Billy Reeves

Who is Billy Reeves?

Billy Reeves is a British songwriter, musician, record producer and broadcaster.

In 1996 he formed the London-based indie-band Theaudience,.

Theaudience quickly established themselves in the Camden scene of '97. They scored two top 30 hits and a top 20 eponymous album before Reeves left the band after a disastrous Glastonbury '98 performance.

Reeves signed to Sony Records with a new act in 1999. He also ran the club which provided The Darkness with their first London show. Around this time he also had a brief stint in Los Angeles producing new artist demos for Rondor Publishing. His performing career was cut short by injuries sustained in a near-fatal car accident in 2001.

After recovering from his accident Reeves studied under the noted writer and journalist Chris Horrie at the University of Westminster. Reeves achieved a distinction in his post graduate degree under Horrie and was therefore able to reinvent himself as a radio producer and broadcaster on BBC London 94.9. His travel and sports reports are distinctive due to an eccentric delivery which his friend Danny Baker has compared to the late Cyril Fletcher.