Kevin Bloody Wilson
Kevin Bloody Wilson signing an autograph after a performance on the 2005 DILLIGAF Tour
Kevin Bloody Wilson signing an autograph after a performance on the 2005 DILLIGAF Tour
Background information
Birth nameDennis Bryant
Also known asKevin Bloody Wilson
Born (1947-02-13) 13 February 1947
Bathurst, New South Wales
OriginAustralian
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Comedian, satirist, parodist, singer-songwriter,
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1966-present
Websitehttp://www.kevinbloodywilson.com/

Kevin Bloody Wilson (born Dennis Bryant; 13 February 1947) is an Australian musical comedian who performs comical songs with his heavy Australian English accent and often including sexual themes. He has won one ARIA Music Award.

Early career

Bryant was born in Bathurst, although he identifies with Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where he was an electrician in the gold mines.

In the 1970s, Bryant fronted his own band called 'Bryan Dennis and the Country Club'.[1] He also used the name 'Bryan Dennis' when he hosted a country music show on radio 6KG in Kalgoorlie from 1973 to 1980, before he was thrown off air for playing the parody song, "I'm Heaving on a Jet Plane".

He moved to Perth and began playing bawdy songs as a hobby, singing at pubs and Australian rules football clubs. In 1984, he put together a cassette of his songs called Your Average Australian Yobbo,[2] which he sold at gigs and by mail order. He managed to sell 22,000 copies of the cassette before it was eventually transferred to LP, where it went on to sell many thousands more.

He is one of Perth's most famous comedians.[3][4] His humour is regarded by media commentators as politically incorrect.[5][6][7] As one of Australia's most successful comedians, he continues to tour and performs an average of 120 concerts worldwide each year.

Wilson is married and his wife Betty comes on tour with him.[8] She sells merchandise at shows and has appeared on guest vocals in a few of his songs, including "Dick'taphone".

Kevin appeared on the popular television show Enough Rope with Andrew Denton in October 2008, which resulted in the show's highest ratings of the year. On the show, he told of how he met his wife Betty, who was originally from Kalgoorlie, but lived in Perth at the time they met. She had returned to the town to visit friends and her brother who still lived there and they met when she attended one of his shows. Betty, who was in the studio audience, told Denton that Kevin was a romantic who regularly bought her flowers.

"The Genie in the Bottle" is a country song Kevin co-wrote with Adam Harvey that spent more than 6 weeks on the Australian Country Singles chart as well as reaching the number one video spot on the Country Music Television Channel in 2008.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Peak positions Certifications
AUS
[9][10]
1984 Your Average Australian Yobbo
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Both Barrels Music, CBS (SBP 8174)
  • Format: LP, cassette
 20
1985 Kev's Back (The Return of the Yobbo)
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Both Barrels Music, CBS (SBP 8215)
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD (BBCD 100797R)
 8
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum[11]
1987 Born Again Piss Tank
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Both Barrels Music, CBS (460432 1)
  • Format: LP, cassette
 16
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[11]
1989 My Australian Roots
  • Released: May 1989
  • Label: Both Barrels Music, CBS (465428 1)
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 25
1991 Let's Call Him ... Kev!
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Both Barrels Music, CBS (469188 2)
  • Format: CD, cassette
 50
1993 Nashville Trash
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BB01)
  • Format: CD
 —
1994 Backout from the Outback
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BB05)
  • Format: CD
 —
1996 Santa's Kummin': Kev's Kristmas Album
  • Released: November 1996
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBCD 60896)
  • Format: CD
 —
1998 Kalgoorlie Love Songs
  • Released: November 1998
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBCD 160798)
  • Format: CD
 —
2001 The Second Kummin' of Kev
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBCD 08)
  • Format: CD
 —
2006 DILLIGAF
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Both Barrels Music, Sony Music Australia (BBCD 011006)
  • Format: CD
 —
2009 Excess All Areas
  • Released: September 2009
  • Label: Both Barrels Music, Sony Music Australia
  • Format: CD
 —
2013 Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
  • Released: September 2013
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBCD011113)
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 —
2016 Rides Again
  • Released: 14 October 2016[12]
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBCD010916)
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 —
2018 Kev's Krissmas Vol 2
  • Released: August 2018[13]
  • Label: Kevin Bloody Wilson
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 —
2023 International DILLIGAF Day
  • Released: April 2023
  • Label: Kevin Bloody Wilson
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 —

