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2018: The year of punk rock

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Kiss Me, Killer enjoyed an eventual year in 2017 and we’re looking to up the ante in 2018 with a bunch of gigs already on the calendar and plans to record a debut album.

One thing we’ve simply not had time for as we prepped our Beware! EP release is writing new songs but a brand new one will make its debut at our first gig of 2018 at Le, Pub Newport. Here’s what we’ve lined up so far:

KMK Dates for your diaries!
6th January – The Christmas Hangover featuring/6foot7/KissMeKiller/Hippodrone at Le Pub, Newport
10th March -Custard’s Punk present Honey / Gung Ho / Kiss Me Killer / Stay Voiceless at The Moon Cardiff
31st March – Fishstock 2018 at Exchange, Bristol
28th April – Punk At The Star with Rage DC, The SLM, Tio Rico, Kiss Me Killer, Southampton
26th May – Bristol TBA
7th July – The Unholy Messtival II: A Messnado!, The Victoria Bikers Pub, Leicester
22nd September – SHP Presents – SiCKPiG, Kiss Me, Killer, Lockersludge & More at The Junction, Plymouth
More dates to be added very soon.

If you would like to book us please contact us via this page.

If you’ve just stumbled up this site from outta nowhere and are curious as to what KMK are about then please check out our Debut EP ‘Beware!’… The reviews are in…

“On It’s Going Down, the band up the tempo, volume and anger with some Fugazi like rhythms mixed with some good old UK anarcho-punk lyrics. The delivery is right on the money as the band urge “civil unrest for the ones less blessed” – it’s an excellent track that is both raw and accessible at the same time.” – PunkOnline https://punkonline.co.uk/kiss-me-killer-beware-ep-review/

Available across a major streaming platforms including Spotify, iTunes, Google play and Amazon. Physical copies, downloads and merch are also available to purchase via our website and Bandcamp.

Beware! EP available on on major channels

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The dust has settled on our EP Launch Party and now our first release is available on all major channels.

The 5-track physical CD copy includes live-favourite bonus track, Och Aye!, which is currently not available elsewhere.

Kiss Me, Killer debut DIY release in CD format. The ultimate Christmas prezzie for all your friends and family.
Kiss Me, Killer debut DIY release in CD format. The ultimate Christmas prezzie for all your friends and family.

The four-track version can be found on all major digital online music stores including: Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube, Microsoft Groove, ClaroMusica, Saavn, MediaNet. Holly has also set up a Kiss Me, Killer bandcamp page.

So however you like to access your music you can now find our incendiary DIY punk.

The CD version makes the perfect sticking filler for anyone that needs more punk rock in their life. This is available exclusively from our merch shop.

The online distributions was done pretty painlessly using the DistroKid service. We can recommend this to other DIY bands who want to get there music out there with the minimum of fuss or expense. If you follow this link you can get a 7% discount on your first year of Distrokid membership.

Urgent Appeal: Disorder family member needs help with immigration fees

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We announce an urgent appeal to pay for much needed immigration fees.
Taf is singer and bassist in Bristol’s Disorder punk band. He’s an old punk and for years hes been doing benefits to raise money and awareness for political prisoners and refugees. Now its time to help him.
He got married to his wife in Bristol and she was living here since 2004 with various temporary visas.In 2014 her visa renewal application was refused and subsequently in 2015 she was required to leave and penalized for over staying. Bristol is her home, she lived here for over 12 years and all her friends and belongings are still here. She was forced to pack up and leave . She was not allowed to apply to a visa for over a year.

Disorder Taf Bristol
Disorder Taf Bristol

She is currently living in her home country in a very difficult situation without a job, income or her husband. She applied for a visa this year but this was refused under because they were lacking in documentation about their income. So they couldn’t prove they were in the threshold of enough money.
She’s not able to work in her home country and Taf is struggling to come up with the massive cost of the application because he’s already had to pay more than 2500 pound in the past couple of months for the first application.
Please help in any way you can. Even £1 can make a difference. This is an injustice so please help them be reunited.
What will the money be spent on?
640-nhs services fees, 1400-application, 750-lawyer, 200 accountant
To help, please follow this link to gogetfunding.com.

LaDIYfest 2017 takes over Bristol’s Southbank Club

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Kiss Me, Killer were among a varied, ass-kicking lineup of bands at this year’s LaDIYFest, which took place at the Southville Club, Bristol.

LaDIYfest, if you didn’t already know, is a non-profit, DIY collective, celebrating the achievements of self-defining women and people of oppressed genders through a festival of music, arts and skill sharing. There’s an international movement of such festivals, stretching back to the first Ladyfest in Olympia, Washington in 2000.

During the daytime attendees could enjoy workshop on a range of themes or browse stalls from a wide range of activist groups and artists. Kiss Me, Killer’s Cat had been on hand all day among the volunteers and our drummer AJ produced the funky poster.

In the evening the festival moved from workshops to live music. The organisers had hired in a great PA and Kiss Me, Killer sorted cabs and amps for bands that needed to travel light.

First band on were local Bristol guitar’n’drums band Spunking Octochoke who served up a varied, manic set of songs that calumniated in the audience chanting along to signature tune, Power pussy!, which I now sing every time my cat wanders into the room. Anyway, the band really warmed up the crowd and got them ready for what was to come.

Next up, and many people’s ‘find’ of the night, was Dispute Settlement Mechanism who’d come all the way from Leamington Spa. The bass, drums and vox lineup served up pounding, primal beats, distorted basslines and searing vocals with lyrics exploring political themes. They really went down a storm.

We took to the stage next, our first live performance for over a month, but we were in pretty good shape, powering through all the songs on our forthcoming EP and more besides. Cheri, our photographer and merch grrrl extraordinaire, managed to capture some incredible shots, including some of Nat and Holly getting up close with the crowd – definitely one for the Kiss Me, Killer coffee table book.

Members of Drunken Butterfly were instrumental in creating LaDIYfest 2017 and took to the Southville Club stage with their folk-punk mix.There were furious bits, then softer bits, then more furious bits. A great, great set.

London band Screaming Toenail had to pull out due to ill health but, no matter, as Young Adventurers proved a brilliant headline act. If you thought Devon was all about taking your Nan for a cream tea, think again – Exeter is clearly a hotbed of incendiary new rock bands. The band met at an event called School of Frock, which encouraged women to pick up instruments and form bands. That was three years ago and the Young Adventurers are now a brilliant live act combining riotous rock with brilliant melodies. Singer/guitarist Catherine sported a beautiful Gordon Smith GS1.

With one band pulling out there was even time for an impromptu disco at the end. A great gig!