Billy Morris is a guitarist who has played in several bands including
Warrant,
Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni.
The original lineup featured Rhoads and Garni with lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow and drummer Drew Forsyth, though th ...
, Kidd Wicked, Spoyld, Beast, The Glorious Things, and the Billy Morris Band.
He guested with the band St. James, and has also played with former
Mr. Big guitarist
Paul Gilbert.
With Warrant, he produced and played on the album ''
Under the Influence'', on which he sang lead vocals on the cover of
AC/DC's "Down Payment Blues", as well as playing guitar on the whole album.
The bands The Glorious Things and St. James both also featured former Warrant singer
Jaime St. James
Jaime St. James (born January 27, 1960) is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the glam metal band Black 'N Blue. He also served briefly in the mid-2000s as the lead singer of Warrant, but he left upon the return of the band's original ...
.
In 2013, Morris played a string of shows with
TUFF
Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock. Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff, while rock ...
featuring lead singer
Stevie Rachelle and original bass player Todd Chaisson.
In 2014, Morris co-produced and played guitar on ''Lipstick'', the debut album of glam metal band Lipstick Generation.
In 2016, Morris signed with High Vol Records. On August 24 2018 he released an original CD in 2, ''Holdin' All The Aces'', with the first single being ''Party Like The Weekend Never Ends''.
He is currently playing with cover band Sunset Strip in
Cleveland, Ohio. In 2018 Morris and Sunset Strip were voted the best local cover band by The Cleveland Hotlist.
Currently a Food Truck Owner
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Quiet Riot members
Warrant (American band) members
American heavy metal guitarists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male guitarists