William Red Thedford IV

I've said Busdriver is the Frank Zappa of Hellfyre. And Neitzche Cortez, its Captain Beefheart. For the sake of the game let's say Nocando is its Mick Jagger, Open Mike its Harry Nilsson, and Milo its Brian Eno.

In my completely ridiculous opinion manufactured for the sake of my very own fucking entertainment, Sir William Red Thedford IV is Hellfyre Club's Ozzy Osbourne. It was either that or its Jim Jones. But Jim Jones wasn't nearly as acerbic, mordant, or fucking talented as WRTIV, koolaid or no koolaid. Ozzy, though, as godfather of snorting up lines of ants like cocaine and chomping off chiroptera heads, and attracting the devout parallels Thedford's contributions as the godfather of the, THANG THANG and the sole proprietor of the ThuggyCult.

As William Red will tell you it's ALL about the, THANG THANG.

I was lucky enough to see this song in its pre-release form performed live at VerBS' Bananas with the kind of support so essential to bugging out to a song like, THANG THANG that the song took on a living, breathing, thuggin' life of its own.. I experienced it performed from Vegas to Eugene, and while a crowd favorite amongst the ThuggyCult faithful across the land, nowhere did the essence of the, THANG THANG reach up and caress me with its subtle genius more than when cupped in the palms of the Kaos Network, perennial home of the god mother of all things Hellfyred, Project Blowed.

William Red Thedford IV, aka Kail, aka Boulevard Bill, is Hellfyre's brashest mouthpiece. Regularly taking to social media to hilariously proclaim his supremacy, and to Hulk smash any refutations to that claim. HIs "mother fuckers are asleep to this real shit" steez make for welcomed entertainment and a fresh perspective. This braggadocio, born of a refined Kansas City lineage, doesn't leak into Thedford's music, it makes the plasma that transports its hemoglobin from its heart to its, THANG THANG. And I'm fucking FINE with that.

I'm putting my money on the fact that you'll be just fine with it too.

Thang THANG!