Roger J. Beaujard

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Roger J. Beaujard
Birth name Roger J. Beaujard
Born December 20, 1971
Bronxville, New York
Genres Death Metal, grindcore, deathgrind, industrial metal
Occupations Musician
Songwriter
Producer
Record Label Owner
Web-Hosting and Design Company Owner
T-Shirt Printer
Graphic Artist
Instruments Guitar
Drums
Drum Machine
Bass Guitar
vocals
Years active 1991 - present
Labels Relapse Records
Mortician Records
Associated acts Mortician
Malignancy
Prosthetic Cunt
Primitive Brutality
Notable instruments
Red NJ Series BC Rich Bich and Black NJ Series BC Rich Mockingbird

Roger J. Beaujard (December 20, 1971, Bronxville, New York) is an American musician.

Roger is primarily known as the guitarist & drum machine programmer for the death metal band Mortician. He joined Mortician in January 1991, replacing Incantation guitarist John McEntee, who had been providing his services to Mortician until the band could find a permanent guitarist. Roger has also played drums in Mortician during live appearances while other musicians handled guitar duties, and composes most of the music for Mortician. Roger was born in Bronxville, New York and raised in Tuckahoe. After over a decade living in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, he currently resides in Highland, NY. He is also a self-proclaimed atheist.

Multi talented

In addition to playing guitar, drums, and programming the drum machine for Mortician, Roger performs these duties, as well as playing bass guitar and even doing vocals for other bands.

  • Roger was the drummer for American death metal band Malignancy until 2003.
  • Roger handles vocal, guitar, bass, and drum programming for Primitive Brutality, as well as composing the music and lyrics.
  • Roger is the founding member and main songwriter for the controversial metal act Prosthetic Cunt.
  • Roger is the composer for the 100% digital American grindcore band GRINDbot.
  • Roger has recently (March 2010) re-joined Malignancy this time around on bass guitar.

Guitar preference

Roger is a long-time user of B.C. Rich guitars. He is most-often seen using an 80s-era red NJ Series B.C. Rich Bich with a Kahler tremolo system. Roger also has been known to use a BC Rich Warlock.[citation needed] More recently he is playing black and red B.C. Rich Mockingbirds.

Non-musician activities

Roger also busies himself with projects and occupations other than playing music.

  • He is the founder and owner of Primitive Recordings, an online record store and record label.
  • He was the founder and owner of Domains Unlimited, a web-hosting and design company.
  • He was the founder and owner of GetShirtsPrinted.com, a t-shirt printing business.

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