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It’s going to be hard to find a better guy to talk to in the music industry than long time Britny Fox bassist Billy Childs.

Observant, intelligent and thoughtful, Billy Childs goes into depth on a number of amazing events from his career including:

Living in Philly, the city’s personality and music scene now and in the 80’s and seeing the Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowl LII.

The showcases Britny Fox played for record executives to try and get signed and how those worked.

The shooting of the Girlschool video and some of the crazy music video concepts Billy Childs couldn’t believe were brought to them.

The band’s look and how they pushed their image from clothes to hair to stand out.

The CD covers for the first 3 Britny Fox albums (The Self Titled Britny Fox, Boys In Heat and Bite Down Hard), how they came to be, what he thought of them then and what Billy Childs thinks of them now.

How the personalities of the band members like himself and Dean Davidson got along.

The most insane audition tape they got when looking for a new singer to replace Dean Davidson before finally settling on Tommy Paris.

An absolutely hilarious practical joke the band played in the tour bus involving ex-lax and chocolate cake.

Billy’s conspiracy theory of how and why record companies keep musical artists controlled.

Plus as the show was recorded on Feb 8th 2018 it was the 31st anniversary of the death of Britny Fox’s original drummer Tony Destra. Billy Childs takes us deep inside the events of that night in his own words on the fatal car crash and events immediately after including how it affected the band. Simply the most in depth recap anywhere.

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