Billy Childish
A cult figure in America, Europe and Japan, Billy Childish is by far the mo… Read Full Bio ↴A cult figure in America, Europe and Japan, Billy Childish is by far the most prolific painter, poet, and song-writer of his generation. In a twenty year period he has published 30 collections of his poetry, recorded over 70 full-length independent LP’s and produced over 1000 paintings.
Born in 1959 in Chatham, Kent. Billy Childish left Secondary education at 16 an undiagnosed dyslexic. Refused an interview at the local art school he entered the Naval Dockyard at Chatham as an apprentice stonemason. During the following six months (the artist’s only prolonged period of employment), he produced some six hundred drawings in ‘the tea huts of hell. On the basis of this work he was accepted into St Martin’s School of Art to study painting. However, his acceptance was short-lived and before completing the course he was expelled for his outspokenness and unorthodox working methods. With no qualifications and no job prospects Childish then spent some 12 years ‘painting on the dole’, developing his own highly personal writing style and producing his art independently.
Born in 1959 in Chatham, Kent. Billy Childish left Secondary education at 16 an undiagnosed dyslexic. Refused an interview at the local art school he entered the Naval Dockyard at Chatham as an apprentice stonemason. During the following six months (the artist’s only prolonged period of employment), he produced some six hundred drawings in ‘the tea huts of hell. On the basis of this work he was accepted into St Martin’s School of Art to study painting. However, his acceptance was short-lived and before completing the course he was expelled for his outspokenness and unorthodox working methods. With no qualifications and no job prospects Childish then spent some 12 years ‘painting on the dole’, developing his own highly personal writing style and producing his art independently.
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Billy Childish Lyrics
A to Z of Your Heart A to Z of your heart you said we'd never have…
Come Into My Life I want you little child to rise come into my life I…
Crimes of the Future Early in the morning - lift your dress about midmorning -…
Don't Say It's a Lie little girl, I knock on your back door x2 First I kiss…
Every Little Thing When I'm walking beside her People tell me I'm lucky. Yes,…
Get Out Of Here Pretty Girl Get out of here pretty girl I ain't gonna tell you…
Girl From '62 she was a girl from 1962 i was a boy from…
Give It to Me I'm a man and I need love I'm begging you babe…
I Believe Throw your arms about me like a net cast to…
I Remember I remember all the things all the things I did as…
The Double Axe let me tell you baby you get me 3 miles down I'm…
Why Don't You Try My Love? See I can't wake up I'm living a nightmare That keeps…
Wily Coyote What's that strange creature I see speeding on my highway …
You Make Me Die Well there's a feeling in this world That causes unrest Yo…