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John Roecker | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Independent filmmaker |
Spouse | Divorced |
Children | None |
John Roecker (born January 30, 1966) is an independent filmmaker who is associated with the punk subculture. [1] [ citation needed ] 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]
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 collaborator 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]
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