Editing Billy Childish (section)

==Music==
Childish made records of punk, garage, rock and roll, blues, folk, classical/experimental, spoken word and nursery rhymes. In a letter to Childish, the musician [[Ivor Cutler]] said of Childish: "You are perhaps too subtle and sophisticated for the mass market."{{citation needed| date= November 2017}} Childish's groups include TV21, later known as the '''Pop Rivets''' (1977–1980), sometimes spelled the Pop Rivits, with Bruce Brand, Romas Foord (replaced by Russell 'Big Russ' Wilkins) and Russell 'Little Russ' Lax.

[[File:BillyChildish.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Childish at the Shinjuku loft, Japan (early 1990s)]]
He later formed a [[garage rock]]-inspired band called '''Thee Milkshakes''' (1980–1984) with Micky Hampshire, [[Thee Mighty Caesars]] (1985–1989), [[Thee Headcoatees|The Delmonas]] then [[Thee Headcoats]] (1989–1999). In 2000, he formed Wild Billy Childish and the Friends of the Buff Medways Fanciers Association (2000–2006), named after a type of poultry bred in his hometown. The Buff Medways, or the Buffs, as they were sometimes affectionately known, split in 2006, and Wild Billy Childish and the '''Musicians of the British Empire''' (MBEs) were born, recording a song about one of Childish's heroes, [[George Mallory]], titled "Bottomless Pit". In early 2007, Childish formed '''The Vermin Poets''' with former [[Fire Dept]] singer and guitarist Neil Palmer and A-Lines guitarist and singer Julie Hamper, his wife. Thee Headcoats began their monthly residency at the Wild Western Room in the St John's Tavern, north London, in the early 1990s, and continued after moving to the Dirty Water Club in 1996. The MBEs played at the venue more or less once a month until February 2011.

On 11 September 2009, Damaged Goods Records – Childish's current label – issued a message to subscribers stating that Childish's wife Julie (Nurse Julie, bassist in the MBEs) was pregnant. Childish has since been recording as bass player with '''The Spartan Dreggs''', with Neil Palmer on vocals and guitar and [[Wolf Howard]] on drums. From 2013, the MBEs reunited under the name Wild Billy Childish [or 'Chyldish'] and '''CTMF''' and as of the end of 2014 have released three albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://damagedgoods.co.uk/bands/ctmf |title=CTMF |publisher=Damaged Goods |access-date=2015-12-24 |archive-date=16 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616172041/http://damagedgoods.co.uk/bands/ctmf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2014, Childish produced, played on and co-wrote (with [[Dave Tattersall]]) most of the songs on '''[[The Wave Pictures]]''' album ''Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon''.<ref>sleeve notes on the Wave Pictures' ''Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon'' CD.</ref>

Childish has been [[Name-dropping#In music|namechecked]] by a number of famous musicians, including [[Kurt Cobain]], [[Graham Coxon]], [[The White Stripes]] ([[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] had Childish's name written in large letters on his arm for an early ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' appearance), and [[Kylie Minogue]], who named the LP ''[[Impossible Princess]]'' after his book {{sic|''Poems to Break the Harts of Impossible Princesses''}}.<ref>{{cite news | first = Frances | last = Whiting | title = Princess Kylie on the Move | work = [[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)]] | publisher = Queensland Newspapers | location = Australia | date = 26 April 1998 }}</ref>