Live albums

Year Album Peak positions
AUS
[9]
1995 Let Loose Live in London
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBCD2894)
  • Format: CD
 —
2003 Let Loose Live in the Outback
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBCD10)
  • Format: CD
 —
2007 Let Loose Back Home
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBDVD011107)
  • Format: CD/DVD, download
 95

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak positions Certifications
AUS
[9]
1990 The Loveable Larrikin
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: X Rated, Both Barrels Music
  • Format: LP, CD
 —
1990 Far-Canal
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Both Barrels Music
  • Format: LP, CD
 —
1992 The Worst of Kevin Bloody Wilson
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Sony Music (472317 2)
  • Format: CD
 —
2004 20 Years Of Kev
  • Released: August 2004
  • Label: Both Barrels Music (BBCD 160704)
  • Format: CD
 64
2011 Klassic Kev
  • Released: December 2011[14]
  • Label: Kevin Bloody Wilson
  • Format: CD, Digital Download
 —
2019 35 Years of Kevin Bloody Wilson
  • Released: 26 July 2019[15]
  • Label: Sony Music Australia (19075979242)
  • Format: Digital Download, CD, streaming
 —

His songs generally consist of irreverent humour and plenty of swearing with eclectic musical backing.

ARIA Awards

He has been nominated five times for the ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release at the ARIA Music Awards:[16][3]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1987 Kev's Back Best Comedy Release Won
Highest Selling Album Nominated
1990 My Australian Roots Best Comedy Release Nominated
1992 Let's Call Him Kev Nominated
1995 Let Loose Live in London Nominated
2002 The Second Kummin' of Kev Nominated

Website

Wilson was the first Australian performing artist to have a website which a friend set up for him in 1993, which has since been a major source of album and product sales. He also runs an internet radio station kevfm.com, which was the first 24-hour adult comedy radio station.[8]

Daughter

Tammy Jo "Jenny Talia" Bryant has followed in her father's footsteps singing similarly bawdy songs, some of them being reworded Kev songs, but done from a female perspective.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ Butler, Bruce (8 August 2017). "Singing barber was a cut above". Kalgoorlie Miner.
  2. ↑ Bartlett, Joshua (22 February 2019). "Politically incorrect comedian Kevin Bloody Wilson heads to Bargo". Wollondilly Advertiser.
  3. 1 2 Morgan, Amanda (4 October 2002). "Special Ks". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 8 October 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  4. ↑ Zuel, Bernard (24 June 2006). "I just gave myself a name". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  5. ↑ Coleman, Finn (22 February 2019). "Kevin Bloody Wilson is bring his new F.U.P.C. Tour Windsor RSL". Hawkesbury Gazette.
  6. ↑ "Politically incorrect joker Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson heading to Hexham Bowling Club". Port Stephens Examiner. 23 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Martin, Amy (5 October 2015). "Kevin Bloody Wilson: as politically incorrect as ever". Mandurah Mail.
  8. 1 2 McLean, Sandra (14 April 2006). "Bloody outrageous". The Brisbane Courier Mail. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  9. 1 2 3 Peaks on the ARIA Charts from 1988:
    • All except noted: "Australian Charts Kevin Bloody Wilson". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
    • Let Loose Live Back Home and 20 Years of Kev: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 302.
  10. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 304. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2018 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Rides Again". JB HiFi. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Rides Again". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Klassic Kev". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "35 Years Of Kevin Bloody Wilson". JBHiFi. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Artist: Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson". History by Artist. Aria Awards. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  17. ↑ "JennyTalia.com | Wife Mother Comedian". jennytalia.com. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Featured Content on Myspace | www.myspace.com/jennytaliafromaustralia". myspace.com. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

Further reading

  • Britton, David (1985) Perth comic warned on language. The West Australian, 1 November 1985, p. 14.
  • Nicholson, Brendan (1986) It's no joke for Kevin. Daily News, 4 January 1986, p. 4.
  • Cornish, Patrick (1996) The Kalgoorlie kid comes home. West Australian, 12 October 1996, p. 4, (West Magazine).
  • Chris Thomas (1996) Kevin's bloody well back home. Sunday Times, 13 October 1996, (Rock On).
  • (1997) Wilson curse threat case. The West Australian, 20 February 1997, p. 40.
  • Jansen, Ara (2004) Kevin Bloody Wilson Esquire West Australian, 10 April 2004, p. 10–13, (West Magazine).
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