Paul Roessler
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Paul Roessler (born August 27, 1958) was a prominent member of the L.A. punk scene during the late 1970s and '80s. He played keyboards in bands such as The Screamers, Twisted Roots, 45 Grave, Nervous Gender, SAUPG, Geza X and the Mommymen, Mike Watt and the Secondmen, Nina Hagen and The Deadbeats. Paul has also put out solo recordings such as "Abominable" and "Curator" and a rock opera entitled "Burnt Church" with Jeff Parker. He currently works as a producer at Satellite Park Studio in Malibu, CA, with Geza X. Gedeon and singer Josie Cotton. He is married to the infamous Hellin Killer, and is the brother of Kira Roessler, formerly of Black Flag.
 The Screamers, 1978: K.K. Barret, Tommy Gear, Tomata Du Plenty, Paul Roessler. |
With Mike Watt. |
[edit] Biography
Paul Roessler was born on August 27th, 1958, in New Haven, Connecticut. By 1974, after his parents separation, he was living in West Los Angeles. Here he met and befriended soon-to-be members of The Germs, Darby Crash and Pat Smear at Uni High. After graduating from high school, Paul went on to study classical music at Cal State, Northridge, for a few semesters before leaving in early 1978 to join innovative synth-punk band, The Screamers. After a successful two years, The Screamers found themselves rapidly disintegrating as a band, causing Paul to leave in January of 1980, and go on to play with Nervous Gender (with ex member of The Germs, Don Bolles) and Geza X and the Mommymen. After a few months of going between bands, Nina Hagen finally tracked Paul and asked him to join her in New York to practice for an upcoming European tour. He agreed, which prompted his girlfriend's parents to demand that he marry her. So in July of 1980, Paul married punk-goddess Hellin Killer. After touring Europe and America with Nina, they recorded Nunsexmonkrock. Before Paul's second tour with Nina, Pat Smear from The Germs joined the band. Later, when Pat left the band, Paul decided to leave too, due to the fact that he now had two children, Alex and Adam, at home. In 1981, he formed the band Twisted Roots with Pat Smear and Kira Roessler. During this time, he was playing with bands like 45 Grave, Josie Cotton, DC3 (with Dez Cadena of Black Flag) and Crimony (with Mike Watt). Paul was also doing sessions with many other bands such as the Dead Kennedys and Saccharine Trust. Paul has continued to work with Nina Hagen and Josie Cotton. Since 1998, Paul has been working at Satellite Park Studios recording artists such as Abby Travis, Sex with Lurch, The Frequencies, and many, many more. In 2006, Paul put out an autobiographical poetry book entitled "Eight Years" and gave a successful reading of it at Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles. He continues to write his own music and is now working on putting out a new album.
