Robert Williams (drummer)
# Robert Williams (drummer)

Robert Williams (born 1955 in Boston) is a drummer and solo artist who has worked with Captain Beefheart, Hugh Cornwell, John Lydon, the Spo-it's, Tex and the Horseheads, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and Zoogz Rift, and also performed on recordings for the Pee-wee Herman Show original cast recording.

His albums include:

* Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band:
   * Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
   * Doc At The Radar Station
* Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams:
   * Nosferatu
* Robert Williams:
   * Buy My Record
   * Late One Night
   * Date With The Devil's Daughter - The first song, "Hello Robert", consists of messages that Larry "Wild Man" Fischer left on Robert Williams phone
   * Temporary Immortal (as Beefheart Jr.)
* The Spo-it's
   * Free Sex (AVT00)
* Zoogz Rift
   * Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong (AVT001)

## Television

In 1997, Robert Williams filed a lawsuit against former Sex Pistols lead singer John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) for assault and lost wages that was broadcast as an installment on Judge Judy; Williams lost the case due to a lack of evidence.

