Robert Williams (drummer) explained
Robert Arthur Williams |
Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
Alias: | Wait For Me |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Robert Williams (born 1955 in Boston) is a drummer and solo artist who has worked with Captain Beefheart,[1] Hugh Cornwell, John Lydon,[2] the Spo-it's, Tex and the Horseheads, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and Zoogz Rift, and also performed on recordings for the Pee-wee Herman Show original cast recording.
His albums include:
- Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band:[3]
- Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams:
- Robert Williams:
- Buy My Record
- Late One Night
- Date With The Devil's Daughter - The first song, "Hello Robert", consists of messages that Larry "Wild Man" Fischer left on Robert Williams phone
- Temporary Immortal (as Beefheart Jr.)
- The Spo-it's
- Zoogz Rift
- Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong (AVT001)
Television
In 1997, Robert Williams filed a lawsuit against former Sex Pistols lead singer John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) for assault and lost wages that was broadcast as an installment on Judge Judy; Williams lost the case due to a lack of evidence.
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Wade, Chris . The Music of Captain Beefheart . Wisdom Twin Books . 2015 . 9781326181536 . 10 February 2015 . 59 . en.
- Web site: Pulley . Anna . 2018-09-09 . Sunday Sounds: When Drummer Robert Williams Sued Sex Pistols' Frontman Johnny Rotten on 'Judge Judy' . 2024-08-03 . DRUM! Magazine . en-US.
- Book: Buckley, Peter . The Rough Guide to Rock . 2003 . Rough Guides . 978-1-84353-105-0 . 177.
- Book: Endeacott, Robert . Peaches A Chronicle of the Stranglers,1974 - 1990 . Soundcheck Books . 2014 . 9780957570047 . Great Britian . 77 . en.