Robert Williams (born 1955 in

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

) is a drummer and solo artist who has worked with

Captain Beefheart Don Van Vliet (; born 'Don Glen Vliet'; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as the M ...

Hugh Cornwell Hugh Alan Cornwell (born 28 August 1949) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers The Stranglers are an English ro ...

John Lydon John Joseph Lydon ( ; born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a British-born singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. He was the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, which was ...

, the Spo-it's,

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, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and

Zoogz Rift Zoogz Rift (born Robert Pawlikowski; July 10, 1953 – March 22, 2011) was an American musician, painter and professional wrestling personality. Born Robert Pawlikowski in Paterson, New Jersey, Rift was raised in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jers ...

, and also performed on recordings for the '' Pee-wee Herman Show'' original cast recording. His albums include: *Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: **''

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'' **'' Doc At The Radar Station'' *Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams: **''

Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' () is a 1922 silent film, silent German Expressionism (cinema), German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who ...

'' *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 Lawrence Wayne "Wild Man" Fischer (November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011) was an American street performer known for offering erratic, a cappella performances of "new kinds of songs" for a dime on the beaches of Los Angeles County and the Sunset Str ...

left on Robert Williams phone **''Temporary Immortal'' (as Beefheart Jr.) *The Spo-it's **''Free Sex'' (AVT00) *Zoogz Rift **''Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong'' (AVT001)

Television

In 1997, Robert Williams filed a lawsuit against former

Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they became culturally influential in popular music. The band initiated the punk movement in the United Ki ...

lead singer

(aka Johnny Rotten) for assault and lost wages that was broadcast as an installment on ''

Judge Judy ''Judge Judy'' is an American arbitration-based reality court show presided over by former Manhattan Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin. The show featured Sheindlin as she adjudicated real-life small-claims disputes within a simulated court ...

''; Williams lost the case due to a lack of evidence.

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Discography at United Mutations 1955 births 20th-century American drummers American male drummers Living people Drummers from Boston The Magic Band members {{US-drummer-stub