Robert Williams (drummer) explained

Robert Arthur Williams
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Alias:	Wait For Me
Birth Place:	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Robert Williams (born 1955 in Boston) is a drummer and solo artist who has worked with Captain Beefheart,^[1] Hugh Cornwell, John Lydon,^[2] the Spo-it's, Tex and the Horseheads, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and Zoogz Rift, and also performed on recordings for the Pee-wee Herman Show original cast recording.

His albums include:

• Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band:^[3]
  • Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
  • Doc At The Radar Station
• Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams:
  • Nosferatu^[4]
• 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 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 lead singer John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) for assault and lost wages that was broadcast as an installment on Judge Judy; Williams lost the case due to a lack of evidence.

External links

• http://www.united-mutations.com/w/robert_williams.htm Discography at United Mutations

Notes and References

1. Book: Wade, Chris . The Music of Captain Beefheart . Wisdom Twin Books . 2015 . 9781326181536 . 10 February 2015 . 59 . en.
2. Web site: Pulley . Anna . 2018-09-09 . Sunday Sounds: When Drummer Robert Williams Sued Sex Pistols' Frontman Johnny Rotten on 'Judge Judy' . 2024-08-03 . DRUM! Magazine . en-US.
3. Book: Buckley, Peter . The Rough Guide to Rock . 2003 . Rough Guides . 978-1-84353-105-0 . 177.
4. Book: Endeacott, Robert . Peaches A Chronicle of the Stranglers,1974 - 1990 . Soundcheck Books . 2014 . 9780957570047 . Great Britian . 77 . en.