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Carnival Punks’ anarcho-punk half-dayer hits Chelsea

26th July 2017 By Davidkmk 2 Comments

If you ever hear an uniformed individual utter the perennial moan, ‘the punk scene’s dead’ simply point them in the direction of the next Carnival Punks gig. Craig and the crew rounded up some of the best anarcho-punk around and had them play The Chelsea, Easton for an explosive half-dayer. This is what’s punk’s all about.

It paid to get in early as there was no filler to make up the numbers on this bill with Bristol-based Trees of Rage starting things off, serving-up a varied set of tuneful, conscious punk.

The Chelsea was really starting to fill up when Kiss Me, Killer launched into Snakes, title track to our forthcoming EP release, a ferocious song that might surprise people who haven’t seen us since our first couple of gigs. We’re now feeling tighter than ever and playing The Chelsea always seems like a homecoming. Although we’re desperate to work on a few new song ideas that have been kicking around, the set feels pretty good to play now, really mixing it with straight-up classic punk, proto-metal, touches of heavy psych with b-movie soundtrack derived horror and spy-guitar. Wait till you hear the new stuff, though – it’s going to be a step up again.

Next up were London three-piece, Bug Central, who played a storming set of anarcho-punk before Dorset’s legendary Virus took to the floor with powerfully-delivered songs snarling at political and social issues.

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

Anthrax - there were SIX of them. Legends.
Anthrax – there were SIX of them. Legends.
The big four of anarcho-punk
The big four of anarcho-punk
Anthrax
Anthrax!
Emily Flea with Anarchistwood
Emily Flea with Anarchistwood
Emily Flea with Anarchistwood
Emily Flea with Anarchistwood
Frank Cutter
Anarchistwood
Trumpet
Trumpet
Frank Cutter’s mesmerising
Anarchistwood
Anarchistwood
Anarchistwood
Anarchistwood
Emily Flea
Steve Corr, Gordon Smith
Emily Flea's into it
Emily Flea’s into it
Crowd loved it
Crowd loved it
Can't Cheat Dirty Squatters
Can’t Cheat Dirty Squatters
Idiot Strength
Steve Lake of Zounds with Steve Corr of Idiot Strength.
Totally coveted with lovely Gordon Smith GS2
Totally coveted with lovely Gordon Smith GS2
Zounds’ Steve Lake
Another great anarcho set from Bug Central
Bug Central drums.
Bug Central
Virus’ bassist
Dorset's finest
Dorset’s finest anarcho-punk act.
Virus really ripped the roof off with their pounding set.
Effortless elegance with Hols.
Effortless poise and elegance from Hols.
The pink Gordon Smith’s really become THE weapon of choice.
Telecastin'
Nat holding it down on the Phantom bass…
Making easy look hard...
Making easy look hard…
David steps on a pedal to boost the Gordon Smith GS1
Pizza Tramp tee. This summer's hottest look.
Pizza Tramp tee. This summer’s hottest look.
Holly and David
Holly and David
Cat and Nat
OOOOOH my god.
OOOOOH my god.
It's over there...
It’s over there…
Och aye!
Och aye!
David and AJ.
Intense punk rock stare from Hols
Intense punk rock stare from Hols
Riot grrrl bristol
Cat’s backing vocals really fill out the KMK sound.
Immaculate punk chic, Irish-style.
Massive beatz, splash of colour. That’s AJ.
Punk bass bristol
Nat’ll be gigging soon with his other band, The Sinic Tones. Check ’em out.
Pink Gordon Smith GS1
Pink Gordon Smith GS1
Gordon Smith Guitar GS1
This note’s really hard to play. honest.
Clearly very happy to be drumming’ tonight…
AJ!
AJ!
Holly gets fierce
Holly gets fierce.
Nat with his Phantom Guitarworks bass
Bit of technical difficulties
Bit of technical difficulties with the sound.
Raz from the Trees of Rage
Raz from the Trees of Rage
Trees of Rage got the gig started...
Trees of Rage got the gig started…
Trees of rage
Trees of Rage – loads of stickers

I’d really been looking forward to Zounds’ Steve Lake. I’d only seen Zounds once before live despite The Curse of Zounds easily being in my top 10 albums of all time and definitely in my Top 5 punky albums. 2011 comeback album The Redemption of Zounds is also a big favourite. There’s not too many musicians I catch live where I know every song, every word, so nearly lost my voice screaming along to material like Dirty Squatters and Can’t Cheat Karma – I couldn’t do what our Holly does gig after gig.

