Thee Headcoats called it a day in 1999, and were quickly followed by the catchily named Wild Billy Childish & The Friends of the Buff Medway Fanciers Association, or The Buff Medways for short. (A ‘lost group’ from this period is The Blackhands, a cajun/ska ensemble, responsible for three LPs.) Thee Headcoatees toured with the boys in the UK, USA and Japan. During this time Thee Headcoatees were also born featuring Ludella Black, Holly Golightly, Kyra Rubella & Bongo Debbie. Thee Headcoats toured the world, again without a manager or agent, and earned the reputation as one of the must-see bands of the ’90s. Thee Headcoats were Billy’s most prolific band, releasing some 19 albums and 40+ singles on around 20 labels including Sub Pop, Amphetamine Reptile, Damaged Goods & Sympathy For The Record Industry. They were later joined by Johnny Johnson. Thee Mighty Caesars stopped playing 1989, though never officially disbanded.Ĭhildish immediately formed Thee Headcoats along with old cohort Bruce Brand (Pop Rivets, gtr / Milkshakes, drums).
They are now acknowledged as the seed that influenced a lot of the first wave of Grunge and new Garage bands, including, Mudhoney, Nirvana & the Mummies. The Milkshakes were shortly followed by a new three piece band called Thee Mighty Caesars, with Graham Day (Guitarist of The Prisoners) on drums and John Agnew on Bass. (A parallel girl group, The Delmonas was also formed during this time, recording several LPs.)
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After releasing nine full length albums they split in late 1984. Next Billy learned a few chords and joined up with his mate Mickey to form The Milkshakes.
The band played self promoted gigs in Switzerland & Germany & recorded a secondLP, Empty Sounds From Anarchy Ranch + two EPs before splitting up in 1980. They soon established a modus operandi small gigs for little or no money, then borrowed 300 quid from a friend’s Social Security back pay & set about recording their now legendary Greatest Hits LP. Unable to play an instrument, Childish took the vocal duties. The Pop Rivets were Bruce (gtr), Big Russ (bass) & Little Russ (drums). Never veering far from the path of homemade punk rock, blues and rock ‘n’ roll, Childish is the epitome of the homemade ethic, never signing to a label or using a producer.Ĭhildish’s bands have been championed by a succession of fashionable artists: Kurt Cobain, Beck, Jack White (who appeared on TOTP with Billy’s name scrawled on his forearm in homage), and even Kylie Minogue who named an LP after one of Billy’s poetry collections.īilly formed his first band, The Pop Rivets, in response to the Punk Rock explosion of 1977. Childish has continued to paint, write and make music independently ever since. Unfortunately, due to his outspoken views & ‘obscene’ poetry, he was expelled. This portfolio eventually earned him a place at St Martin’s School of Art studying painting. Being denied entry to his local art-school, he began work as an apprentice stonemason at Chatham Naval Dockyard.ĭuring his 6 months on the job (the only employment he has experienced in his 54 years) he produced 600 drawings in the “tea huts of hell”.
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He has also published 5 novels & 40 plus collections of poetry.īilly Childish was born in 1959 in Chatham, Kent Childish left secondary education at 16, an undiagnosed dyslexic. He is an internationally recognised painter, who was a great influence on the YBAs. William Charlie Hamper, aka Billy Childish, has recorded over 125 LPs during his 37 year career.
See Also: THE WILLIAM LOVEDAY INTENTION, CTMF, THE SPARTAN DREGGS, BILLY with SEXTON MING, THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, THE CHATHAM SINGERS, THEE HEADCOATS & THEE HEADCOATEES & SEXTON MING
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