Wil Francis


William Roy "wiL" Francis is an American rock musician, record producer, author, and artist. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the horror punk band Aiden. He has also released four albums under the name William Control, featuring a synthesizer driven darkwave, synthpop style, as well as 2 live albums, an EP, and a remix album . The fifth album, Revelations, has been split into 4 EPs: The Pale EP, The Black EP, and The Red EP and The White EP. Francis also acts as producer to bands such as Fearless Vampire Killers, A Midnight Tragedy and Ashestoangels, as well as producing his own William Control and Aiden music, and formed his own record label, Control Records. In May 2009, Kerrang!'' called Francis "one of the most enigmatic and talismanic frontmen in rock music today."
In June 2018, Francis temporarily ceased production on new works and closed Control Records due to allegations from multiple women of sexual assault and grooming.

Career

Francis joined the original lineup of Aiden in 2003 as their bassist and replaced Steve Clemens as lead vocalist later that year. He became the creative force behind Aiden and, for the 2015 final album and tours, was the only member of the original lineup still in the band. During Aiden's hiatus from 2012 to 2015, Francis' primary musical output was William Control, and he has returned to this project full-time. He has released two books of poetry and Prose + Poems ), and three novels, Revelator Book Two: The Hate Culture, and Revelator Book Three: The Hell Of Heaven ). The latter two make up part of a trilogy. In spring 2016 it was revealed that a trilogy of films was to be made from the Revelator books.

Discography

Aiden

Studio albums

Guest appearances