21st Century acid rock fountain heads, Lilys, formed in Washington DC in 1988 led by then 17 year old Kurt K. Heasley sometimes known as “the Wally”. A Floridian by birth, Kurt spent his early years in Hopatcong, NJ and in Virginia Beach. At 6 feet tall and 10 years old he later made his home in Northern Virginia and DC. Recording in DC at Inner Ear Studio, Lilys first seven inch single February 14th was released on Slumberland in 1991. Two and a half albums, one International television advertising campaign and three years later Kurt found himself in Denver writing Better Can’t Make Your Life Better. In August of 1995 Lilys recorded Better Can’t Make Your Life Better to be released on Che’. It was with this album that Kurt was able to show his admiration of the 12 string “Style” of Mike Nesmith and Stream of Consciousness lyricism. By 1995 Kurt had migrated to Boston to form his most well known version of Lilys. It was there that Beachwood Sparks Drummer, Aaron Sperske and artisan and social protagonist, Torben Pastore entered the Lilys entity. Along with Apples In Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, Of Montreal and other bands, Lilys set much of the tone for the East Coast rock scene in the 1990s. Lilys spent the next five years recording and traveling globally to perform live. This included the first fully live performance on Top of The Pops since Aerosmith in 1978. In winter of 2000 Kurt began recording Precollection in Philadelphia. Three producers and three years later the Guru of Soul, Michael Musmanno arrived to realize and deliver the full potential of this and all subsequent Lilys recordings. Now based in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Kurt continues to lead various incarnations of Lilys while beginning to work on future endeavors for K. Heasley and Social Architect Music.