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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

Can’t feed the starving, say a prayer

But billionaires are everywhere