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Billy Liar
Group · United Kingdom · formed 2005
acoustic punk/folk band
Timeline
1 events◆ Formed 1
2000s
Biography
English biography167 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1287835320
Biography
Billy Liar is an acoustic punk/folk band from Edinburgh, fronted by the solo singer of the same name. Billy tours as a solo artist or with a band, regularly throughout the UK, mainland Europe and the U.S. and signed to the American label Red Scare Industries in 2019.
Career
Liar released his debut EP in 2006. After releasing a string of EPs and split singles, his debut album, Lies Lied Live, was released in 2015.
Billy Liar has toured internationally around Europe, Australia, and the US, and played at numerous festivals such as Fest in the US, Strummer of Love, Wickerman and has performed many times at the Rebellion Festival.
Albums
Some Legacy (2019), Red Scare Industries
Crisis Actor (2023), Pirates Press Records
Singles, EPs
Live at Granton Pierhouse EP (2006)
It Starts Here EP (2009)
All I've Got EP (2013)
The Ghosts of Punk Rock EP (2013)
Lies Lied Live (2015)
"What We've Got" (2016) – split single with Paper Rifles
Funeral Food (2016) – split with Freddy Fudd Pucker
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Billy Liar head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912899genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912899seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Liar_%28band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Liar_%28band%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Scottish musicians
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Wikidata: Q4912899 · MusicBrainz: a3e8c2c7-15ad-42a1-8d26-40e3fc6f8d07
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