Artist description After exploding onto the indie scene in 1983, Billiam has recently made the jump online. An eclectic mix of bluegrass, country, jazz, alternative and folk, Billiam is back and better than ever.

Music Style Jam

Musical Influences The Innocent, Creepy Sweepy, Hayden, Beck, Radiohead, The Infamous Froggie, Chopfallen, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, David J. Matthews, Sporophyte, Guster, Blind Melon, Aphex Twin, Roni Size, Mickey Finn, Ed Rush, Blackalicious, Hole, Mark Mothersbaugh, Cat Stevens, Unit 4 + 2, Roy Orbison, Slim Whitman, Johnny Cash, Carol King, The Beatles, Audible Ink, Mehve, Jimi Hendrix, Bachmann Turner Overdrive, Rage Against the Machine, Phish, Massive Attack, u-ziq, Aretha Franklin, The Who, Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Choyote, Pavement

Similar Artists Autechre, Beck, Michael Bolton, Hayden, Tom Yorke

Artist History 1983-2001

Group Members Billiam, Jeff, Alec, Roland, Adam, Jamo

Instruments Kazoo, Minidisc, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmonica, Computer, Vocal Cords

Albums "Hi, I'm Billiam" (1985) "How does it feel (To Eat a Banana Peel)" (1988) "Dancing with Falaya at Midnight in the Moon Room" (1989) "The Best of Billiam" (1991) "Rock 'n Roll Party '92" (1993) "It's Time (to Riverdance with Billiam)" (1994) "Goodbeats" (2000) Girl/Boy (Kid B)" (2001)

Press Reviews *"Billiam's piercing vocals and resonating beats make for some truly distinct music. As veterans of the internet sound production industry, Billiam creates some of the best songs available, on or off line" - SPIN Magazine, November 1999*"Never has a single track encapsulated the mood of an entire generation quite like this one. From the understatedly melancholic guitar strumming to the lofi drum work that manages to sound like the irritating clicking of a 1987 Radio Shack microphone being rubbed on the carpeting without once getting grating, this song aspires to the dramatic longing of the Commodores best efforts. The lyrics are fraught with constant tension as the singer tells the tragic story of Billiam, surely a man close to his own heart. I wish they would have played this one at my prom." - Woodworm, DJ*"I don't just listen to Billiam, I feel it, man." - Dan Deorksen

Location Vancouver, BC - Canada

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