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88 Fingers Louie rock Exchange

6th August 2017 By Davidkmk 1 Comment

Kiss Me, Killer had a rocking time supporting US punk legends 88 Fingers Louie at the Exchange, on 4 August.

It was the band’s first outing on a bigger stage and as we’d honed our sound in elbow-crowded underground punk gigs I immediately felt like it was a bigger canvas to fill. How would our sound come across?

Although the gig was put together at short notice after a Norwich gig venue pulled out leaving 88 Fingers Louie and their UK touring partners, The Bitter-Town Hounds short of a date, a good number of people found out in time and KMK members managed to attract a few of their friends. Still, it was such a strong gig it was a shame the place wasn’t rammed. You missed out if you weren’t there!

After local act Layman’s Terms, Kiss Me, Killer hit the stage. First time we had full PA sound reinforcement and with hindsight I probably shoulda ‘gotta a bit more of me in my monitor’ as I could hear everyone else more than my Gordon Smith. Still, we did pretty well for most of the set, with opener Snakes making a strong statement and, judging from Cheri’s video clip, Cat’s Och Aye! must’ve come over with the riotousness it needs at the larger venue. Cat’s been getting into Open Mics again recently so hopefully we’ll have another Cat song in the set before too long.

There were some mystery tuning issues on our last couple of songs (and me forgetting a double chorus and ploughing into the verse riff… argh, fuckup), which kinda took the edge off the finale but, hey, as the sports cliché goes, ‘there were plenty of positives to take from the game.’ Next time we hit a bigger venue I know we’ll own that sucker.

Pictures of Kiss Me, Killer by Cheri, others by David KMK.

88 Fingers Louie
88 Fingers Louie
88 Fingers Louie at the Exchange
Dan of 88 Fingers Louie had YELLOW strings.
Dan of 88 Fingers Louie had YELLOW strings.
Denis holds court
Denis holds court
Dan "Mr. precision Wleklinski" of 88 Fingers Louie
Dan “Mr. precision Wleklinski” of 88 Fingers Louie with Parker Fly
Denis of 88 Fingers Louie
Iconic rock singer pose – Bitter-Town hounds.
This is what it's all abour.
This is what it’s all abour.
This band really must be seen.
Classic rock guitar pose. Nice.
The Bitter-Town Hounds with low low down bass.
Nat and his Phantom bass
David's had that Citizen Fish t-shirt for over 15 years
David’s had that Citizen Fish t-shirt for over 15 years
Nat and Cat
Nat and Cat
A bit of a riot grrrl shimmy
A bit of a riot grrrl shimmy
Kiss me, Killer
Kiss me, Killer of Bristol
Holly screaming out her lyrics.
Our first bigger stage as Kiss Me, Killer
Howling GS1 guitar
Kiss Me, Killer
Kiss Me, Killer
Nat pumps out the basslines
Nat pumps out the basslines
David tunes up the Gordon Smith
David tunes up the Gordon Smith GS1
Layman's Terms of Bristol
Layman’s Terms of Bristol

Next, The Bitter-Town Hounds took to the tall Exchange stage. A punk-metal crossover band, the sound blended straight-up old-school metal, thrash, grungier elements and proper rock vocals all served up with a fresh and original edge that really appealed to me. Great guys too. Definitely check The Bitter-Town Hounds out as I imagine they’d appeal to a wide cross section of music fans and could get much bigger before long.

88 Fingers Louie were, of course, the main event and AJ and Holly KMK are massive fans of the band and that flavor of punk rock. Holly danced out every notes, singing along to some of her favourite songs and the guys served up a flawless set. Holly also bagged a selfie with singer, Denis.

#Repost @hollykissmekiller (@get_repost) ・・・ Me and Denis, such an amazing evening supporting 88 Fingers Louie. I felt 15 again when I was listening to the Hopeless Record compilation and 100 proof blew my mind!!! Thank you so much for having us, I'm truly overwhelmed and grateful 🖤 Save travels guys! #KMK #kissmekiller #bands #punkrock #riotgrrrl #bands #gigs #kissmekiller #diypunk #grunge #rock #88fingerslouie #bittertownhounds #girlstothefront #exchange #bristolgigs #punk

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Afterwards, Nat and I did a bit of geeking by quizzing The Bitter-Town Hounds on their flawless wireless systems (Line6 Relay G10) and the glowing, sci-fi Kemper modeling amp that belonged to 88 Fingers’ Dan “Mr. Precision” Wleklinski and which I’d never seen outside dudes showing ‘em off on YouChoob in their front rooms. You just load up your patches and away you go. It’s the future, luddites.

Speaking of bigger stages the next gig on the calendar is London at the New Cross Inn on 20 August. We are going drill the set into our brains, hands and vocal chords. It’s going to be immense.

Filed Under: Gigs Tagged With: 88 fingers louie, bristol, bs1, exchange, gigs, pop punk, punk, punk rock, riot grrl, The Bitter-Town Hounds

88 Fingers Louie: Kiss Me, Killer to support at Exchange, Bristol

30th July 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

The band will be support Chicago punk legends, 88 Fingers Louie at the Exchange on 4 August in what’ll be our biggest gig yet.

Holly and AJ are ecstatic as they’re MASSIVE fans of the band and Hols couldn’t believe it when she received a message direct from the guys themselves asking us to play.

88 Fingers Louie, who took their name from a piano-playing gangster in an old Flintstones episode, rose to prominence in the 90s playing fast pop/skate scene and atfter some early released joined the legendary US punk label Fat Wreck Chords in 1994.

AJ’s killer poster. Everyone loves it.

The gig was put together at pretty short notice as a date in Norwich couldn’t happen and the Exchange, Bristol stepped up to the plate.

Our drummer, AJ, an illustration graduate, once again put together a brilliant gig poster. Check out her website if you need some original artwork.

Also on the bill are powerful punk-metal crossover band, The Bitter-Town Hounds + others.

Check out the event page here.

Filed Under: Band news, Gigs Tagged With: 88 fingers louie, bristol, exchange, fat wreck chords, gigs, KMK, pop punk, punk, punk rock, riot grrl, riot grrrl

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