John Roecker

John Roecker is an independent filmmaker who is associated with the punk subculture.[1] He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[2] Roecker is probably best known for Live Freaky! Die Freaky!, a stop motion animated comedy based on the true crime book Helter Skelter.[3][4]

John Roecker
Born (1966-01-30) 30 January 1966
OccupationIndependent filmmaker
Spouse(s)Daisy Chain
Children2

From 1996 to 1999, Roecker and Exene Cervenka co-owned Los Angeles store "You've Got Bad Taste." The store specialized in kitsch and various "off-color" novelties, such as paintings by serial killer and rapist John Wayne Gacy and a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wanted poster of bank robber Patty Hearst .[5] He recently released an album with collaborater Dylan Melody titled Rocker|Melody[6] on Frontier Records. A music video was created for every track on the album.

Next, Roecker and Melody are collaborating on a musical about Charles Manson.[7]

Works

References

  1. Whitmire, Margo (2005-10-08). "Film Lets 'Freak' Flag Fly". Billboard.
  2. Reighley, Kurt B. (February 14, 2006), "Freaky deaky", The Advocate
  3. Voss, Brandon (November 8, 2008). "The Hardest Job in Show Business". The Advocate. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010.
  4. "John Roecker's 'Freaky' Puppet Show". The Washington Post. 2006-01-27.
  5. "Who Say's 'Nobody Ever Went Broke...?". The New York Times. 1999-03-21.
  6. "One Foot on the Mattress, The Other on the Floor, by Roecker | Melody". Roecker | Melody. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  7. "The Soapbox Office Podcast: Episode 11: Freaky Nightmare Before Christmas". www.soapboxoffice.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  8. "here! presents "Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars *but were to afraid to ask"". here! Networks. August 4, 2008. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

Articles

For Live Freaky! Die Freaky!


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