And What About the Bells? — A Tribute to Rozz Williams
And What About the Bells? is a collection of poetry by Rozz Williams — the singular Los Angeles artist whose voice and vision defined the darkest edges of post-punk and goth — edited and brought into print by Ryan Wildstar, Williams’s closest collaborator and friend. Published by Eygennutz in 2023 to mark the 25th anniversary of Williams’s death, the book gathers three decades of his poetry alongside tributes, interviews, and handwritten journal excerpts.
To celebrate the release, artists from across Williams’s extended world were invited to submit readings of his poems, in person or on video. Nervous Gender Reloaded contributed a video of Edward Stapleton reading There is no sound or meaning — a fitting choice, as Edward and Rozz were friends going back to the early Los Angeles days. Matt Comeione wrote and performed the music, playing guitar, bass, and synthesizer over programmed drums, and also filmed and edited the video.