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Kiss Me, Killer return to The Chelsea Inn

18th April 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

Kiss Me, Killer returned the The Chelsea Inn, Easton on Easter Monday as part of a stellar lineup from the length and breadth of the UK hosted by Fishlock Promotions.

The half-dayer kicked off around 5pm with local punk folkers Invincible Pigs serving up a mix of politics and jigs.

We were up second with daylight still pouring through the Chelsea’s windows but fortunately people poured into the bar from outside and we welcomed a large and enthusiastic crowd.

I (David) felt a bit all over the place fluffing solos left right and centre on the early songs but luckily the rest of the band were on point, underpinned by the rock-solid beats of AJ (sporting flaming orange hair and channeling Animal) and Nat’s propulsive basslines. Holly’s crowd interaction gets better and better and you could tell the audience really warmed to her. Cat’s vocals too were sounding perfect and this time her Telecaster was plugged into my big Orange amp giving it a new beefiness – you’d never have guessed she’d flown back from Switzerland that afternoon. Commitment!

Photography from KMK’s set by Cheri:

Kiss Me, Killer stickers
Some Kiss Me, Killer ephemera made it onto the front door of The Chelsea Inn.
Punk drummer bristol
Our flame-haired drummer channels Animal…
Holly Kiss Me, Killer
‘So are we ready then?’ says Hols.
Bad Brains tshirt
… AJ’s ready… nice Bad Brains sshirt too
Narcissistic Tendencies Bristol punk
Narcissistic Tendencies sounds punchy…
Holly works those vocal chords...
Holly works those vocal chords…
AJ the drummer
David KMK
David was all over the shop on the first song… luckily everyone else was solid…
Phantom Guitarworks Vox bass
Winning smile from Nat sporting his attention-grabbing Phantom Guitarworks Vox-style bass.
Irish punk singer
Cat’s backing vocals were really on point and her Telecaster sounded thick as hell through a big Orange OR100
Iconic punk rock pose
Yep, another shot for our eventual rock photography monograph… coming to a a coffee table near you…
psychedelic shirt
You have to see the shirt from the back to really appreciate its lurid glory.
The Dug Out Bristol
Nat’s Dug Out tshirt was cool too.
Phantom Guitarworks Vox bass
Another storming bass moment…
AJ punishes those drums...
AJ punishes those drums…
Gordon Smith GS2 guitar
The Gordon Smith GS2’s really become David’s favourite gigging machine…
Punk portrait
Punk portrait!
Chelsea Inn crowd
Crowd seemed to like it…
AJ!
AJ!

By the last few songs I felt warmed up and the uptempo psychedelia of Snooker really came across, my Gordon Smith GS2 guitar howling away nicely, while From the Inside seemed to posses all the punch it needs. Cat’s always well-recieved song, Och Aye!, meanwhile, was imbued with a fresh level of meaning — I shall say no more.

Our friend Ina kindly held our Zoom digital recorder during the set. Here’s a quick clip of Snooker:

There was a huge amount of love from a varied Chelsea crowd. We befriended a Swiss tourist, a punk fan for 40+ years, who had wisely strayed off the beaten track of Cathedrals and ‘Spenshun Bridges to seek out proper DIY punk rock in the backstreets of BS5. The only disappointment for him was that we didn’t have any Kiss Me, Killer records to sell him (on vinyl!), although I helpfully suggested a few options around Bristol where he could go crate-digging for rare material.

We seemed to get rid of some stickers and bin badges on the merch table and the Chelsea manager Sali purchased one of our tees.

We all stayed to the end to see the rest of the acts including acoustic punk including The Tragically Mystery tour, who offered thoughtful songs on various philosophical and political matters, some storming punk rock from Derry’s Last Avenue, frenetic Yorkshire garage from Nosebleed who used the entire Chelsea to good effect, Edinburgh’s Billy Liar played some acoustic tunes, and raging Scottish pop punks The Murderburgers wrapped things up with a storming set.

Images by David:

Tragical History
Tragical History Tour served up some acoustic punk with a wry Scottish slant…
Lost Avenue
Derry’s lost Lost Avenue tear it up with some pounding punk rock.
Pounding bass action
Pounding bass action…
FX pedals
Pedals. You can never have too many guitar FX pedals.
Brutal Les Paul sounds
Brutal Les Paul sounds…
Lost Avenue
That guitar strap is really effective. Looks kinda like real lightning
Lost Avenue
Lost Avenue really work the power trio format.
Lost Avenue's drummer
Lost Avenue’s drummer pounds the skins.
Searing vocal performance.
Searing vocal performance.
Nosebleed
Nosebleed’s drummers gets ready to rock.
Up close with the crowd.
Up close with the crowd.
Nosebleed band
Some Yorkshire wisdom getting dispensed.
Nosebleed bassist
That bass is really pretty, isn’t it? Not as pretty as Nat’s Phantom but still a fine instrument…
Nosebleed band
The crowd are loving this band.
Quality hair flick...
Quality hair flick…
Unified blazing riffs.
Unified blazing riffs.
Hold yer beers...
Hold yer beers…
Mr Fishlock...
Mr Fishlock…
Billy Liar
Billy Liar’s acoustic punk set…
The Murderburgers get beer’d up and ready to go…
low guitar
How’s he have his guitar so low and still play it. I can’t do that. Safe medium length for me.
Muderburgers_bassist

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