All the Poisons in the Mud / Fire

The Guy Hamper Trio was formed by Billy Childish, after a chat with his friend and Hammond organ player, James Taylor. They had played respectively in The Milkshakes and The Prisoners, often sharing the same bill in the early 80's. And indeed, Billy's blues ensemble: The Natural Born Lovers were the support act for the early shows of The James Taylor Quartet.

The Guy Hamper Trio provide a bottom end, Blues-influenced instrumental mayhem for those unafraid of dirt, germs and true grime. With no particular wish other than to be recognised as the best at playing badly, while they obey no terms and conditions. Their first 45 (Polygraph Test / Sally Sensation) was released in 2009 through Damaged Goods, and a full-length studio album, All The Poisons In The Mud, appeared, as if by magic in 2022, also on Damaged Goods.The title 'All the Poisons In The Mud' is also the title of a novel that Billy Childish has been writing, and rewriting, over the past twelve years about his brief plunge in the punk scene of 1977. It is also a quote from I, Claudius by Robert Graves; a major influence on the fifteen-year old Gus Claudius AKA Billy Childish.