Billy Mohler
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Billy Mohler is an L.A-based songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was raised in South Orange County and is Bill Medley's (of the Righteous Bros.) godson. He attended and graduated from Berklee College of Music where he studied both electric and acoustic bass.
He is currently a member of the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, and is good friends with Chamberlin. The two first met when Mohler auditioned for Zwan, Chamberlin's former band. While he wasn't hired, Mohler and Chamberlin became quick friends. It was Mohler who Chamberlin called first after securing a record deal. Mohler contributed greatly to the band's first album, co-writing and co-producing it with Chamberlin Life Begins Again, playing bass guitar, electric guitar and keyboards throughout, and singing in "Streetcrawler" and "Newerwaves".[1] Mohler's recording credits are diverse. He has recorded with Liz Phair, Kelly Clarkson, Macy Gray, and in addition to producing with the Chamberlin Complex, has producing credits for Limp Bizkit. Family and friends of the young musician make him out to be a wonderfully talented young man, and from his credits, this is easy to see.
Billy Mohler is also one half of the LA writing and production team Heroes and Villains. Mohler also plays drums in a band called War Tapes who recently opened for the Smashing Pumpkins for 3 nights and toured in the UK and the West Coast with The Bravery.
Mohler's performance credits are equally as diverse including Macy Gray, Lee Scratch Perry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, Terrance Blanchard, The Jay Hodgson Group, Billy Childs, and he was a member of the band Anarchy Orchestra [2], formed in part by legendary skater Tony Hawk. Billy also received a full scholarship to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz for Upright Bass.
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