Rozz Williams - Interview (August, 1994)

Interview by Clauzzen Hernandez.
Taped and broadcast in Mexico City on the 19th of August 1994.
Resurfaced by the interviewer on April 1st 2018. The resurfaced version featured English to Spanish translation between questions and answers. We have removed the translations for archival reasons.
Rozz is very detailed with his answers in this interview and very good questions were asked.

[@cultepicsofficial4713]

Please remove, before I report to KZbin, this interview is part of the documentary of which we have given permission by the owners.

[@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety]

You can't copyright interviews. It violates the right to free press. There is a US supreme Court case on that. This video is uploaded under fair use for educational purposes. I will not tolerate any attempts to retroactively copyright work. The fact you're supposed to be the power of attorney for his Estate but are more interested in your own company, goes to show everything we need to know about you. You believe now that certain people are dead and gone, that you're going to roll on over here and claim the rights to everything Rozz did while using his brother Larry as a weapon to support your agenda. Make your movie, you have that right. But you don't have the right to lay claim to my channel using frivolous threats of litigation in an attempt to intimidate me to your whim.

[@_deadlyflowers]

Thanks lord this is in public again thank you Caseyyyyyy

[@goatedali7895]

@@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety you fuckin tell em how it is!!!!!!

[@Maxipanda6]

His voice is so calm, it makes me feel really relaxed.

[@treyskatenation]

Same

[@michaelpolo6117]

Totally I meant....

[@michaelpolo6117]

Did you get to see him????

[@michaelpolo6117]

Saw him for Dreams for the dying and Dreamhome Heartache....

[@FreshDeath1385]

Same!

[@JulioAvalos3000]

Every person who I've come across that met Rozz has told me that he was surprisingly humble. This interview confirms that.

[@fabianogagliano6745]

I can only confirm it again.

[@jeromealexandre4162]

Julio Avalos - that's true when we first me he ran and threw his arms around me - We became friends two years before his demise and it was such an honour as I was a massive fan.

[@JulioAvalos3000]

@@jeromealexandre4162 It's a shame I never got to meet the man. I saw him play many times since I live in the Los Angeles area. Consider yourself lucky.

[@kevinroulette]

Yes he was such a nice guy . Got the meet him once and Eva O also . RIP Rozz

[@erichofmann17]

My Band (Endless) support Rozz on a tour across Germany. I think it was around 1995. He was so humble and polite and a bit shy. He was a genius. Love to hear his voice.

[@raquelbueno4550]

I'm in love with his talking voice,it's so...soft

[@andygtmo]

I love the tone of his speaking voice. It's so calm, beautiful, contemplative, and humble (as others have said). Just wonderful. Also, fuck yeah to the picture of Rozz wearing a Misfits shirt!

[@leithmotiff]

"Nirvana is new to me". Strange hearing this, you can feel how old the interview is

[@x0xhris]

what time does he say that?

[@spiritualcramp8000]

9:05 interview is 1994 if i rimember well Cobain died that year some month later. 1998 Rozz took his own life on fool's day.

[@wjs-hwhauahwhajwdjfksjsjiws]

I love how he just casually says he was going to sacrifice someone

[@elsacernuschi]

LMAO yeah

[@mrbungeealwaysrhymes9023]

I KNOW I WAS JUST LIKE 💀💀 oop

[@jclancy8246]

I'm bored with this interview for him. And hey she wanted an unusual story she got one

[@CovetAmory]

@@mrbungeealwaysrhymes9023 Me too!! And after he said he realized that wouldn't be right for him and his friends to do or even think of doing, the interviewer so casually says, "Yes. So it was a happy ending."

[@damiancerruti6718]

Nice photo

[@jeromealexandre4162]

Sorry one more thing - I'd just like to thank Casey publicly for posting these gems .When I was a young teenager I got to see Rozz perform shortly before he passed - he was my teen idol and his music still stirs my emotions like meditation or prayers and It's so amazing to have access to performances / interviews from a figure that I felt was not appreciated as much as he should have been when he was alive , I think if he could see this channel he'd be incredibly happy - Thank you again Casey .

