John Roecker is an independent film director

Film director

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 who is associated with the Punk

Punk subculture

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 scene. He currently resides in California

Los Ángeles

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. Roecker is probably most well-known for Live Freaky! Die Freaky!

Live Freaky! Die Freaky!

Live Freaky Die Freaky is a stop motion-animated, musical independent film directed by John Roecker. It is a black comedy based on the Charles Manson murders...

, a stop motion

Stop motion

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 animated comedy based on Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

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Roecker was also co-owner of You've Got Bad Taste, a store in Los Angeles store specializing in kitsch and "rude" products, such as paintings by John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy

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, which operated for three years until 1999.

Works

• Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
  Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
  Live Freaky Die Freaky is a stop motion-animated, musical independent film directed by John Roecker. It is a black comedy based on the Charles Manson murders...
  
  
• Heart Like a Hand Grenade, documents the recording of Green Day
  Green Day
  Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
  
  's album American Idiot
  American Idiot (album)
  American Idiot is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released on September 21, 2004 through Reprise Records and was produced by longtime collaborator Rob Cavallo. In mid-2003, the band began recording songs for an album entitled Cigarettes and Valentines...
  
  
• They're All Out Without You, short film using cut footage from Heart Like a Hand Grenade
• Disease is Punishment
  Disease is Punishment
  Disease Is Punishment is a live DVD featuring songs from The Network's first album Money Money 2020. The project, directed by John Roecker, co-directed with visuals & music videos directed/produced by Roy Miles Jr...
  
  , The Network
  The Network
  The Network is a six-piece New Wave band. They released their debut album Money Money 2020 on Adeline Records on September 30, 2003. A re-release of the album, with two bonus tracks, followed in 2004. The band has not played a live performance since about late 2004 and is believed to have disbanded...
  
  , director
• Svengali!, webseries, director and star.
• The Fear (Morty's Theme), Music Video by Horrorcore
  Horrorcore
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   Rapper Esham
  Esham
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• Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars, a seven-part documentary series based on interviews with male pornography stars.

External links

• An Epic Interview with John Roecker FilmJerk.com