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.
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.
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LaDIYfest 2017 takes over Bristol’s Southbank Club
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 trans feminism and other 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!
Kiss Me, Killer interviewed on Chips and Beans Podcast
Holly, AJ and David hit the home studio of Bridget and Cassie to record Kiss Me, Killer’s first ever taped interview.
The new podcast is titled Chips and Beans: A Punk Rock Podcast with Cassie and Bridget and the first episode took on power structures and hierarchies in DIY punk scenes – from sexual assault, to individual power, to promoters and sound engineers.
Bridget is a poet who played base in Bristol punk outfit, Viva Zapata! and recently formed acoustic folk-punk duo, Violet Scott & Amelia Bones, who will be playing our EP Launch Party on 10 November at The Chelsea Inn. In fact, we think it’s their first gig.
Cassie fronts in the might riot grrrl band Fight, Rosa, Fight! who have played right across the UK and also plays in Worst Witch. She also writes for UK online music magazine, Louder Than War.
The second half of the podcast feature Kiss Me, Killer talking about about their debut EP and discussing their experience on the punk scene. Drummer AJ gave an assured, competent media-savvy performance and Holly provided insight into her creative processes. David piped up with some tortuous analogy about radar dishes. All in all though it went well and I hope you enjoy listening it.
As a special treat there’s a nearly-final version of our song Snakes, which will feature on the EP.
Punk superstars of Instagram
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 Chelsea, Easton.
David plays the solo from our song, Snakes! in the ‘home studio’.
Rehearsing From the Inside at Room4 Studios, Bristol
The middle section of Kiss Me, Killer with psychedelic visuals..
Soledad Miranda dances to the song, Snooker!
Holly lays down some vocals in the studio…
Cheri captures us playing Kiss Me, Killer at The Red Lion Pub, Bristol
Want to see more? Follow us on Instagram…
KMK to play with Italy’s The Smudjas at Exchange, 27 November
Kiss Me, Killer are thrilled to be back at the Exchange, Bristol on 27 November where we’ll be playing with mighty Italian riot punks, The Smudjas, hosted by Invisible Llama.
It’s a Monday nighter but what better why to liven up a drab Autumn weekday evening than coming to see Kiss Me, Killer? Come on, who cares about school nights?