Rozz Rezabek
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Rozz Rezabek-Wright (born June 4, 1960), usually Rozz Rezabek, is an American musician based in Portland, Oregon and formerly San Francisco, California.
In the late 1970s Rozz Rezabek fronted several punk bands including San Francisco-based Negative Trend which he formed with guitarist Craig Gray (later in Toiling Midgets) and bassist Will Shatter (later in Flipper).[1][2][3][4]
Rezabek's early 1980s New Wave band, Theatre of Sheep (ToS), was popular in Portland but never made the jump to a wider audience.[5][6][7] In attempt to escape ongoing conflicts with a couple of girls (one being Courtney Love) Rezabek moved back to San Francisco for several years.[8][9] Rezabek appeared in the documentary Kurt & Courtney, which also featured the ToS song "Pyramid's Babylon.".[10] Renewed interest in ToS has prompted a new limited release greatest hits CD, "Old Flames."
On November 3, 2007 Rezabek performed a set of Negative Trend songs in San Francisco at a Lennon Studios benefit for Johnny Genocide. This lineup included Bob Clic (guitar) and Rik Ficara (drums) from The Lewd with Keith Bolinger (bass) from White Noise Records. White Noise released the Rozz and Negative Trend: The Pop Sessions CD in 1998.
[edit] References
- ^ Negative Trend on MySpace
- ^ Locals Online: Rozz and Negative Trend
- ^ “Courtney's Love” by Gary Aker
- ^ Negative Trend Logo Design
- ^ Two Louies Magazine: History of Portland Rock: The Early 80's
- ^ rozzrezabek.com: Theatre of Sheep for Dummies
- ^ Willamette Week: The Last Pogo: Portland's Old New Wave Champions Theatre of Sheep
- ^ Courtney Love: Queen of Noise. Melissa Rossi. Simon & Shuster Pocket Books 1996. p 64-65
- ^ "Courtney's Love" by Gary Aker, Exotic Magazine, May 1998.
- ^ Soundtrack Incomplete: Kurt & Courtney
[edit] External links
- "Lambs to the Slaughter" by Zach Dundas, Willamette Week, 1999.
- "rozzrezabek.com ... loverlegendliar." by Rozz Rezabek (memoirs, blog).
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