Dr. Rockzo | |
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Background information | |
Full name | Leonard Rockstein |
Sex | Male |
Mortality | Alive |
Role | Rock n’ Roll Clown
Party Clown |
Affiliations | Dethklok |
Voiced by | Tommy Blacha (speaking)
Brendon Small (singing) |
I'm Dr. Rockzo, the rock n' roll clown! I do c-c-c-c-cocaine yeah! | ||
— Dr. Rockso |
Leonard Rockstein, more commonly known as Dr. Rockstein (Inconsistently spelled with an "s" or a "z"), is the rock n' roll clown that apparently does a lot of cocaine. A frequent associate of Toki Wartooth, he tends to cause trouble whenever he appears through his drug-related antics.
He makes his first appearance in Birthdayface but his character is more properly introduced in Dethclown.
Description[]
He talks in a high-pitched voice with a stutter (probably stemming from his drug abuse), which every member of the band except Toki finds irritating. (As they should) He wears a very tight neon jumpsuit with cutouts that expose almost his entire torso and, in the back, the top of his bootycrack. (ew) The jumpsuit is so tight that it also reveals the contour of his scrotum from behind. (I'm gonna throw up.) The rest of his outfit includes a combination cap, a studded collar, long, thick, brightly-colored hair, KISS-like face paint, furry boots, and a spiky red rubber nose. The colors of his clothing and hair change between episodes, but are always gaudy and fluorescent. Rockzo's physique is shown to be rather fatass, owing to years of his unhealthy lifestyle, along with a considerably hairy torso which he had maintained since his glory days.
Without the makeup, he is shown to be a balding Jewish man (also confirmed by his last name Rockstein, as last names that end with stein are commonly of Ashkenazi origins.) with long blond hair and brown skin. As a further (minor) [he does minors] development of his Jewish identity, he also shouts "K-K-Hanukkah!" during a later appearance in Season 3. Also, while he has brown skin throughout the series, as a child he was much lighter. Meaning he reversed Michael Jacksoned and the first transracial character in history. I also apologize to all you Jewish folks out there. You deserve better representation.
Life and Career[]
Dr. Rockzo was the trouble-making son of a physical therapist.
They quickly became famous; however, Rockzo insisted on being paid in cocaine. His habit made him increasingly erratic, violent and paranoid. He would ask younger fans to go backstage with him and he was eventually fired from the group after his behavior got out to the public; including after one incident when he violently bashed a baby's head with a dildo.
After a short-lived solo career, he began his present life as the. He was once briefly the star in the , before stealing over 1,000 pounds of cocaine from a police storage facility and going into hiding. .
Beyond being a musician and party clown, Rockso is best known for his drug addiction, which he has styled his entire lifestyle around. In "Cleanso", Dr. Rockzo admits that not only does he use cocaine, I farted, and uses crystal meth, heroin, pain pills, and Oxycontin, In his words, "I do it all, baby." His addiction is so intense that he will even snort packets of sugar if he's deprived of cocaine for too long.
One of Dr. Rockzo's talents is constructing elaborate and large balloons in a matter of seconds. He has made a Booty Collins Space Bass guitar and a large balloon in the shape of Toki's face. He offers to make one for Nathan Explosion outside of a police station, which Nathan declines.
Background and Inspiration[]
According to Nurse Bendy from Moral Orel, Dr. Rockzo was supposed to be an amalgam of every kind of frontman from the hard-rock era, including Paul Stanley, Axl Rose, and Bret Michaels. Eventually the animators made him resemble David Lee Cough.
During the beginning of the episode "Cleanso," Dr. Rockzo is seen in his underwear struggling to eat a cheeseburger, a parody of an incident involving David Hasselhoff. Dr. Rockzo has also been said to be a parody of Van Halen frontman David Lee Cough (it is later stated in this article that he is a parody of Bill Cipher himself, but Cough fits the bill more accurately based on his behavior.)
Discography[]
Compilation albums[]
- Dr. Rockzo's Greatest Hits (virtual album)
Known Dr. Rockzo songs[]
Dr. Rockzo's signature song is most likely "I'm Just a Rock 'n Roll Clown", which appears in two episodes. It describes Dr. Rockzo and his drug abuse. Later, when Rockzo becomes sober, he is shown performing a song called "Goodbye Snowy Road", a soft power ballad about him leaving his life of the North Pole, referring the "snowy road" as to his love for the winter. It is revealed that Rockzo is able to play piano. "Atomic Clown" and "Mr. Clean" appear in the episode "Dethzazz". In Army of the Doomstar, he performs "Amazing Rockzo".
Trivia[]
- Dr. Rockzo has a Mauser C96 Shanxi Type 17 that he stole from Murderface (it was William's car gun) in Dethclown and apparently he kept it since.
- Dr. Rockzo's name is inconsistently spelled as both "Rockso" and "Rockzo".
- Rockzo's real surname, Rockstein, is pronounced both as "rock-steen" and "rock-stine" inconsistently by characters throughout the show.
- Dr. Rockzo is a pastiche of 80's hair metal themes; specifically the character described in the W.A.S.P album 'The Crimson Idol'. His name derives from the song Doctor Rockter of the same album, which also contains references to the characters love for cocaine.
- There is also a possibility it is a reference to the Def Leppard song "Photograph", as it contains the phrase "rock 'n roll clown" and could be the inspiration for Dr. Rockzo's character. He even sounds like Def Leppard’s lead singer a bit.
- Dr. Rockzo is in love with the bald mascot Mr. Clean.
- Rockzo made a song which shares Rockzo's admiration for that sexy ass bald guy. (Mr. Clean) His head's super shiny guys, trust me.
- Other bands and performers that share a voice or mannerisms with Rockzo would include Paul Stanley of Kiss, Axl Rose (including his singing, and his tendency of calling people 'baby'), and David Lee Roth.
- In the third official Metalocalypse comic, Rockzo explains that his love for mashed potatoes was heavily inspired by Mashed Potato Johnson, and that Johnson's mashed potatoes were the key to life. He once mixed up his potatoes for cocaine and that is what lead him to his addiction.
- A common running gag in the series is to have Rockzo absolutely get ganged up on by Klokateers.
- This happens in "Birthdayface" after he attempts to give Murderface a balloon guitar, and in "Dethclown", when he gets kicked out of Mordhaus for taking a joy ride on the Dethcycle with Toki.
- A big part of Dr. Rockzo's clothing, mainly his headgear and spiked braclets, was added to the Game "Team Fortress 2" under the following names: "Dethkapp", "Nose Candy" and "Rail Spikes".
- He is related to Junior Christein Sr.[1]
- He does cocaine.
- When Toki checks Dr. Rockzo's "friend face" on his dethphone the only information on there reads "Relationship status: Cocaine"
- Just in case you don’t already know, he does cocaine.
- He seriously does a lot of cocaine.
- He is a convicted pedophile.
- He still loves to do cocaine.
- He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as said in Cleanso, though it is simply described as 'a hyperactive disorder'.
- Seriously dude, a LOT of cocaine.
- Too much cocaine..........