[@julietsilver2033]

@JeromeAlexndre ..i felt the same way about Rozz Williams but somehow never managed to get it together to see Rozz's early Christian Death, shadow project, PE, etc.. unfortunately my time was already taken up with substances and me annoying other musician's that Rozz already mentioned as inspirational to him🙄!! If you listen to the band's he gives as his influences~their include mostly all my favourite's too.. Oh and be4 I saw your comment~I also mentioned how Rozz had been underated💔 It's such ashame😔 (love the Darcas Carada influence story🍇(no mandrake roots emoji 😉🖤) I'm sure you've seen it but there's a great, long (100min or so) documentary about Rozz on this page ! I'll 'shoot you' a pm /or write 1 to me~if u get bored..I never noticed your comments over the entire last year~until mid- 2020 lockdown/ pandemic~it's early July now!! Love JX💘

[@fabianogagliano6745]

I met Rozz a few months after this interview, in Europe. He had this red hair, and this is the voice I remember.

[@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety]

His Euro tour was in November of 1994. You can get a detailed list of Rozz's performances at Rozznet.com Rozznet is hosted by the Graves Family and is a great go-to place for researchers.

[@fabianogagliano6745]

Rozz Williams Scholars Society Yes, thank you. I thought this interview was AFTER the european tour. I clearly remember I met him November 15th, 1994... You can even see me in the Rome video, first row. (I have modified/corrected my first comment).

[@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety]

At Black Out in Rome? Great show! We will have to upload a cleaner copy of that show one day.

[@fabianogagliano6745]

Rozz Williams Scholars Society Yes, it was! I have a vhs of it, done by the guy who filmed the show (which was a friend of mine) directly from the master tape.

[@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety]

Probably one of the best videos from that tour next to Dracma Club in Turin. Paris Arapaho was the only multi-camera performance taped from that tour. Would be great to see that get an official release.

[@dagonmeister]

I had the privilege to watch two of his shows, great artist, deeply influence in my career. May his legacy never be forgotten.

[@speedtrialss]

gosh i'm in love with his voice

[@stevemertens7181]

Angelic voice...

[@ivonnehawinkels7424]

I was at one of those Daucus Karota concerts! 😸 Rozz went back to Mexico City a couple of years later with Gitane Demone to perform Dreamhome Heartache. 🖤

[@AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents]

I love his voice so much

[@staceys4471]

I didn't know about Rozz and was concerned when a family member said "christian death" was her new favorite group. I heard this interview about 4 months ago and started to listen to Rozz. Sorry he is gone. His voice is music and his words are genius.

[@ellasharpe8172]

i could listen to him talk all day omg ;(

[@KR2EP]

thank you so much for posting this!

[@dravinknight]

What he says about Bowie. Is how i feel about him. 1989 a friends sister had me listen to him his first album and i was hooked an here today at 41 wishing he was still here. As a singer myself a poet a artist i understand a lot. Miss u dude almost met u back in 1994 an missed out. Life sucks without u.

[@elsacernuschi]

thank you for sharing! i love this interview, he's a very interesting person

[@Mr.Swankly]

About the young kids / generation : "it's all television, video games, nothing's real" About the future of this phenom he's talking about "pretty bleak" yeah he hit it on the head, "real", "friends", "feeling" all mean such different things now than then and all of its more detached from an authentic state/ experience. I don't think he'd like now. He sounds optimistic here. Knowing what we know now, it's surprising.

[@jasonledyard3523]

We love Rozz, and I miss him, however everyone must remember that he was in varying moments in his life and the way he responded to PUBLIC interviews was utterly different than how he was in person

[@ThievesInTheTreasureRoom]

What was he like in person? Obviously he was a disturbed person if he killed himself but I'm just curious about who he was.

[@butasimpleidiotwizard]

@@ThievesInTheTreasureRoom I wouldn't assume that everyone who kills themself is "disturbed", they're generally severely mentally ill and struggling and calling them disturbed the way you did is pretty fucking rude to be honest. As for what he was like in person that's hard to know since he changed over the course of his life and different people he knew had different opinions of him, generally it seems his mental health made him hard to be around for a lot of people, especially for extended periods of time, and he was very committed to art and spent a lot of time doing that to varying degrees of success in a way that I personally would assume really didn't help him with the whole mental illness thing. There are a lot of accounts available online in various places from people who actually knew him personally if you want to form your own opinion, it's probably easier to look for them then to ask about it in a comments section.

[@butasimpleidiotwizard]

@@ThievesInTheTreasureRoom only if you're an asshole ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety]

@idiot wizard People who knew him have visited my channel including relatives of his.

