BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Roger Alan Painter
Description: Vocalist, USA
Known For: Lead vocalist for group “Christian Death” formed in 1982.
Instruments: Voice
Music Styles: Rock
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 6th November 1963
Location Born: Pomona, California, United States of America
Date Died: 1st April 1998
Location Died: West Hollywood, California, United States of America
Cause Of Death: Suicide by hanging
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Rozz Williams
An American vocalist and musician of several varieties, most famous for fronting the band Christian Death, then later Shadow Project with musician Eva O, though his main project throughout his career was the industrial Premature Ejaculation.
He is also cited by some as a pioneer of the American Gothic scene as well as deathrock.
Other musical projects he was involved in include Premature Ejaculation, Daucus Karota, Heltir, and EXP. Williams also recorded several solo albums.
As a child, he was a fan of David Bowie, Roxy Music, T.Rex, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and The New York Dolls. When he reached adolescence in the late 1970s, he became attracted to the punk rock music scene. In his teenage years, he found the name “Rozz Williams” on a Pomona gravestone and decided to use it as his own.
By the age of 16 he began performing in bands. He took the name of Rozz Williams from a gravestone he found in a Pomona cemetery.
His first bands were called The Crawlers, No, then later The Upsetters. He then went on to form The Asexuals.
Williams then restarted Christian Death in the summer of 1981 with McGearty and Belanger, who also brought in guitarist Rikk Agnew, who had previously been with The Adolescents.
Just a year before his death, Williams again paired up with Eva O to record the final Shadow Project album, From the Heart, an extremely intimate album with a notably stripped-down sound for the duo. He also recorded Wound of Exit, his last solo CD as Premature Ejaculation.
On April 1, 1998, Williams hanged himself in his West Hollywood apartment. His body was discovered by Ryan Wildstar, his friend and roommate of seven years.