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LadiesNight at Bristol’s Red Lion Pub raises over £400 for women’s charities

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Kiss Me, killer played their first hometown gig for the year and it was for a couple of great causes.

The ‘LADIES NIGHT’ event presented ‘female-led lineups of badass punk/rave/cheese sounds’ to raise money for charities helping women. The event raised over £408 with proceeds going o Unseen Uk and One25. Unseen UK are based in Bristol and work directly with the survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking. One25 is a compassionate and non-judgemental service to women trapped in or vulnerable to street sex-work, supporting them to break free and build new lives away from violence, poverty and addiction.

Cheri Clouds was on hand with her camera. Check out the images:

Other bands o the bill were the mighty punk-rock-ska outfit Dive, who have returned to the scene after a 15-year hiatus and FFTP a well known local duo who provide anarchic folk.Pumped by the bands people stayed to dance the night away to a top lineup of local DJs.

KMK were on song with a moshing crowd matching other great gigs we’ve played at BS5’s iconic live music pub, with newish song Tear your Heart Out reaching Bristol ears for the first time.

KMK hit Wales with gigs in Newport and Cardiff

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Kiss Me, Killer got 2018 up and running with two explosive gigs across the Severn Bridge, taking in Le Pub, Newport and The Moon, Cardiff, with with Welsh ska punk heroes 6foot7.

The Moon gig on 21 January saw the band play as part of the Welsh capital’s Free for All Festival and shared the bill with Oldham’s The Crashmats. The Moon is a great little venue and although the Sunday evening crowd was small those who’d braved the rain were treated to a blistering night of high-octane punk rock thrills.

The Crashmats played a storming set until their guitarist broke a string on his Les Paul. No matter, I stepped in by offering the pink ‘Barbie’ Gordon Smith GS1 that, when plugging it, sounded twice as loud, clear and potent. Never judge a small powder pink guitar by its looks. That axe is a monster.

The Newport gig on 6 January was the perfect way to put Christmas to bed and as well as ska punk thrills from 6foot7, local band Hippodrome served up some post-punky neo-psychadelia that I found vaguely reminiscent of The Brian Jonestown massacre and which is no bad thing. It was out first outing at Le Pub, which moved from another location a while back, and it a first class place to catch some live music, which great value grub and plenty of nice beers on tap, great sound, and plenty of space.Go see gigs there.

Both gig featured a brand new Kiss Me, Killer song about hypermanic hypersexuality. In typical KMK style it’s mixes it up with post-punk intro, thundering old skool hardcore, the odd psych touch and our first ‘breakdown’.

Thank to Cheri for the fab photos as always. Hope to see you at one of the forthcoming gigs.

Hell Hath No Fury fest to rock Bristol

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As well as singing her lungs out in Kiss Me, killer Holly KMK also puts on gigs under the name Hell Hath No Fury Promo. Hell Hath No Fury have teamed up with Bristol’s legendary Fishlock Promo and are proud present Hell Hath No Fury Fest 2018, a selection of the mightiest UK DIY Punk Bands in one place across the May Bank Holiday weekend, Headlined by the fierce Brassick, Natterers and Bolshy!

Here’s a rundown of what what can expect

Brassick (Friday Headliner)
“Brassick are Nicola, Peter, Jay & George. Formed about 5 years ago and hailing from the West Midlands UK, playing fast angry hardcore punk, they have a fast growing following and a reputation as one of the most exciting bands around.
Ever out spoken but with a tendency not to take them selves seriously, with a true anti fascist, anti capitalist and pro equality message which can be heard through their lyrics and live shows.”
https://www.facebook.com/brassickmusic
https://brassick.bandcamp.com/

Natterers
Natterers

Natterers (Saturday Headliner)
“US west coast ’80s HC punk with a Yorkshire accent”, hitting the Hardcore and UK DIY Scene like a Bat Outta Hell. Recently released their raging EP ‘Toxic Care’ which will melt your face off.
https://www.facebook.com/natterersband/
https://natterers.bandcamp.com/

