BILLY MORRISON

BILLY MORRISON
www.billymorrison.net
From playing guitar in the Los Angeles based all-star band, Camp Freddy, through joining rock band The Cult on their 2001 reunion, to writing and recording with his own bands Stimulator (signed to Geffen Records in 1995), Doheny, and Circus Diablo (signed to Koch Records, 2007), Billy Morrison makes music at all levels. He has shared stages with some of the world’s greatest musicians from Slash, Ronnie Wood and Robbie Williams to Steven Tyler, Lou Reed and many more.
Madison Square Gardens in New York. Summer Sonic Festival in Japan. The main stage at the Reading Rock Festival in the UK. Billy has toured extensively around the world and continues to write, record and perform in many areas of the entertainment business. He played guitar on some of the tracks on Tommy Lee’s solo album “Tommyland – The Ride.” 2006 also marked Billy’s first movie performance in the film, “Tripping Forward”, and he picked up another role in the horror film “Evilution” during 2007 and a third in the Michael Sheldon directed “Basement Jack”. He appears regularly in a number of television shows on networks including VH-1, The Discovery Channel, DirecTV and others. Billy also writes, produces and records music for various television shows, and often co-writes songs with a number of different artists. His past writing credits include songs with Robbie Williams, Billy Duffy, Matt Sorum, Glen Ballard and Jed Leiber.
Billy is one of the founding members of celebrity supergroup Camp Freddy, along with Dave Navarro, Scott Weiland, Matt Sorum, Chris Chaney and Donovan Leitch. The band continues to attract guest performances from all areas of music, and has been busy recording their debut album, with renowned producer Mike Clink (Appetite For Destruction). Camp Freddy plays high profile corporate events across the nation, have raised money for various charities worldwide, and often play low-key club shows for fun and for free. They have appeared on many US television shows including Craig Kilborn, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, Sharon Osbourne and Carson Daly.
Billy Morrison also hosts Camp Freddy Radio, a regular Saturday evening radio show on Indie 103.1FM in Los Angeles from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, along with his co-hosts, Dave Navarro and other band members. Nominated for best radio show by the LA Weekly, the show has garnered much attention for its irreverent chat and non-formulaic playlists.
In 2007, Billy’s band Circus Diablo hit the road for the summer months as they appeared on the Ozzfest festival along with a 25 city club tour, running side by side with the festival dates. The debut album was released on July 3rd 2007 to coincide with the touring schedule, and the debut single, LOADED, was top 5 most added to rock radio nationwide and Top 40 Active Rock. The video to the single was Number One most viewed music video on YouTube with over 450,000 views in the first week and a total of over One Million views.
• Songwriter
• Performer
• Producer
• Actor
• Writer
• Radio Show Host
Billy Morrison personifies the new wave of web-intensive, multi media artists that pave the way forward for a new model, a new creativity and ultimately, a new breed of entertainment.
www.billymorrison.net/weblog
www.campfreddy.net
www.circusdiablo.com