Roxy Saint
{{short description|American singer (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{For|Italian saint known as "Saint Roxanne"|Saint Humility}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Roxy Saint
|image =
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|background = solo_singer
|birth_name = Roxanne Saint
|alias =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|11|05}}
|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|occupation = Musician, songwriter, singer, producer, director, fashion designer, actress
|instrument = {{flatlist|
- Guitar
- vocals
- percussion}}
|genre = {{flatlist|
|associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Roxy Saint and The Blackouts
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Eric Griffin
- McQueen
- Chris Goss
- Miguel Rascón
- Die Trying}}
|website =
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.crushermagazine.com/features3_05/featroxy.htm|title=Crushermagazine.com|website=Crushermagazine.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}} 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.
Early life
Roxanne 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/rock/e4/roxysaint.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040811095016/http://www.angelfire.com/rock/e4/roxysaint.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2004|website=Angelfire.com|title="Rock N Roll Experience – Roxy Saint Interview"|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}
Career
In the early 1990s, she was the vocalist for Hollywood band Never on Sunday.[http://www.last.fm/music/Never+On+Sunday/Hollywood+&+Western+Rehearsal+Tape+%2793"Never On Sunday"], Last.fm; accessed March 12, 2015. She went solo, and in 1995 released the CD Orphan Child,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00064ZAXC|title=Roxy Saints Orphan Child digital re-release 2007 on Amazon.|website=Amazon.com|accessdate=2010-03-18}} 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."{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041213085913/http://www.mk-magazine.com/news/archives/001315.php MK Magazine, "Roxy Saint," September 20, 2004]}}[http://blogcritics.org/video/article/roxy-saint "Roxy Saint"], Blogcritics.org, September 20, 2004.[http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/body-bags "Body Bags"], Blogcritics.org, November 29, 2004.
She has released her music, which include videos, as an indie producer, via DVDs, the Internet and digital downloads.[http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=657 Maximum Ink magazine interview, "Roxy Saint – Web Only!" November 18, 2004], Maximumink.com
Saint contributed to the rock band Die Trying's self-named album with guest vocals on the single "Dirty, Dirty". {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
She performed a song for the 1999 movie The Criminal, starring Steven Mackintosh,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies|title=Movie Reviews|date=September 18, 2020|accessdate=September 19, 2020|website=The New York Times}} and a song for the 2002 film The Hot Chick, starring actor Rob Schneider.
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."{{Cite web|url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3258|title=KNAC.COM - Reviews - Roxy Saint The Underground Per|website=Knac.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}} And in a 2004 interview, In Music We Trust Magazine described Saint's brand of music as "defying convention and going against logic."{{Cite web|url=http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/64h09.html|title=In Music We Trust - INTERVIEW: Roxy Saint: L.A. Vixen Gets Down and Dirty with videos, music DVD|website=Inmusicwetrust.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}
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."{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041213085913/http://www.mk-magazine.com/news/archives/001315.php MK Magazine, "Roxy Saint Transforms Trash Bags into 'Trash Couture,'" November 23, 2004]}}
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."{{Cite web|url=https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/this-weeks-day-by-day-picks/Content?oid=2154915|title=This Week's Day-by-Day Picks|first=Joyce|last=Slaton|website=SF Weekly|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}
=Films=
She co-starred, playing the role of Lillith, in the 2008 film Zombie Strippers, written and directed by Jay Lee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kxel.com/page.php?page_id=26081&jock_id=3333|title=Review of Zombie Strippers |author=Mike Bunge|website=Kxel.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.unratedmag.com/|title=UnRated Magazine - Keeping Music Coming during Social Distancing – Featuring Music Interviews, Concerts, and Entertainment|website=Unratedmag.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3562852/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1|title=Death in the Desert|date=October 9, 2015|accessdate=September 19, 2020|website=IMDb.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/|title=Las Vegas News | Breaking News & Headlines|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}
Personal life
She has one son, Jackson, with husband Josh Evans born in December 2010.{{Cite web |title=Josh Evans |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262923/bio |accessdate=September 19, 2020 |website=IMDb.com}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2641532|Roxy Saint}}
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