Claude Bessy (20 June 1945 – 2 October 1999), also known as Kickboy Face, was a French writer, magazine editor, singer, video producer, and painter.
[4] In 1970 Bessy returned to Los Angeles, finding work first as a busboy in Santa Monica, then as a waiter as well as other jobs,[4] and founded Angeleno Dread, L.A.'s first reggae fanzine.
[5][6] In May 1977, he helped Steve Samiof[7] launch the monthly punk rock magazine Slash, which he edited until it ceased publication in 1980.
[15] moving with his lifelong partner Philomena Winstanley to the U.K. where he landed a job as a press officer at Rough Trade record label.
He contributed vocals to records by Sonic Youth, Howard Devoto, Wire's Graham Lewis and trumpeter Marc Cunningham.