We loved #anthrax at #thechelseainn – eviscerating #anarchopunk – can you spot #carnivalpunks @dabble68 ? #punk #punkrock #bs5 #bristol #bristolpunk #anarchy #diy #underground #easton #bristollive

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Despite the mighty Anthrax headlining I’d been most looking forward to seeing anarchistwood, after checking out some of the stuff they have on YouTube. This is a band you have to experience live as it was one of the best punk sets I’d seen in ages (and I see great punk sets all the time) with a mesmerizing performance from Frank Cutter, Emily Flea and the band.

Anthrax – one of the ‘big four’ of anarcho-punk – finished off the evening, taking to the stage as a six-piece with an immense THREE guitar attack. The smashed through some of their classic songs which sent The Chelsea into a massive, singing, dancing party with Carnival Punks’ Craig even spotted doing a bit of crowd surfing.

What a gig.

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Griffstock 2017: The band’s first festival appearance

3rd April 2017 By Davidkmk 5 Comments

Got anything special planned for the August bank holiday weekend? Well, you do now: Griffstock 2017, which will be Kiss Me, Killer’s first ever festival appearance.

The festival runs fro 25-27 August in a field near Stroud, Gloucestshire and will feature a cracking lineup with more bands to be announced soon. Tickets cost just 20 quid too.

The Griffstock 2017 poster

So far Steve Lake (Zounds band), Dub the Earth, Dogshite, Asphalt (Japan), Atterkop band, Public Order Act, Criminal Mind, Chinese Burn, Trees of Rage, Invincible Pigs, Borrowed Time and, of course, Kiss Me, Killer have been announced with more to be added. Carnival Punk’s sound system and DJs will be there throughout so it’s an event not to be missed.

For your ticket, email the address on the flyer above.

Filed Under: Gigs Tagged With: atterkop, bank holiday, carnival punks, dogshite, festivals, gloucestershire, griffstock, griffstock2017, punk, stroud, zounds

Kiss Me, Killer hit The Chelsea, Easton with Carnival Punks

11th February 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

Kiss Me, Killer got off the mark as a gigging machine at The Chelsea Inn on 10 February 2017, supporting the riotous Soviet-styled boogie punks, Chernobyl Boogie.

The gig presented by our friends the Carnival Punks went down a storm with the band and fellow locals Trees of Rage warming up a packed Chelsea crowd for the headliners.

Never shy to promote a bit of inconspicuous consumption we’d knocked up three little bits of merch DIY-style, including DIY stickers by David, pin badges mostly crafted up by David’s young daughters and some hot hand-made patches by AJ the drummer.

We remembered most of the songs, improvising over the glitches like troopers, got a lot of love from the audience and were immediately offered another gig. Result!

Legendary local music ‘tog Meg Manley was there too and snapped some beautiful images. There’s one on this page and you can see more over on her Facebook page.

Not a bad first night’s work…

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KMK to support the MARTYRIALS at The Louisiana, Bristol

KMK to support the MARTYRIALS at The Louisiana, Bristol

29th May 2018 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

The band will be supporting the incendiary MARTYRIALS at Bristol’s iconic Louisiana venue on 17 August. MARTYRIALS is a high energy psychedelic synth-punk outfit pumping out and explosive blend of punk, glam and Rock and Roll. Punk ethics meet space-delay driven psychedelia like if the Ramones had synthesizers or if System of a Down met […]

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AJ drum depping for Drunken Butterfly at Bristol Dream Wife gig

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AJ and Cheri star in new video by The Menstrual Cramps

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Recently we hit the big 600 follower mark on Instagram, the social network for people who can’t be arsed with words and just what an eyeful of pictures and videos. To mark this achievement here are some of our high-rating videos from the last year. Enjoy! Playing our eponymous song, Kiss me, Killer at the […]

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