Roxanne Saint (born November 5, 1977), known professionally as Roxy Saint, is an American singer, musician, video producer, director, and actress who started singing at age 17.[1] She's known for her role in the film Zombie Strippers and as the lead performer in the goth band Roxy Saint and the Blackouts.
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| Birth name | Roxanne Saint |
| Born | November 5, 1977 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, singer, producer, director, fashion designer, actress |
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Early life
editRoxanne Saint was born on November 5, 1977 in Los Angeles, California. An only child whose father died when she was two, Saint was raised in Southern California by her mother.[2]
Career
editIn the early 1990s, she was the vocalist for Hollywood band Never on Sunday.[3] She went solo, and in 1995 released the CD Orphan Child,[4] which contained rerecorded songs from her previous band. Her debut DVD release, however, which Saint directed and produced, was The Underground Personality Tapes in 2003. She toured in England, including performing at the Leeds and Reading festivals. Blog Critics called Saint "the next huge thing" and "PJ Harvey crossed with Sofia Coppola."[5][6][7]
She has released her music, which include videos, as an indie producer, via DVDs, the Internet and digital downloads.[8] Saint contributed to the rock band Die Trying's self-named album with guest vocals on the single "Dirty, Dirty". [citation needed]
She performed a song for the 1999 movie The Criminal, starring Steven Mackintosh,[9] and a song for the 2002 film The Hot Chick, starring actor Rob Schneider.[9]
KNAC radio's Mick Stingley, in a CD/DVD review of The Underground Personality Tapes, wrote that Saint was "New Wave retro cool, LA glammo sleaze-rock, with Boss Super Over-Drive distortion pedal to the floor" who "has something to offer."[10] And in a 2004 interview, In Music We Trust Magazine described Saint's brand of music as "defying convention and going against logic."[11]
Also in 2004, Saint, who's known for shopping for her clothes at thrift stores, launched her own clothing line titled Trash Couture with her dresses numbered and individually named ("Chaos," "Aquarius" and "Glitch"). MK Magazine described the line as "one-of-a-kind dresses made from black plastic trash bags."[12]
The San Francisco Weekly wrote that during her 2005 European tour, Saint's belongings were stolen, which the paper said, "may have been the best thing that ever happened to her. ... Her slashed, duct-taped, hand-painted 'Trash Couture' creations were such a hit that she now sells them online."[13]
Films
editShe co-starred, playing the role of Lillith, in the 2008 film Zombie Strippers, written and directed by Jay Lee.[14][15]
In 2014, filming completed in Las Vegas for Death In The Desert, a full-length movie in which Saint plays the character Corey and performs an original song by record producer Chris Goss. Saint, an executive producer on the film, which is directed and produced by her husband, Evans, stars Michael Madsen, Shayla Beesley and Paz de la Huerta.[16][17]
Personal life
editShe has one son, Jackson, with husband Josh Evans born in December 2010.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Crushermagazine.com". Crushermagazine.com. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ ""Rock N Roll Experience – Roxy Saint Interview"". Angelfire.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2004. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "Never On Sunday", Last.fm; accessed March 12, 2015.
- ^ "Roxy Saints Orphan Child digital re-release 2007 on Amazon". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ MK Magazine, "Roxy Saint," September 20, 2004
- ^ "Roxy Saint", Blogcritics.org, September 20, 2004.
- ^ "Body Bags", Blogcritics.org, November 29, 2004.
- ^ Maximum Ink magazine interview, "Roxy Saint – Web Only!" November 18, 2004, Maximumink.com
- ^ a b "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "KNAC.COM - Reviews - Roxy Saint The Underground Per". Knac.com. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "In Music We Trust - INTERVIEW: Roxy Saint: L.A. Vixen Gets Down and Dirty with videos, music DVD". Inmusicwetrust.com. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ MK Magazine, "Roxy Saint Transforms Trash Bags into 'Trash Couture,'" November 23, 2004
- ^ Slaton, Joyce. "This Week's Day-by-Day Picks". SF Weekly. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ Mike Bunge. "Review of Zombie Strippers". Kxel.com. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "UnRated Magazine - Keeping Music Coming during Social Distancing – Featuring Music Interviews, Concerts, and Entertainment". Unratedmag.com. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "Death in the Desert". IMDb.com. October 9, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "Las Vegas News | Breaking News & Headlines". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Evans". IMDb.com. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
External links
edit- Roxy Saint at IMDb