N Ted Kessler’s , the reader has their work cut out keeping up with the shifting identities of Wild Billy Childish. It is not the real name of the garage-punk pioneer of the Medway sound, nor that of the outsider artist who became an overnight success after 40 years when one of his paintings sold for £163,800. Childish is a punk rock moniker, given to him by his friend “Button Nose” Steve Simmons. If he hadn’t become Childish, Billy might have been stuck with the rather less exciting
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Jun 21, 2024
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