Dead Billy-Dead Billy EP

You ever get bummed that the last Big Black record was released in 1987? Well, dry your tears friends, because now we have Dead Billy.

Cody Jarman, aka Jiggy, asked me to record his EP in 2009-2010. I agreed under the condition that he try to smoke a cigarette, mostly because I'm a bastard. On the way to my home out in the country, Cody put the cigarette up to his lips and drew deep. Through his fit of coughing I pitied his ineptitude and confiscated the cigarette for myself. Over the next few months (years?) we recorded his first EP, which became the first official badtapes release.

His influence is obvious, as Dead Billy is a Big Black song. Cody also likes Rush a little too much. All of the bass and drum parts are performed by a classic Nintendo Gameboy with a program called LSDJ. Cody then throws his wonkyass guitar on top of it and weaves his overly-theatrical vocals through the mayhem. The lyrics are satisfying, chalk full of literary references to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and A Clockwork Orange and at other times, delving into a stark, more personal realm.

Cody has put the first EP up on Bandcamp (linked below). He's also in Vash the Stampede, a weird roots rock band that likes Rush a little too much. He's recording with both Vash and Dead Billy; a Dead Billy/Sam Gray split cassette is expected in the near future.

Here's his Facebook and his Soundcloud.

The Dead Billy EP can be downloaded for any or no price you want here.

All sounds by Cody Jarman.
Recorded by Nicholas Riley in Ceder Hill/Clarksville, TN somewhere around 2009-2010.

All songs written by Cody Jarman.