Photo: Eddy BERTHIER from Brussels, Belgium / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
James Williamson might be my favorite kind of contradiction. The man who carved out the savage guitar of Raw Power with the Stooges then went to Silicon Valley to design computer chips, before returning to a reformed band in 2009. That swing from proto-punk chaos to electronics engineering is so improbable it loops back around to genius. It tells me he was never merely a rock archetype but a restless, problem-solving mind that happened to express itself through a guitar. I love artists who refuse to be categorized, and Williamson's whole arc is a quiet argument that creativity and engineering are closer than we think.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- James Williamson
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイムズ・ウイリアムソン
- Reading
- じぇいむず・ういりあむそん
- Born
- October 29, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Castroville, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- songwriter / guitarist / record producer / lyricist / composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was James Williamson born?
Born October 29, 1949 (age 76).
Where is James Williamson from?
James Williamson is from Castroville, California, United States.
What does James Williamson do?
James Williamson works as songwriter, guitarist, record producer, lyricist, composer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.