Billy is the shit! I’ve known him since he was 12, I’m from Ionia. The day I met him, he played a concert with his brother and a friend doing covers of Sabbath, Zeppelin, and Hendrix. He was playing a white Fender Strat, and I knew the second he started playing he was the best guitarist I would ever see. Little 12 year old kid playing behind his head, with his teeth, and just shedding like a champ at that age!
The metal band he was in a couple years later, my cousin was the vocalist. I would watch them play for an audience of maybe 5, but they kicked ass. He was a pretty talented skater, too.
I really dig all his music he’s put out, Away From the Mire is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard, but I am kinda biased I guess…