Interview with Gary Muttley (Billy Club Sandwich)
Channel: Uptown Rumble
Date: 2024-02-23

Oral history with Gary Muttley, bassist for Billy Club Sandwich (among many other bands), recorded on February 21, 2024, as part of the "Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx" project at The Bronx County Historical Society. The interviewer is Steven Payne, director of The Bronx County Historical Society.

In his oral history, Muttley speaks about his family's history and background in Puerto Rico, their move to The Bronx, his growing up in the Morris Park neighborhood when it was still largely Italian, attending Catholic school for elementary and junior high before moving to Bronx High School of Science, his early introduction to music through his parents and his older brother (who played in many of the same clubs around the New York area as Twisted Sister); hearing recordings by bands like Kiss, Rush, Iron Maiden, and Metallica for the first time; music stores for instruments and albums that he would frequent around his neighborhood and the wider Bronx, his first guitars and basses and learning to play them; his long career playing live music starting as a high school student, performing at least 1 show with 20 different bands over the years including Billy Club Sandwich (his constant home), longer stints with White Noise, Antagonize, District 9, Distance, Five Minute Major, Mickeys Crew, Eye 2 Eye, NineOneWar, State of Disgrace, All As One, Everythings Ruined, and The Gemini Method, and fill-ins for Down Low, Step 2 Far, One Second Thought, Full Blown Chaos, Without Reason, Fahrenheit 451, and Enziguri. Muttley goes into detail about his time especially with White Noise, his first band (more hard rock in sound); Antagonize, his first hardcore band; Distance, Five Minute Major, and, of course, Billy Club Sandwich. He recalls the process of how he transitioned from Five Minute Major into Billy Club Sandwich and talks about the many amazing experiences he has had with the guys from Billy Club and their future aspirations.