John Roecker is an

independent filmmaker An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in ...

who is associated with the

punk subculture The punk subculture includes a diverse and widely known array of Punk rock, music, Punk ideologies, ideologies, Punk fashion, fashion, and other forms of expression, Punk visual art, visual art, dance, Punk literature, literature, and film. La ...

. He currently resides in

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. Roecker is probably best known for ''

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! ''Live Freaky! Die Freaky!'' is a 2006 American stop-motion animated independent musical film directed by John Roecker. It is a black comedy based on the Charles Manson murders. It premiered on DVD in the United States on January 17, 2006, and ...

'', a

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animated comedy based on the true crime book '' Helter Skelter''. From 1996 to 1999, Roecker and

Exene Cervenka Exene Cervenka (born Christene Lee Cervenka; February 1, 1956) is an American singer, artist, and poet. She is best known for her work as a singer in the California punk rock band X. Music career The 21-year-old Cervenka met 23-year-old m ...

co-owned Los Angeles store "You've Got Bad Taste." The store specialized in kitsch and various "off-color" novelties, such as paintings by

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and

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and a

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(FBI)

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of bank robber

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. He recently released an album with collaborator Dylan Melody titled Rocker, Melody 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.

Works

* "The Fear Morty's Theme" ''Bootleg: From the Lost Vault, Vol. 1'',

Esham Esham Attica Smith (born September 20, 1973), known mononymously as Esham, is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. Emerging as one of the first ever hip hop artists from Detroit, Esham released his debut studio album, '' Boomin' Words fr ...

Music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

Director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

. (2000) * ''Disease is Punishment'',

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. Director. (2004) * ''

''.

Stop motion Stop-motion (also known as stop frame animation) is an animated filmmaking and special effects technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exh ...

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, director, and

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. (2006) * '' Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars* (*But Were Too Afraid to Ask)''. Seven-part

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

TV series based on interviews with male

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stars. Director. (2008) * ''Svengali!'', (

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). Actor, director, and screenwriter. (2010) * ''They're All Out Without You'', short film using footage cut from ''Heart Like a Hand Grenade'' (see above in 2009). Director and screenwriter. (2011) * ''Tim Timebomb's Rock'n'Roll Theatre'', (

). Co-written with

Tim Armstrong Timothy Ross Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Known for his distinctive voice, he is the singer/guitarist for the punk rock band Rancid (band), Rancid and hip hop/punk rock supergroup T ...

. (2012) * '' Heart Like a Hand Grenade''. Documentary of

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's production of the 2004 album ''

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''. Recorded from 2003 to 2005. Director. (2015)

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