Roz razavi biography of williams

Edited By NICO B. (Last Gasp; 1999)

This thick large format paperback celebrates Rozz Williams (a.k.a.

Roz razavi biography of williams brothers

Roger Painter), a superstar on the Death Rock scene who committed suicide in 1998. As the title proclaims, the focus is on Williams’ art—poetry, song lyrics and some pretty extraordinary found-image collages—rather than his apparently tortured life, of which we get only brief descriptions.

The biographical details that do register aren’t pretty, with poor health, frequent professional setbacks, a rocky love life and a chronic lack of finances being constants.

I first encountered Roz Williams’s work through the 1998 short film PIG, a gruesome look into the mind of a serial killer that Williams wrote and scored.

The film’s director Nico B. also edited this book, claiming he began the project with modest aims but after Williams’ suicide expanded his scope, ending up with this massive compilation.

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