Band/Artist: Brian Cottrill
Single Title: Money Murder
Label: self released
Dates: May 2, 2025
Genre: Alternative Guitar Rock
Availability: The “Money Murder” single and music video will be released on May 2, 2025 to all major streaming platforms and YouTube.
Bio: Brian Cottrill is a veteran of the West Virginia music scene. He has released eight critically acclaimed albums and performed live with The Grey Agents, Dream Trippers, Drain Babies, and as a solo artist. He is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer.
Band: Hannah Cottrill- drums, harmony vocals
Brian Cottrill- vocals, guitar, and bass
Written and recorded, mixed, and produced by Brian Cottrill.
Influences for the single: Bob Mould, Green Day, U2
The story behind the song: “I was driving in Los Angeles and a $1 million McLaren car was driving beside me while we were surrounded by homeless people under a highway overpass. And I just thought, ‘Ain’t that America?’ …where extreme wealth sits beside extreme poverty. I also saw the Uvalde school shooting video where the police were running away from the gun shots and waited an hour to enter the classroom. Those ideas are the foundations of the song. It’s about those things this country has become that seem beyond reason” said songwriter Brian Cottrill. Brian’s daughter Hannah plays drums and sings harmony vocals on the song.
Lyrics:
Saw a McLaren in the underpass
And homeless carrying a mattress
Not enough dough for education
Oh but have you been to Vegas
The politicians are millionaires
But the job don’t pay like that mon frère
33 kids bleeding on the floor
Cops too scared to open the door
Money Murder America Means
Money Murder America Means
Can’t feed the starving, say a prayer
But billionaires are everywhere
They’re partying out on that yacht
With caviar they never bought
Covid left a million dead
But stocks need pushed up instead
Grab a gun and grab a knife
Won’t wear a mask to save a life
Money Murder America Means
Money Murder America Means
They keep starting wars
They won’t stop trying
The rich get richer from it
And the poor just keep on dying
Shots fired in the school today
The cop just ran the other way
If she’s raped and pregnant without fail
Must give birth or go to jail
On minimum wage it’s hard to dine
It’s been the same since twenty nine
40,000 shot in the ground
Thoughts and prayers have let us down
Money Murder America Means
Money Murder America Means
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