Career
His playing style is characterized by its speed and complexity. Alex Webster, bassist with Cannibal Corpse, has acknowledged Patterson as "a big influence," describing his playing on the album Piece of Time as "phenomenal."
The band recorded their first full-length album, Piece of Time, in 1988, which was released in 1989 in Europe, but not in the United States until 1990. Before recording, however, the band was in a car crash and Roger was killed, on February 12, 1991.
The 2005 re-issue version features several previously unheard demo recordings of Patterson performing Uttar Pradesh material.
On the Mountain Goats" and Kaki King"s 2008 Black Pear Tree European Parliament, there"s a song called "Roger Patterson Van.".