Willy Robinson
drums, smelling

Willy, the oldest member of the band, is an old hippie from San Fransisco. In 1975 his hippie community were on their way to Brazil to join a tribe living in the rain forests, when their plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean. Willy, the only survivor, was stranded on a deserted island for 28 years, where he tried to make contact with the outside world by playing drums made of coconuts and hollow treetrunks.

He was found by  Greenpeace, and brought to Mexico where he started a life as a homeless beggar and a thief. In one court case against him, he was appointed a student lawyer to defend him. The lawyer’s name was Justin Credible. All charges were dropped, and Willy walked out with his freedom, and a deep love and respect for Justin. They have been inseparable since then.

Due to his long isolation from people, Willy is still afraid of people, and communicates mostly by grunting and barking. But his jungle-drumming is considered one-of-a-kind, and the connection between Willy’s drumming and Justin’s bass playing is widely envied by musicians around the world.

email: willy@discoinferno.fi