Wesley Lawrence Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was an American musician and visual artist. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1989, Willis began...
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The Wesley Willis Fiasco was an American punk rock band based in Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States, led by Wesley Willis. The band was formed...
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album by the American musician Wesley Willis, released on July 7, 1995. The album is a compilation of songs from Willis' output from 1992 to 1995, compiled...
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The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll (redirect from Wesley Willis: Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll)
Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll is a 2003 documentary film directed by Daniel Bitton about rock musician and artist Wesley Willis, who died...
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die (category Wesley Willis albums)
American singer-songwriter Wesley Willis. It was released on 20 February 1996 by Oglio Records, and was the first of Willis' to be released on that label...
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Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon Machine Gun Kelly, a 1994 album by Wesley Willis "Machine Gun Kelly", a song by Angelic Upstarts from Last Tango in Moscow...
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in professional recording studios. Examples include Daniel Johnston, Wesley Willis, and Jandek, who each became the subjects of documentary films in the...
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Retrieved January 23, 2019. "Feel the Power - Wesley Willis". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2018. "Wesley Willis Dies". Rolling Stone. August 22, 2003. Archived...
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single "Hockey Hair" in Vancouver, Canada about this hairstyle. Vocalist Wesley Willis wrote and released the track "Cut the Mullet" in 1998 and frequently...
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Spookydisharmoniousconflicthellride (category Wesley Willis Fiasco albums)
is the only studio album by Chicago-based punk band, the Wesley Willis Fiasco, produced by Steve Albini and released in 1996 through Urban...
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would take to arrive at their destination. Chicago musician/artist Wesley Willis frequently mentioned Magikist in his song lyrics, although he used the...
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Hornets' Hugo and Minnesota Timberwolves' Crunch. The late punk musician Wesley Willis did a song about him called "Benny the Bull". A Benny the Bull plush...
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Outsider musician Wesley Willis' song "The Viper Room" (found on the Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 compilation album) is about the club. Willis' performances at...
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radiating organ pedalboard, but demurred when Willis proposed that it should be known as the "Wesley-Willis" pedalboard. However, their joint conception...
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of band Emblem3 Wesley Tann (1928–2012), American fashion designer Wesley Timoteo (born 2000), Canadian soccer player Wesley Willis (1963–2003), American...
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including shoegaze/gothic rock band Scarling., Chicago outsider musician Wesley Willis, and a New Jersey-based band called Children in Adult Jails. Glover...
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wider attention. These include Daniel Johnston, Joe Meek, Jandek and Wesley Willis. In addition, his CDs feature some recordings by artists who produced...
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Tritt covered the song on Randy Scruggs' 1998 album, Crown of Jewels. Wesley Willis covered the song to critical acclaim on his 1999 album Greatest Hits...
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Porges and C. Sue Carter, and is the subject of a song by the musician Wesley Willis. In 2009, he received attention as a test pilot on the maiden voyage...
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the llama in Winamp's startup sound clip, inspired by the lyrics of Wesley Willis: "Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass!" Kushner, David (January...
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Produced by Marc D. Levitz Music by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club GG Allin Wesley Willis St. Olaf Choir Dax Riggs Deadboy & the Elephantmen Production companies...
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Pure Hell, Bad Brains, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Kennedys, Fishbone, Wesley Willis Fiasco, Suffrajett, The Templars, Unlocking the Truth and Rough Francis...
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wave, cdda, and Windows tray handling plugins, as well as the famous Wesley Willis-inspired DEMO.MP3 file "Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass". By...
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Cex, Sole, Magnolia Electric Co., Streetlight Manifesto, and the late Wesley Willis, and has also toured the United States and Europe extensively. In 2005...
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distinctive mélange of fantastical indulgence and political commentary". Wesley Willis wrote a song about Brutal Juice after seeing them perform in New York...
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releasing new material by artists such as BigBang, Nerf Herder and Wesley Willis, the label has also re-released albums by artists such as Brian Wilson...
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Healers Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments Trouble Unida Saul Williams Wesley Willis Wolfsbane Big Daddy Chef Aid: The South Park Album The Doom Generation...
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was replaced by Chicago-based drummer Brendan Murphy, formerly of the Wesley Willis Fiasco. They embarked on several more months of heavy touring, playing...
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Al Capone. Chicago outsider musician Wesley Willis' track "Al Capone" is about the crime boss. In the song, Willis claims Capone "gunned down his brother"...
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"Paperboy" Reed. Time Out describes his weekly show as "somewhere between Wesley Willis and Tammy Faye Messner". He has also been called "the Holy Sprit meets...
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