Darcy Clay (real name Daniel Bolton) was an Auckland, New Zealand singer/songwriter, who was made famous in 1997 for his minor hit, "Jesus I Was Evil", in which he recorded all instruments in his bedroom on a 4-Track recorder. He was signed to Antenna Records, and possibly was Antenna's first real star. Clay's entire career output consisted of two six track EPs, "Jesus I Was Evil" and (posthumously) a live EP Songs For Beethoven, recorded on DAT tape when he opened for Blur's 1997 New Zealand performance (including a solo performance of "English Rose", the Elton John-penned tribute to Princess Diana, who had died less than two months beforehand). The two EPs were reissued back to back as an album entitled Darcy Anthology, featuring a bonus CD of QuickTime all Darcy Clay music videos, interview footage and press clippings created before his death, in 1998. Darcy lived in Birkenhead while a youth, when 14 years old he spent 9 mon

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