Clayton Counts
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Clayton Counts (August 19, 1973 - December 24, 2007?) is an American writer, composer, and musician, best known for a mash-up album he released under the pseudonym The Beachles, which combined The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. The collection is controversial and resulted in a cease and desist order.[1] In addition, EMI demanded that Counts relinquish the IP addresses of people who downloaded or streamed the songs. He refused to do so, instead responding with a lengthy tirade on his blog.[2]
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[edit] Contributions
Counts has written articles for magazines like FringeWare Review under several pen names. He composes experimental and drone music for his band ColoringBook, which makes use of live strings and other eclectic instrumentation, found sound, electronic manipulation, and minimalist techniques.
[edit] Rumored death
According to his website[3], Clayton Counts died on December 24, 2007, but the claim has not been verified.
[edit] Notes
- ^ *Cease and Desist, Minneapolis Star-Tribune article
- ^ *The Beachles, Clayton Counts' Beachles page
- ^ *Clayton Counts, RIP, Clayton Counts' death notice
[edit] References
- Meet the Beachles, Entertainment Weekly article
- EMI wants millions and your IP address in revenge for Beachles, BoingBoing post from Friday, September 8, 2006
- Beachles: Noise mashup of Beatles and Beach Boys, BoingBoing post from Sunday, September 3, 2006
- Clayton Makes Enemies, Boston Herald article
- The Music's Over, Rolling Stone article
- Beatles Unleashing Love, E! Online article
- Bad Vibrations, CBC article
- Beachles Update, Tiny Mix Tapes' interview with Clayton Counts
- Last Night a DJ Called Me a Whining Little Bitch, Chicago Reader article
[edit] External links
- claytoncountsdotcom, Clayton Counts' website
- ColoringBook, ColoringBook's MySpace page
