In between playing with such acts as Face to Face, the Dickies, the Weakerthans, Chixdiggit and the UK Subs, Billy and the Lost Boys have been developing a reputation for being one of Canada’s hardest working independent acts.
Amidst their relentless touring schedule, this female fronted power trio have won the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands for a place on the Vans Warped Tour, four of the Georgia Straight Readers Choice Awards (Best Album, Best Band, Best Guitarist and Best Drummer), secured the number 1 and number 2 slots on Exclaim Magazine’s Earshot Loud Charts, made appearances on Much Music’s Going Coastal and MTV Canada’s 969 and spent 13 weeks in medium rotation on MTV2 with their music video for the song “You Get What Everyone Gets (You Get A Lifetime)”. Their music was used in shows like Joan of Arcadia, Radio Free Roscoe, Degrassi and the Collector, and you could even see their video in American Eagle, Vans and West49 outlets.
So how does such a young band accomplish so much in so little time? It’s simple: “We realized a long time ago that no one’s going to save us…this is our life, and we have a responsibility to make it as awesome as possible!”
Name:
Billy the Kid
Born:
February 1st
Gear:
Sparrow Guitars Boss Primitive, Soldano HR50 Plus Head, Mesa 4X12 Cabinet, Morgan Acoustic (Spruce Top, Rosewood Back and Sides), Shure PGX14 Wireless, Boss TU-2 Tuner, 11-50 Gauge Strings, M150 Energy Drink.
Other/Previous Bands:
The Blue Collar Bullets (guitar/vocals), Billy the Kid (solo), The Punk Ass Bitches From Surrey (drums), FSR (drums), Original Child Bomb (guitar), The Ramores (Ramones cover band, drums).
Tattoos:
I’m a work in progress c/o Sean Campbell
Most Sought After Super Power:
Make the music industry stop sucking ass
Goals:
Be so awesome
Top 5 Favourite Movies:
Lost Boys, Peter Pan, Finding Neverland, Hook and Young Guns
Top 5 Favourite Albums:
Right now? Attack In Black, Eric Bachman, Raine Maida, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Ragan
Previous/Current Employment:
Lost Records, Long and McQuade Musical Instruments, A&B Sound, Camp Fircom and an assembly line in a plastic factory (true story)
Favourite Meal:
Veggie Chicken Burrito at Utopia in Toronto.
Favourite Drink:
A beer. With you. Anywhere.
Thank Yous:
No one. I did it all by myself with no help whatsoever. 
Heroes:
My Mom’s the bomb and my Dad’s rad.
Inspiration:
The Lost Cause, the people who’ve supported us since day one and continue to do so in ways that constantly amaze me (otherwise known as “The Go Team”), addiction to touring, mottos made up on a daily basis while on said tours including, bringing the party and bro’-ing down, hatred for past places of employment, friends made in other cities and the need for excuses to see them again, mistakes made and lessons learned, unwaivering love of music and an inability to conceive of life without it, the team of musicians in this country who work their butts off to just get out there and do this thing and who are always willing to help each other out, tragedy, breakups, goodbyes, regret, being in love and being loved, friends, family, road trips and you reading this.
Turn Ons:
Big sexy tour buses, confidence, a well written song, large capacity venues, gear, Mac computers, schemes and plans, pinball, good tone
Quote/Words To Live By:
“What’s money? Man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” - Bob Dylan
“Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight, since we do not possess it, and thus need not fear its loss.” - John Cage
“The people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn burn like fantastic yellow fireworks exploding like spiders across the sky…” - Jack Kerouac
Name:
Lee Horton
Born:
May 15 1986, Sandwell, England.
Gear:
Fender Jazz Basses through a Yorkville 400 head, Yorkville 15″ and Ampeg 4×10″ cabs.
Other/Previous Bands:
RWV, Away For Slates, Running With Reason, Broken Glass Wings and A Field For Our Fears
Tattoos:
(editor’s note: lee was too much of a little girl to answer this question. more on this later. - editor)
Most Sought After Super Power:
The ability to please your mum.
Goals:
Live, simply and never forget where you came from
Top 5 Favourite Movies:
Shawn of the Dead, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Dawn of the Dead (1964), Liar Liar and What Dreams May Come.
Top 5 Favourite Albums:
File Under Black (None More Black), Greatest Hits Volume 1(Queen), Punk in Drublic (NOFX), Land of the Free? (Pennywise), The Colour and the Shape (Foo Fighters)
Previous/Current Employment:
West49
Favourite Meal:
singapore fried noodles.
Favourite Drink:
Peach Juice
Thank Yous:
My many music teachers over the years, you’ve given me knowledge that some can only hope and a partnership that I will never forget.
Heroes:
Jason Schevchuck, Matt Freeman, Bootsy, Fat Mike.
Inspiration:
Life, Friends, None More Black, The Lawrence Arms, Queen, NOFX, Kid Dynimite, The Falcon, Foo Fighters.
Turn Ons:
Smile, Eyes, tattoos, drive, ambition, dreams, goals.
Quote/Words To Live By:
The World Won’t Stop Turning Without You. no path, and blaze a trail.
Name:
Zachary ‘Roxworthy’ Pero
Born:
Feb. 24th 1984
Gear:
Valve King Head and Marshall 1960 4×12 cab, AT Wireless thingamabob, BOSS Tuner (word son!) BOSS Noise Suppressor, MXR Phase90, different geeetars.
Other/Previous Bands:
Thrown Aside (n.s.), A Jose Canseco Bat (n.s.), The Joys (london), LIONS (myspace.com/lionshardcore), .the.denton.affair. (solo side project)
Tattoos:
what the ‘F’ are tattoos?
Most Sought After Super Power:
teletransport or whatever its called, so i can be in Ontario one minute then Nova Scotia the next, i hate long drives.
Goals:
to not be as broke in the future as i am right now…hahaha….im serious
Top 5 Favourite Movies:
Shaun of the Dead, Rocky Horror Picture Show, SLC PUNK!, 300, and TERMINATOR
Top 5 Favourite Albums:
Appetite for Destruction (classic), NOFX-white trash, two heebs, and a bean , Choke-theres a story to this moral, Mike Ness-Cheating at Solitaire, Propagandhi-Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes
Previous/Current Employment:
The Richmond Tavern
Favourite Meal:
no comment
Favourite Drink:
double gin n tonic (2 limes) and beer
Thank Yous:
mom and dad, Mel, Chelsea, Julie, Billy the Kid and the broads at the Lostice (word bitches!!) The Reverend Kyle Pitcher everyone ( applause) Brendan, Lee, the cape breton boys, and hopefully i will soon be thanking Sparrow Guitars (>hint<)
Heroes:
my dad, awwww……yeah i know its cheesy but its trueInspiration:
Friends, Family and MONEY!!!! WORD SON!!!
Turn Ons:
chicks that have all their teeth.
Quote/Words To Live By:
“….Better lives have been lived in the margins, locked in prisons, and lost on the gallows, than have ever been enshrined in palaces….”
