title: Robert Williams (drummer)
text: # 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.
  
  