James Williamson

James Williamson
Photo: Eddy BERTHIER from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY 2.0

About the artist

James Robert Williamson (born 29 October 1949 in Castroville, Texas) is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer who is best known for his contribution to the protopunk rock band The Stooges. Williamson began playing guitar in the 7th grade, while his family were living in Lawton, Oklahoma: 'One summer while visiting Texas, I wound up getting a guitar because I thought it was cool. My sister was bringing home Elvis records and so I thought, "I gotta have a guitar".

Top songs

  1. Melissa Blue
  2. Wild Love
  3. Head On The Curve
  4. Open Up and Bleed
  5. Til' the End of the Night
  6. Kill City
  7. I Got a Right
  8. Scene of the Crime
  9. She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills
  10. Cock in My Pocket
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  1. I Got Nothin'
  2. Jet Pack Nightmare
  3. Johanna
  4. Rubber Leg
  5. Night Theme
  6. I'm Sick Of You
  7. Pin Point Eyes
  8. Sell Your Love
  9. Gimme Some Skin
  10. No Sense of Crime
  11. Beyond The Law
  12. Heavy Liquid
  13. Wet My Bed
  14. Consolation Prizes
  15. Night Theme - Reprise
  16. Master Charge
  17. Stable
  18. Lucky Monkeys
  19. Take a Look Around
  20. Progress
  21. I Need Somebody
  22. Penetration
  23. Good as Gone
  24. Raw Power
  25. Climate Change
  26. Birthday Present
  27. Small Change
  28. Liar
  29. No Dreams
  30. Open Up And Bleed (feat. Carolyn Wonderland)
  31. 1970
  32. Wild Love (feat. Alison Mosshart & Mark Lanegan)
  33. I´m Sick Of You (w_Mario Cuomo from The Orwells)
  34. I'm Sick Of You (w/ Mario Cuomo from The Orwells)
  35. Search and Destroy
  36. Funhouse
  37. She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills (feat. Ariel Pink)
  38. Head On The Curve (feat. Jello Biafra)
  39. I Wanna Be Your Dog
  40. Loose
  41. Homesick
  42. Til' the End of the Night (feat. Alison Mosshart)
  43. Scene Of The Crime (feat. Bobby Gillespie)
  44. Louie Louie
  45. TV Eye
  46. The Big Swallow
  47. Sickkk
  48. I Got a Right (feat. Lisa Kakaula)
  49. Melissa Blue - Bonus Track
  50. I'm Sick Of You (feat. Mario Cuomo)
  51. Wet My Bed (feat. The Richmond Sluts)
  52. I Made a Mistake
  53. Rubber Leg (feat. Ron Young)
  54. Gimme Some Skin (feat. Carolyn Wonderland)
  55. Cock In My Pocket (feat. Nicke Andersson)
  56. 'Til The End Of The Night
  57. Cock In My Pocket (feat. Gary Floyd)
  58. Pin Point Eyes (feat. Joe Cardamone)
  59. Never Far from Where the Wild Things Are
  60. Heavy Liquid (Feat. Lisa Kakaula)
  61. Rubber Leg (feat. J.G. Thirlwell)
  62. I Love My Tutu
  63. The Woman I Love
  64. Head On The Curve (w/ Jello Biafra)
  65. I Gotta Right
  66. Til The End Of The Night (feat. Alison Mosshart)
  67. Heavy Liquid (feat. Lisa Kekaula)
  68. In Memoriam
  69. I Got A Right (feat. Lisa Kekaula)
  70. Pinpoint Eyes
  71. Open Up And Bleed (w/ Carolyn Wonderland)
  72. I'm Sick Of You (feat. Mario Cuomo from The Orwells)
  73. Wild Love (w/ Mark Lanegan & Alison Mosshart)
  74. Wild Love (with Mark Lanegan & Alison Mosshart)
  75. Pin Point Eyes (feat. Joe Cardamone from The Icarus Line)
  76. Rubber Leg (w/ Ron Young From Little Caesar)
  77. Head On The Curve (with Jello Biafra)
  78. Chanson Ruée
  79. Open Up And Bleed (with Carolyn Wonderland)
  80. Scene Of The Crime (Vocals - Bobby Gillespie)
  81. I Gotta Right (w/ Lisa Kekaula from The BellRays)
  82. She Creatures Of The Hollywood Hills (w/ Ariel Pink)
  83. I’m Sick Of You
  84. Heavy Liquid (with Lisa Kekaula)
  85. She Creatures Of The Hollywood Hills (with Ariel Pink)
  86. Wild Love (feat. Mark Lanegan & Alison Mosshart)
  87. ’Til the End of the Night
  88. Head On The Curve (Vocals - Jello Biafra)
  89. Til the End of the Night (w/ Alison Mosshart from The Kills, Dead Weather)
  90. I Got A Right f/ Lisa Kekaula

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