[@elicamer6826]

Thank you for this. Over the years more and more recorded interviews with Rozz have been manifesting and it is always such a gem. Hopefully more people with recorded interviews with him post their recordings as well.

[@JinksDeJenn]

It's amazing how you are collecting these things. I'm glad you're cataloging all this for people.

[@danielo8569]

Thank you for this! I used to have this on cassette, and finally I have it again. The picture seems to be taken in Coyoacan, Mexico City by the time of the first show of Rozz with Daucus Carota in that city. Actually, you can see two of the promoters of the show, behind the guy with the white T-shirt. Great memories!

[@julio_arias_sj]

Buenísima entrevista! siempre la he leído en sitios webs en español pero por fin pude escucharla.

[@stevenmorris2234]

Rozz was and is an amazing songwriter his first two solo albums are truly fascinating disturbing, scary and really dark. I love his dark poetry but at the same time disturbed by a few of his songs. But truly blown away by his spoken words. Christian Death died once Rozz left the band after the 3rd album. I really dislike the new lead singer. Though some of Valor's songs are pretty cool. But the rest just sound like crazy violence in his lyrics with also sounding like complete nonsense to me. There music sounds like a Slipknot band I hate to say. Rozz is Christian Death and made that band have meaning, Valor took that and destroyed that for me unfortunately. 😔

[@lorabetts8317]

Valor?

[@marin5431]

Rozz Williams was basically the soul of Christian Death, once he died the band died. He will always stay immortal trough the beautiful music he created.

[@JestaKilla]

I think of Valor's CD as a different band from the original with Rozz, but I do like them both. Nothing compares to Only Theater of Pain, though.

[@vanceburdge2021]

He was a beautiful person. Lagged thru the industry.

[@EshuOdara21]

I think the interviewer was pretty good.

[@baronsaturday9560]

Yeah, she's got good questions..

[@davidcross701]

Rozz savory knowledge and character really shows in this interview. He seems to have a two persona. One that lives day to day, and the one that eventually, although scared of the act, would take his own life.... a true paradox.

[@Scarletband1993]

He was depressed a lot, just rarely showed it to people he didn’t know well. Wish he had got help

[@CovetAmory]

@@Scarletband1993 oppressed by a homophobic, xenophobic, racist society too, and very angry about it.

[@dimipapa-br9mo]

@@CovetAmory Bias and racism against homosexuality are very cruel. People who hate homosexuals are basically empty. Also homosexuality is based on huge denial. There is severe codependence based in a childhood full of abandonment and complex trauma from either a smothering mother who hates men (covert) or a classic patriarchs who hates women (overt).

[@joybarr]

Thank you!!!

[@ComandoBurrito]

amazing archive

[@veerchasm1]

The end of the interview is very prophetic

[@stevenmorris2234]

I would of really liked to meet him. Rozz seemed so down to earth by listening to this interview. What a shame he died young. I heard he was battling his demons what a way to go. 😔

[@carlobellotti1244]

Rozz is the king

[@hempalchemy9955]

I love you Rozz.

[@wjs-hwhauahwhajwdjfksjsjiws]

Back off hemp ALCHEMY Rozz is mine

[@johnmchugh8049]

🖤we miss you and love you rozz😭

[@queesreal]

Respective credits and thanks to CLAUZZEN HERNANDEZ for the interview.

[@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety]

Will put that in the credits. Thanks for the info!

[@hopeurott]

i love you rozz williams. i wish you were here ): especially rn 💗💘 hope i see you after life

[@alanflores8822]

I had the opportunity to attend that gig!!! Actually, he gave me his autograph after the concert but young and stupid , didn’t keep it 😭

[@Scarletband1993]

I have a similar regret. 😔

[@CovetAmory]

💔If only we could know things before it's too late.😥

[@nobody79506]

His voice 🖤🖤🖤😫

[@CovetAmory]

🖤🖤🖤 I wish I could have met him.

[@ntrlnwrmz]

I would do anything to have lived during this time

[@Scarletband1993]

Good times.

[@mrbungeealwaysrhymes9023]

Honestly

[@riverplate0101]

At first I thought this photo was Disneyland then I saw the title. No duh.

[@harrymidnight9393]

Is in Chapultepec, a very good lovely place

[@NoxGrim]

@@harrymidnight9393 I´m almost sure it is in front of Coyoacán kiosk.

