Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot! The Billy Childish Story 1977-2018

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Photographers: Emily Beaver; Alison Wonderland; Childish Archive. Over the course of the forty plus years covered by this collection, the one and only Billy Childish has worn a multitude of musical hats and worked with enough people to fill a phone book. His sound may change with each project (a little anyway), but what's at the center of each one are the rough qualities that make Childish unique. His cock-eyed, unblinking stare at life, his devotion to the power of three chords, his rough-and-tumble recording style, and his way with a simple hook and a lyric that can lop the listener's head off with one blow. Every few years someone, usually Damaged Goods, updates the Childish story with a collection that brings people up to date on the various bands and sounds Childish has undertaken; the one previous to Punk Rock Is Nicht Tot! -- Archive from 1959: The Billy Childish Story -- ended in 2009, so that leaves a lot of ground to cover here. Like previous editions that have come out, this rounds up tracks from his punk band the Pop Rivets, beat group revivalists the Milkshakes, raw garage rockers Thee Mighty Caesars, the freakbeat-influenced Buff Medways, primitive bluebeat combo the Blackhands, and the politically charged MBE's. It covers his work writing and producing garage rock girl group Thee Headcoatees, his collaborations with Holly Golightly and Sexton Ming, and the ragged folk blues of the Chatham Singers. That is about three careers' worth of bands right there, but Childish wasn't done. Collected here is a track from a one-off spy record single done under the name the Guy Hamper Trio, another excellent girl group the Shall I Say Quois, an amazing band called the Spartan Dreggs that blends Greek mythology with the mod sound of the Who, and one of Childish's longest-running groups, CTMF, a high-powered garage punk band co-run with his wife, Nurse Julie. It's a breathtaking collection of hard-boiled, high-energy rock & roll that's polished to a fine point by Childish's unflagging determination and barely containable passion. It might seem like 48 songs are too many -- that one might tire of his shouted vocals, focused lyrical concerns, and love-hate relationship with fidelity -- but, if anything, the set leaves one wanting more. Almost every band collected here has many albums to explore, each worth the effort and time spent seeking them out and listening. Punk Rock Is Nicht Tot! is a history lesson, a much-needed update, and yet more proof that Childish is a musical genius. ~ Tim Sendra

1.Whatcha Gonna Do About It (Live)
2.Kray Twins (Demo)
3.Love Can Lose
4.I'm Out of Control
5.You Make Me Die
6.The Double Axe
7.Come Into My Life
8.Cowboys Are Square
9.I Feel Like Giving in
10.Brimful of Hate
11.Davey Crocket
12.Girl from '62
13.All My Feelings Denied
14.Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot
15.An Image of You
16.Evil Thing
17.Wild Man
18.Hurt Me
19.I'm Hurtin'
20.Step Out
21.Upside Mine
22.I Don't Like the Man I Am
23.Muscle Horse
24.This Wondrous Day
25.Rum and Coca Cola
26.Mr Hitler
27.Archive from 1959
28.Troubled Mind
29.Unable to See the Good
30.Strood Lights
31.The Man with the Gallows Eyes
32.The Angel of Death
33.Medway Wheelers
34.You Piss Me Off
35.Joe Strummer's Grave Snack Crack
36.Snack Crack
37.Christmas 1979
38.Polygraph Test
39.We Spartan Dreggs (Be Fine)
40.Headlong Fly the Achaeans
41.A Shropshire Lad
42.A Song for Kylie Minogue
43.In a Parallel World
44.Something's Missing Inside
45.All Our Forts Are with You
46.Cadillac
47.It's So Hard to Be Happy
48.CTMF