Rozz Williams

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Rozz Williams

Rozz Williams (actually Roger Alan Painter ; born November 6, 1963 in Pomona , California , † April 1, 1998 in Los Angeles by suicide ) was an American singer, songwriter and artist.

Williams grew up with his three older siblings (two brothers and one sister) in a strict family that belonged to the Southern Baptist Convention . In his teenage years, unlike his siblings, he was drawn to the punk rock music scene, which shaped his early musical works.

In 1979 he founded the death rock band Christian Death . Other projects were Premature Ejaculation from 1981 together with his friend Ron Athey , Daukus Karota, Shadow Project and Heltir. He did not leave a suicide note when he committed suicide.

Bands and publications

Christian Death

  • Deathwish (EP)
  • Only Theater Of Pain
  • Catastrophe Ballet
  • Ashes
  • The Path Of Sorrows
  • The Rage Of Angels
  • Catastrophe ballet live
  • The decomposition of violets (live)
  • An official anthology of live bootlegs (live)
  • The iron mask
  • Skeleton kiss
  • Spiritual cramp
  • Mandylion
  • Invocations 1981-1989
  • Tales of innocence, a continued anthology ... (live)
  • Iconologia (live)
  • Sleepless night (live)
  • The doll's theater (live)
  • Death in Detroit
  • Deathmix
  • The best of Christian Death
  • Death Club

solo

  • Live in Berlin
  • Accept The Gift Of Sin

Spoken Word Projects :

  • Every King A Bastard Son
  • The Whorse's Mouth

EXP

EXP (single of the same name, only 500 copies in blue vinyl) was released in 1994 (in-house production by EXP) Members: Paris, Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo, Brian Carlson, Meshech Smith, Ryan Gaumer

EXP (album of the same name) was released in 1996 (Rozz Williams as bassist, vocals: Doriandra, Ryan Gaumer)

Heltir

  • New Objectivity (1995)

Daucus Karota

  • Daucus Karota

Premature ejaculation

  • Estimating The Time Of Death
  • Anesthesia
  • Necessary Discomforts (1993)
  • Assertive Discipline (2003)
  • Wound Of Exit

Shadow Project

  • Shadow Project (1991)
  • Dreams For The Dying (1992)
  • In Tuned Out Live 93 (1993)
  • From The Heart (1998)

Rozz Williams & Gitane Demone

  • Dream Home Heartache (1995)

Further publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in Rolling Stone
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Rozz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Painter, Roger Alan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Pomona , California
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1998
Place of death los Angeles