Biography

He collaborated with members of Queen on the song "Emotions in Motion," and was a close friend with members of the band, including Freddie Mercury, to whom he wrote and performed a song about after his death.

After quitting Capitol Records and the music business during the 1990's, he wrote a screenplay that was never produced (as of 2020). Either way, screenwriting became his new passion.

Andy Warhol designed the cover for his album Emotions in Motion: showing Billy's face with various colors, liken to Warhol's famous Marilyn Monroe painting.

During the 1980's, his music was a combination of 1970's glam rock bands like Queen and T-Rex (he somewhat resembled Marc Bolan from T-Rex) and hard rock, in particular Led Zeppelin.

The Squids music video for "Get Off My Cloud" which parodies Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonight" music video reached #1 in the music video category on the Emmy winning comedy website "Funny Or Die", and is the highest rated music video ever on the website which was founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay in 2007.