![]() ![]() Along with releasing the occasional solo album, he's recorded with a variety of combos over the years, including the Milkshakes (1984's Thee Knights of Trashe), Thee Headcoats (1990's The Earls of Suavedom), the Buff Medways (2002's Steady the Buffs), and Wild Billy Childish & CTMF (2023's Failure Not Success).īilly Childish was born Steven John Hamper on December 1, 1959. Musicians as diverse as Mudhoney and Kylie Minogue have cited Childish as an influence and he's built an international following despite stubbornly avoiding major record labels and following his own path. His tireless output as a musician is even more remarkable given that he also has thriving careers as a poet, novelist, and visual artist. ![]() Childish is far more concerned with inspiration than artifice in rock & roll, and he prefers rough, lo-fi recording techniques utilizing vintage gear over clean, state of the art audio, for reasons both financial and aesthetic. Between his many projects, Childish has released over 150 albums and even more singles since 1977, all dominated by the passionate, reedy bark of his vocals, the dirty, Link Wray-inspired roar of his guitar work, and a lyrical perspective that's a crazy quilt of deeply personal self-expression, pastiches of pop culture, pointed observations on the world around him, and tunes about good (and bad) times with the opposite sex. Few figures in the history of British rock have created a body of work as bold and unique as Billy Childish, and practically none have been as prolific. ![]()
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