Roxy Saint

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Roxy Saint is an American singer, musician, video producer, director, and actress who started singing at age 17. 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.

Career

In 1995, she released the CD "Orphan Child." 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 Sophia Coppola"

She releases her music, which include videos, as an indie producer, only via DVDs, the Internet and digital downloads.

Saint contributed to the rock band Die Trying's self-named album with guest vocals on the single "Dirty, Dirty."

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." And in a 2004 interview, In Music We Trust Magazine described Saint's brand of music as "defying convention and going against logic."

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."

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."

She co-starred, playing the role of Lillith, in the 2008 film Zombie Strippers, written and directed by Jay Lee.

Biography

An only child, Roxy Saint's father died when she was 2. She was raised in Southern California by her mother.