Lyle Blackburn
Lyle Blackburn is an American musician and author. He is the vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Ghoultown and was formerly the bassist of the epic doom metal band Solitude Aeturnus.
Blackburn has authored four books and either narrated or produced several documentary films related to cryptids, and has been a speaker at multiple cryptozoology and Bigfoot-related conventions.
Biography
Blackburn authored The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster, a 2012 book about the Fouke Monster, and is a writer for Rue Morgue magazine. He has narrated three documentary films: The Mothman of Point Pleasant, The [Bray Road Beast (film)|The Bray Road Beast], and Terror in the Skies. He also co-produced the 2016 film Boggy Creek Monster.As a musician, Blackburn started with the epic doom metal group Solitude Aeturnus and played with them from 1988 to 1995, first as the drummer and then as the bassist. He left to found The Killcreeps in 1996 and later Ghoultown in 1999, for which he is the lead singer/guitarist and performs under the name Count Lyle.
He has a sister.
Discography
With Solitude Aeturnus
- Demo 1989 , drums
- Into the Depths of Sorrow, bass
- Beyond the Crimson Horizon, bass
- Promo , vocals, bass
- Through the Darkest Hour, bass
- Days of Doom , bass
- The New Wave of American True Meta , bass
- Downfall, bass
The Killcreeps
- ''Destroy Earth''
Ghoultown
- Boots of Hell
- Tales from the Dead West
- Give 'Em More Rope
- Live from Texas!
- Bury Them Deep
- Life After Sundown
- Skeleton Cowboys
- Mistress of the Dark
- The Unforgotten: Rare & Un-Released
- Ghost of the Southern Son
- ''Curse of Eldorado''
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 2002 | American Nightmare | Ghoultown | Direct-to-video film | |
| 2006 | Return of the Jackalope | Ghoultown | ||
| 2013 | Skookum: The Hunt for Bigfoot | Special thanks | ||
| 2016 | Boggy Creek Monster | Himself | Also co-producer | |
| 2017 | The Mothman of Point Pleasant | Narrator | Also executive producer and co-writer | |
| 2018 | The Bray Road Beast | Narrator | ||
| 2019 | Terror in the Skies | Narrator |