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Billy Childish (real name Steven John Hamper) or William Charlie Hamper (born December 1, 1959) is a British artist, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. He is known for his explicit and prolific work: he has detailed his love life and childhood sexual abuse, notably in his early poetry and the novel My Fault. He was sexually abused when he was age 9 by a male family friend: “We were on holiday. I had to share a bed with him. It happened for several nights, then I refused to go near him. I didn’t tell anyone.” {1}

He has published more than 40 collections of poetry, written 3 novels, recorded more than 100 full-length independent LPs of Punk, Rock and Roll, and Medway-Delta Blues and produced more than 2,500 paintings. He is a consistent advocate for amateurism and free emotional expression and was a co-founder of the Stuckism art group in 1999, which he left in 2001.

His groups include The Pop Rivets (1977-1980), sometimes spelled the Pop Rivits (with Bruce Brand, Russell Wilkins and Russell Lax). He later formed Thee Milkshakes (‘80-’84) with Micky Hampshire, Thee Mighty Caesars Del Monas and Thee Headcoats). In 2000 he formed Wild Billy Childish & the Friends of the Buff Medways Fanciers Association (The Buff Medways(‘00-’06)named after a type of poultry bred in his home town. The Buffs, as they were sometimes affectionately known, split in 2006, and Wild Billy Childish & the Musicians of the British Empire were born, recording a song about one of Billy’s hero’s George Mallory titled Bottomless Pit.

Childish has been namechecked by a number of famous musicians including the late “Kurt…

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