[@christopherbell4543]

Rozz was a star.

[@pedrodelgadojr1001]

Wow rozz 🤘🏽🤟🏽🙏🏽✌🏽👍🏽😀🤩😀

[@pedrodelgadojr1001]

Rest in peace Rozz William we miss you very much hopefully you are in a better place now😿🙀👍🏽🤟🏽🤘🏽✌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@pedrodelgadojr1001]

You Welcome 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@jeromealexandre4162]

Interesting as well about the meaning of Darkus Karota , it's no surprise that the character had mandrake root as part of his anatomy as Darkus Karota is a real plant too.

[@alexgoth2002]

ES UNA LASTIMA QUE YA NO ESTE CON NOSOTROS

[@meh4063]

clauzzennnnnnnn 😭❤

[@jamesclark7648]

What do think about the anunaki?

[@BEHEDETY]

oh yeah

[@user-wc4xn8rk5x]

12:46 lmao

[@jamesclark7413]

collages are one of my favorite hobbies but I want to mix collages and stencils as an oil painting

[@stevemertens8324]

I saw Rozz once, I wish I could have met him 😔 he sounds so humble, but he went through a mental hell during his life... I wish I could to have talk to him for hours.... 😔 I think he was depressed and high sensitif....

[@FreshDeath1385]

🖤🖤🖤

[@michaelpolo6117]

It is.....

[@julioodaniels6841]

"It seems pretty bleak..." If he only could see what happened to the teen age nowadays... teenagers are raised by technology... just so sad...

[@linaswardh]

Excuse me, I'm sorry, but what have I missed? It says this interview is from August of 1994. But Rozz Williams hanged himself in the 1st of April in 1988. Beautiful soul, so soothing voice🖤🌹🦇💀

[@NoxGrim]

not 1988 but 1998...

[@linaswardh]

@@NoxGrim ooh this was quite embarrassing... my bad. I saw a post on Facebook on April 1st and I believe it said 1988. Take care!

[@NoxGrim]

@@linaswardh no worries. Thanks, take care :)

[@euronysus8453]

Happy bday my lord

[@jamesclark7648]

Right I'm from south bend

[@jamesclark7413]

Eddie!

[@AlexanderLaurence]

I wonder if Rozz Williams got his name from the book A Clockwork Orange?

[@skeletonkiss1112]

He got his name from a headstone in his favorite cemetary

[@zonasound]

I hate the word gothic ROZZ WILLIAMS brilliant quote

[@marioncarbonell6047]

Most early bands like the cure, bauhaus, joy division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, killing joke didn't even consider themselves goth, they just did their own thing, but since they had dark lyrics and imagery, critics labeled them "goth" in fact Robert Smith hates being labeled gothic too.

[@louisvanian8634]

Andrew Eldritch is anti goth too lol..

[@GabrielCruzTorres]

No mames! No conocía esta entrevista! Woow!!!

[@mp20233]

❤️👌

[@EricDahlstrom-zy8kp]

I always thought Pat Briggs from psychotics took alot from rozz

[@roderickcortez138]

I have only one tattoo on me. It's the Shadow Project symbol. I got it back in 1999 when I was 21.

[@michaelpolo6117]

Very.....

[@yourmom9828]

1334

[@fernandodelpozo883]

Gabeta 12

[@jormoria]

TODAVIA CAGADO PORQUE SABIA Y NO FUI

[@AA-wu2fk]

The interview lady sound like Kat von d

[@_deadlyflowers]

20:02 Who is Stephan ?

[@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety]

"I had problems with my family and stuff."

[@_deadlyflowers]

@@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety I understood that it was someone related to his family, I just wanted to know who it was precisely

[@michaelpolo6117]

T.I.k....

[@jimbothompson6540]

Reminds him of europe?? Wtf???

[@spiritualcramp8000]

wow rozz with a misfits shirt was so unexpected. i frankly never liked them.except Ramones i'm more on the UK side. Clash Sex Pistols etc...

[@AlexanderLaurence]

Homosexuality 12:36

[@death4metal201]

"It's ok, i guess"

[@bardoface]

Wow. The Jeffrey Dahmer fantasy he admits to around 14:00. He loved Dahmer.

[@fiascostew5001]

Rozz is every musicians influence, just no one ever really says cause some music is just best kept underground