Butch Willis
Butch Willis is an American musician signed to TeenBeat Records. His recordings were first released on his own private record label, Love Records, in the 1980s and then on TeenBeat Records in the 1990s through to the present. TeenBeat has also reissued various releases originally issued on Love Records. Willis' releases are often credited to Butch Willis & The Rocks and Butch Willis & D Flat.
Willis has often been compared to other artists with cult followings such as Roky Erikson of the 13th Floor Elevators and Daniel Johnston. His musical style is broadly referred to as outsider art or art brut. Specifically, his music is a mixture of classic rock, new wave, and rockabilly.Select discography
Singles
- 1983: "The Garden's Outside"/"I'll Never Be The Same Again"
- 1997: "The Garden's Outside"/"I'll Never Be The Same Again"
EPs
- 1990: Shopping Bag E.P.
- 1996: Speedballs
Albums
- 1983: Of
- 1986: Forthcomings
- 1994: Repeats
- 1995: Conquering The Ice
- 2000: Superstitious Mummies/Of 2
- 2002: Rawed Out Of The Bottom Basement
- 2005: Locked In This Room
Guest appearances
- 1993: Unrest ‒ "Where Are All Those Puerto Rican Boys?" /Stereolab ‒ "Mountain"
Compilations
- 1993: TeenBeat Fifty
- 1993: TeenBeat 100
- 1994: Wakefield: Volume 1, A TeenBeat Sampler
- 1995: Wakefield: The TeenBeat Boxed Set
- 1997: 1997 TeenBeat Sampler
- 1999: 1999 TeenBeat Sampler
- 2000: 2000 TeenBeat Sampler
- 2001: 2001 TeenBeat Sampler
- 2002: 2002 TeenBeat Sampler
- 2004: TeenBeat Subscribers' Audio Compact Disk
- 2008: TeenBeat No. 1 Record Label
- 2010: 2010 TeenBeat/Other Music Sampler
Filmography
- 1990: Bring Me The Head Of Butch Willis
- 2019: Amateur On Plastic