Liverpool-based punks, Bolshy
Liverpool-based punks, Bolshy

Bolshy (Sunday Headliner)
“Bolshy are a DIY ska-punk band from Liverpool, who combine Klezmer/Dub/Metal/Afrobeat/Calypso. They’ve taken the UK underground scene by storm over the last 5 years, supporting the likes of The Restarts, Prince Fatty and Culture Shock. They’ve brought the sun out at festivals alongside Neville Staples, Inner Terrestrials, Dreadzone & The Beat and performed at a 50,000 strong ‘Save Our NHS’ rally in Whitworth Park, Manchester.”
https://www.facebook.com/bolshyliverpool/
https://bolshy.bandcamp.com/

Nat and Holly rocking out!
Nat and Holly KMK rocking out!

Kiss me, Killer
“Bristol based Anarcho-Riot Grrrl Punk band, with a mixed punk sub-genre sound including classic punk, 80’s Hardcore, garage and psychedelic grooves. Passionately Anti-Fascist, Feminist and LGBTQ+, their shows are dedicated to inclusivity and are not a one trick pony band”
https://www.facebook.com/kissmekillerband/
https://kissmekiller.bandcamp.com/

Drunken Butterfly
Drunken Butterfly

Drunken Butterfly
“Drunken Butterfly Bristol based three piece drawing inspiration from the likes of Kim Gordon, Babes in Toyland, PJ Harvey and Patti Smith. Combining guitar, bass and drums with ukulele and melodica they create a fusion of snarly fuzzy punk rock and acoustic folk.”
https://www.facebook.com/pg/drunkenbutterflyuk
https://drunkenbutterfly.bandcamp.com/


Efa Supertramp
“Efa Supertramp is a punk folk singer from Wales. She has been making a name for herself in the underground scene in the UK with her truthful attitude to life and politics. She sings in both English and her mother-tongue Welsh, a minority language.

Efa is young, energetic and original. Her songs are angry but uplifting. She hates money, power and greed but loves living life as free as she can. She has toured all over the UK and Europe, playing in protests, squats, street corners, living rooms, bars and festivals, and has supported punk legends such as The Damned, TV Smith (The Adverts), Viv Albertine (The Slits) and Attila The Stockbroker.”
https://www.facebook.com/EfaSupertramp/
https://afiach.bandcamp.com/

The Lab Rats
“Folk-Punk duo from Manchester.”
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheLabRatsUK
https://ratlife.bandcamp.com/

Werecats
“Four friends formed a circle at midnight and threw their favourite things in the middle to see what would happen. The smoke cleared, and they sat down to build something new out of what was left. They wrapped melodies round spiky lumps of noise, then weaved round them tales of joy and confusion, laughter and fear, people gone bad and the dead come good. They stacked them in their dear van and brought them blinking in to the sunlight. And so here we are, we offer you our songs played with gusto, and not a little cider. We’ve been in The Pukes, The Murderburgers,The Blankheads and Soon The Darkness. We dance with dogs and pogo with zombies, come join us!”
https://www.facebook.com/werecatsband/
https://werecats.bandcamp.com/

Husbands n Knives
“Husbands N Knives are a four piece riot grrrl punk band from Torbay.

Raw, sleazy, off tune, edgy, political, witchy, PMS fuelled. The band was formed in 2008 and the fire has been raging ever since…”
https://www.facebook.com/pg/husbandsnknives
https://husbandsnknivesmusic.bandcamp.com/

Kiss my Acid
“Kiss My Acid are a loud and snotty, three piece alternative punk band from Ireland. Formed in June 2015, and already having released debut EP entitled “Individuality” followed by thier first full lenght album ‘Fundamentally Ill’, they continue to make a name for themselves among the music industry spreading thier noise with two minute power chord bursts of pure anger, frustration and dark lyrics”
https://www.facebook.com/pg/KissMyAcid
https://kissmyacid15.bandcamp.com/

