Melvins' trilogy that also includes "The Maggot" and "The Bootlicker" (all of which were released within the last year).
Released on Garrett's Tongue and Groove Records, the EP boasts appearances by former Marilyn Manson guitarist Zim Zum and former Jane's Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro, who plays piano.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1429350/20000323/nullgarrett_leif.jhtml   (816 words)

  
 ABC News: 1970s Teen Idol Leif Garrett Charged   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
1970s Teen Idol Leif Garrett Charged With Heroin Possession in L.A. Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett performs with his band Godspeed at the first annual Rhino RetroFest at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif.,on Aug. 14, 1999.
Garrett was being held without bail after authorities said he was suspected of carrying narcotics and not having a ticket for the Los Angeles subway line Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
LOS ANGELES Jan 19, 2006 (AP)— Former teen idol Leif Garrett pleaded not guilty Wednesday to drug possession charges after he was arrested for allegedly trying to ride the subway without a ticket.
abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=1520408&ad=true   (299 words)

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