SQ 1

LP version. Colored vinyl. Painter/poet Billy Childish has released over 140 independent albums. (SQ 1 is something like his 150th - no one knows for sure.) As always great lines are delivered with deadpan humor: quot;The reason we didn t sound like the Smiths is because we wanted to sound like thisquot; is Billy s reply to all the reviews of his band s work during the 80 and 90s - in the days when they stood all but alone as quot;the kings of garage rockquot; (New York Times). SQ 1 could be seen as a manifesto of punk rock defiance a celebration of musical independence or simply a true document home-made rock and roll delivered as art not commerce.