Killdren
“Killdren are a two-bit rave punk band with no members and a smelly attitude that hail from Tunbridge Wells.
Sitting uneasily between straight-up nihilism and fresh-faced naivety, Killdren pen politically charged slapstick anthems.
They form the ideal soundtrack to the worst generation in history.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Killdren
https://killdren.bandcamp.com/

The Menstrual Cramps
The Menstrual Cramps

The Menstrual Cramps
“Punk, Riot Grrrl band based in London, UK.
Emilia on vocals, Cooper on guitar, Robyn on bass and AJ on drums. We write, record and produce all our material ourselves, taking inspiration from the 90\’s DIY culture of Riot Grrrl.
Our tracks are political, raw, feminist, funny, current and relatable.
We say what we mean and mean what we say.
Our aim is to smash the patriarchy one track at a time!
We are currently putting the final touches to our new album, which will be released in Jan 2018. We also have new music videos coming out over the couple of months, lots of upcoming gigs and an album release launch party in Jan.
LibFemBlog featured us in their Top 5 Kick Ass Feminist Bands, Matchwomen\’s Festival called us the \’British Pussy Riot\’, Overblown named us in their Top 10 Underground Feminist Punk Bands Making A Noise, we recently won Loud Women\’s 2017 Hercury Award and our track Frack Off was then played by John Kennedy on Radio X, on his X-Posure show.
Our debut album We\’re Not Ovaryacting, with tracks such as My Bush Aint Your Business, Cull The Tories, Make Girls Feel Good and Hashtag Sad Penis, has received air time on multiple local and independent radio stations…”
https://www.facebook.com/TheMenstrualCramps

The Fleas
“We’re The Fleas!

The Fleas are all about saying what you gotta say & standing firm in what you believe in.

Anarchist/Socialist/Anti-capitalist/Pro-vegan & Animal Rights.”
https://www.facebook.com/thefleas1/
https://anthraxuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-fleas

Think Pretty - grunge action
Think Pretty – grunge action

Think Pretty
“Cardiff-based two piece that bonded over a love of Queen Adreena more than a decade ago and have been making music together ever since.”
https://www.facebook.com/pg/thinkprettyband
https://thinkpretty.bandcamp.com/

Marytrials
“Ruthlessly creative and creatively ruthless, the Martyrials [marr•tyr•eels] produce an undeniably explosive blend of all killer, no filler Rock and Roll.
Punk ethics meet synthesized psychedelia for a cup of cold green tea with psychobilly blues.”
https://www.facebook.com/MARTYRIALS/
\https://open.spotify.com/album/0W3vM4WSoDCv1u3z898IUy

Salt Bath from Wales
Salt Bath from Wales

Salt Bath
“Kayfabe music. Loud queer bass/drums noise from Newport suburbs.

We like Melvins, The Slits, The Jesus Lizard, GISM, Limp , Petrol Girls, Adam Ant”
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Saltbathband

Vulpynes
“2 Piece Garage Punk Rock” from Dublin, recently signed to Headcheck Records

https://www.facebook.com/vulpynes/

All But Bones
All But Bones

All but Bones
All but Bones explore Eco-Feminism and Anarchism through rich harmonies and Spoken Word https://www.facebook.com/violetandamelia/

Bodyswap
Bristol’s newest Lo-Fi Hardcore Riot Grrrl Punk Band

https://www.facebook.com/bodyswapmusic/

Perkie
“Perkie is a punk singer/songwriter unlike any other out there. Shunning acoustic guitars and overtly lovelorn lyrics in favour of the keyboard and something a little more down to earth, she has endeared herself to music fans all over the UK and beyond.”
https://perkie.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/PerkieMusic

PUSSYLIQUOR
“♥we are PUSSYLIQUOR♥
all girl punk band based in Brighton
pure uncensored female rage
putting the amp in tampon, raising estrogen levels wherever we go♥”
https://www.facebook.com/pxssyliqxor/

GUTTFULL
“Queercore sax punx from Esher.”
https://guttfull.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/guttfull/

Set Times and Days will be announced soon. Suggested Donations £5 per day.