Editing Russell Crowe (section)

== Music ==
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[[File:Russell Crowe cropped.JPG|thumb|Crowe singing at an open mic night at O'Reilly's Pub in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada, 13 June 2005]]
In the 1980s, Crowe, under the name of "Russ le Roq", recorded a song titled "I Just Wanna Be Like Marlon Brando".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Widdicombe |first=Ben |date=11 July 2004 |title=Gatecrasher |work=Daily News |location=New York |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/2004/07/11/2004-07-11_gatecrasher.html |url-status=dead |access-date=10 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518144602/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/2004/07/11/2004-07-11_gatecrasher.html |archive-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>

In the 1980s, Crowe and friend Billy Dean Cochran formed a band, Roman Antix, which later evolved into the Australian rock band [[30 Odd Foot of Grunts]] (abbreviated to TOFOG). Crowe performed lead vocals and guitar for the band, which formed in 1992. The band released ''The Photograph Kills EP'' in 1995, as well as three full-length records, ''Gaslight'' (1998), ''Bastard Life or Clarity'' (2001) and ''Other Ways of Speaking'' (2003). In 2000, TOFOG performed shows in London, Los Angeles and in [[Austin, Texas]]. In 2001, the band toured in the U.S. with dates in Austin, [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]], Chicago, [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], San Francisco, Hollywood, Philadelphia, New York City and the last show at [[The Stone Pony]] in [[Asbury Park, New Jersey]].

In early 2005, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts as a group had "dissolved/evolved" with Crowe feeling his future music would take a new direction. He began a collaboration with [[Alan Doyle]] of the Canadian band [[Great Big Sea]], and with it a new band emerged, the Ordinary Fear of God, which also involved some members of the previous TOFOG line-up. A new single, "Raewyn", was released in April 2005 and an album entitled ''My Hand, My Heart'' was released. The album includes a tribute song to actor [[Richard Harris]], who became Crowe's friend during the making of ''Gladiator''.

Crowe and his new band the Ordinary Fear of God (keeping the TOFOG acronym) toured Australia in 2005, and then the U.S. In 2006 they returned to the US to promote their new release ''My Hand, My Heart''. In March 2010, the group's version of the [[John Williamson (singer)|John Williamson]] song "Winter Green" was included on a new compilation album ''The Absolute Best of John Williamson: 40 Years True Blue'', commemorating the singer-songwriter's milestone of 40 years in the Australian music industry.<ref>[https://www.davidspicer.com.au/author/john-williamson ''John Williamson''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327090348/http://www.davidspicer.com.au/author/john-williamson |date=27 March 2023 }}. David Spicer Productions. Australia.</ref>

On 2 August 2011, the third collaboration between Crowe and Doyle was released on iTunes as ''The Crowe/Doyle Songbook Vol III'', featuring nine original songs followed by their acoustic demo counterparts (for a total of 18 tracks). Danielle Spencer does guest vocals on most tracks. The release coincided with a pair of live performances at the LSPU Hall in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2011 |title=Russell Crowe & Alan Doyle &#124; The Crowe/Doyle Songbook, Vol. III |url=http://theindependent.ca/2011/08/04/russell-crowe-alan-doyle-the-crowedoyle-songbook-vol-iii/ |access-date=26 October 2011 |publisher=TheIndependent.ca |archive-date=16 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016093514/http://theindependent.ca/2011/08/04/russell-crowe-alan-doyle-the-crowedoyle-songbook-vol-iii/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The digital album was released as download versions only on Amazon.com, iTunes, Spotify. The album has since charted at No. 72 on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CANOE – JAM! Music SoundScan Charts |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=26 December 2004 |access-date=26 October 2011 |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca }}</ref>

On 26 September 2011, Crowe appeared onstage at Rogers Arena in Vancouver in the middle of Keith Urban's concert. He sang a cover of "[[Folsom Prison Blues]]", before joining the rest of the band in a rendition of "[[The Joker (Steve Miller Band song)|The Joker]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brad Schmitt |date=30 September 2011 |title=Russell Crowe Joins Keith Urban Onstage in Vancouver |url=http://www.countryweekly.com/news/russell-crowe-joins-keith-urban-onstage-vancouver |access-date=26 October 2011 |website=Country Weekly |archive-date=4 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104064728/http://www.countryweekly.com/news/russell-crowe-joins-keith-urban-onstage-vancouver |url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 August 2012, Crowe appeared along with Doyle at the [[Harpa (concert hall)|Harpa Concert Hall]] in Reykjavík, Iceland as part of the city's [[Menningarnótt]] program.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 August 2012 |title=Russell Crowe spilar meðal annars í Hörpunni |url=http://visir.is/russel-crowe-spilar-medal-annars-i-horpunni/article/2012120818988 |website=[[DV (newspaper)|Vísir]] |language=is |access-date=19 August 2012 |archive-date=21 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821004612/http://www.visir.is/russel-crowe-spilar-medal-annars-i-horpunni/article/2012120818988 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, Crowe and Doyle had created a new act (with [[Samantha Barks]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe's Indoor Garden Party |url=http://www.southendtheatrescene.com/russell-crowes-indoor-garden-party.html |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115174045/http://www.southendtheatrescene.com/russell-crowes-indoor-garden-party.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Scott Grimes]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Grimes |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342241/bio |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=IMDb |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107220636/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342241/bio |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 6 Music – Russell Crowe's Slow Sunday, 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009r1w |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=BBC |archive-date=20 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120230334/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009r1w |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Carl Falk]]) called Indoor Garden Party<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indoor Garden Party &#124; Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/indoor-garden-party-mn0003623827/biography |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=AllMusic |archive-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027142149/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/indoor-garden-party-mn0003623827/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> who appeared on ''[[The One Show]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One – The One Show, 27/09/2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b095vwc2 |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=BBC |archive-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027142148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b095vwc2 |url-status=live }}</ref> to promote their album called ''The Musical''.

On 27 June 2023, Crowe sang in concert with his band Indoor Garden Party in [[Bologna]] at the Teatro Comunale Nouveau. The concert was very successful, completely sold out. The total proceeds from the concert were entirely donated to the flood victims of [[Emilia-Romagna]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Russell Crowe dedica il concerto di Bologna agli alluvionati: "Suoniamo per l'Emilia Romagna" |url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/russell-crowe-concerto-bologna-alluvionati_66566916-202302k.shtml |access-date=5 July 2023 |agency=tgcom24.mediaset.it |publisher=tgcom24.mediaset.it |date=28 June 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705010723/https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/russell-crowe-concerto-bologna-alluvionati_66566916-202302k.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>