Billy Childish - 25 Years Of Being Childish

25 Years Of Being Childish

Billy Childish

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Billy Childish - 25 Years Of Being Childish

Billy Childish has been releasing records, painting, writing poetry and generally doing his own thing for the last 25 years. He first took to the stage back in October 1977 with seminal punk garage band The Pop Rivets, The first song they ever played was ‘Watcha Gonna Do About it’ and that (actual recording) is the first track on the album. From there it moves through legendary bands like The Milkshakes, Thee Mighty Caesars, Thee Headcoats right bang up to date with The Buff Medway’s.
In amongst these more well known bands are tracks he recorded solo, with other groups like The Delmonas, Thee Headcoatees, Holly Golightly, Kyra etc.
Over the years Billy has been championed by a lot of great bands and musicians including Beck, Mudhoney and Kurt Cobain and more recently by The White Stripes who he supported on their last tour. Even with that praise Billy has been largely ignored by the music press in this country which is really surprising as he has now released over 100 albums (including 4 Milkshakes albums on one day!), this changed recently with the release of the latest Buff Medway’s album which got fantastic reviews in all the press including the NME!. They even did an interview with him and reckoned the Buff Medway’s were one of the best bands to play at Glastonbury this year.
Channel 4 are finishing off a documentary on Billy’s paintings and other art projects which will be shown around the time of this albums release (Date TBC), there is also a new exhibition of his paintings going on in Orpington in November.
Many of the tracks on this compilation have been unavailable for ages and also have never appeared on CD (Inc one Buff Medway’s) as well as many unpublished photos on the cover.
Now seems to be the perfect time for people to catch up with what he has been doing for the last 25 years.

Reviews

BILLY CHILDISH is....

"a seething, dyslexic, better-looking British Bukowski"
THE OBSERVER

"the most garage and most punk rocker alive"
NME

"a musician, artist, writer, and rabble-rouser"
DAZED & CONFUSED

Tracklisting

CD Double Album (DAMGOOD210CD)
  1. The Pop Rivets - Watcha Gonna Do About It (Live 77)
  2. The Pop Rivets - Fun In The UK (Demo)
  3. The Pop Rivets - Beatle Boots
  4. The Milkshakes - Pretty Baby (Demo)
  5. The Milkshakes - Please Don't Tell My Baby
  6. The Milkshakes - For She
  7. The Milkshakes - I Need Loving
  8. Thee Mighty Caesars - Wily Coyote
  9. Thee Mighty Caesars - True To You
  10. Thee Mighty Caesars - You Make Me Die
  11. Thee Mighty Caesars - Cowboys Are Square
  12. Billy Childish - Get Out Of Here Pretty Girl
  13. The Delmonas - I Feel Like Giving In
  14. Thee Mighty Caesars - Lie Detector
  15. Billy Childish & Sexton Ming - Muscle Horse
  16. Jack Ketch + Crowmen - Somebody Else
  17. Jack Ketch + Crowmen - Who Could Be Proud
  18. Billy Childish - I Remember
  19. Billy Childish - The Noble Beast
  20. Thee Headcoats - Earl Of Suave
  21. Thee Headcoats - Smile Now
  22. Thee Headcoatees - Wild Man
  23. Thee Headcoats - Girl From '62
  24. Thee Headcoatees - Davey Crocket
  25. Billy Childish and Armitage Shanks - Shirts Off
  26. Thee Headcoats - We'er Gone
  27. The Blackhands - Anarchy In The UK
  28. Billy Childish and Singing Loins - One More Bottle To Drink
  29. Thee Headcoats - All My Feelings Denied
  30. The Blackhands - I Love My Woman
  31. Thee Headcoats Sect - Deer Stalking Man
  32. Billy Childish - The Bitter Cup
  33. Billy Childish - Ballad Of Hollis Brown
  34. Kyra - This Wondrous Day (Flemish)
  35. Thee Headcoats - Punk Rock Ist Nict Tot
  36. Thee Headcoats - I'm Hurting
  37. Thee Headcoatees - Hurt Me
  38. Thee Headcoats - The Same Tree
  39. Billy Childish and Holly Golightly - I Believe
  40. The Buff Medways - Archive From 1959
  41. The Buff Medways - Troubled Mind
  42. The Buff Medways - Fire
Download Double Album (DAMGOOD210CD)
  1. The Pop Rivets - Watcha Gonna Do About It (Live 77)
  2. The Pop Rivets - Fun In The UK (Demo)
  3. The Pop Rivets - Beatle Boots
  4. The Milkshakes - Pretty Baby (Demo)
  5. The Milkshakes - Please Don't Tell My Baby
  6. The Milkshakes - For She
  7. The Milkshakes - I Need Loving
  8. Thee Mighty Caesars - Wily Coyote
  9. Thee Mighty Caesars - True To You
  10. Thee Mighty Caesars - You Make Me Die
  11. Thee Mighty Caesars - Cowboys Are Square
  12. Billy Childish - Get Out Of Here Pretty Girl
  13. The Delmonas - I Feel Like Giving In
  14. Thee Mighty Caesars - Lie Detector
  15. Billy Childish & Sexton Ming - Muscle Horse
  16. Jack Ketch + Crowmen - Somebody Else
  17. Jack Ketch + Crowmen - Who Could Be Proud
  18. Billy Childish - I Remember
  19. Billy Childish - The Noble Beast
  20. Thee Headcoats - Earl Of Suave
  21. Thee Headcoats - Smile Now
  22. Thee Headcoatees - Wild Man
  23. Thee Headcoats - Girl From '62
  24. Thee Headcoatees - Davey Crocket
  25. Billy Childish and Armitage Shanks - Shirts Off
  26. Thee Headcoats - We'er Gone
  27. The Blackhands - Anarchy In The UK
  28. Billy Childish and Singing Loins - One More Bottle To Drink
  29. Thee Headcoats - All My Feelings Denied
  30. The Blackhands - I Love My Woman
  31. Thee Headcoats Sect - Deer Stalking Man
  32. Billy Childish - The Bitter Cup
  33. Billy Childish - Ballad Of Hollis Brown
  34. Kyra - This Wondrous Day (Flemish)
  35. Thee Headcoats - Punk Rock Ist Nict Tot
  36. Thee Headcoats - I'm Hurting
  37. Thee Headcoatees - Hurt Me
  38. Thee Headcoats - The Same Tree
  39. Billy Childish and Holly Golightly - I Believe
  40. The Buff Medways - Archive From 1959
  41. The Buff Medways - Troubled Mind
  42. The Buff Medways - Fire