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Two Year Anniversary Announcement: New singer needed for Kiss Me, Killer

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KISS ME, KILLER: A SPECIAL ANNIVERSAY ANNOUNCMENT
We recently marked our TWO YEAR anniversary as a band. The past 24 months or so have seen us release a self-recorded EP and taken to stages big and small all over the the country. We’ve played alongside musical legends and some of the most explosive, thrilling new punk & alternative bands around. We’ve made many new friends performing to diverse audiences from across the spectrum of punk rock. It’s been a wild ride.

Sadly, for the next phase of the band’s life our founding member and incredible front woman will no longer be singing with us. Holly’s won over many crowds with intense, giving-it-all performances, inspiring others as well as raising awareness of mental health issues. She has always been busy networking on behalf of the band, landing us some incredible gigs that we’ll never forget.

Holly says: ‘My life has taken a different path and juggling that with my mental health has taken its toll.’
Needless to say we understand and support her decision.

However, the band has always been a collaborative blank canvas with all five members making big contributions. Kiss Me, Killer will continue writing new material and will be LOOKING FOR A NEW FRONT WOMXN. We gig regularly & will record a new EP before long.

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Could you sing with Kiss Me, Killer?

So if you have energy, enthusiasm and like sets that veer from twangy 70s porn wah-guitar to bone-crunching hardcore riffage in the space of a couple of minutes get in touch…
Cat, AJ, David, Nat

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.

BIG NEWS: We are playing Rebellion 2018

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Bristol’s Kiss Me, Killer will be making our way to Blackpool this summer for Rebellion 2018 and rocking the festival’s Introducing stage.

The world famous Rebellion has its roots in the Holidays in the Sun festival, which started back in 1996 in Blackpool but saw events all over Europe and beyond. Looking to showcase future punk as well as the classic favourites, 2007 saw the launch of the Rebellion festival. The event now takes in many subgenera of punk rock and m alternative.

The Nuns get covered...
The Nuns get covered at Griffstock 2017, our first festival appearance – now we’re off to Blackpool for Rebellion …

There’s also literary stages, art exhibitions, Acoustic music, poetry, clothing stalls, tattooists much more. Kiss Me, Killer will be taking our bmovie-riot-grrrl-come-hardcore sound to the The New Band Stage, which’ll be a real death in our cap!
The festival runs from Thursday 2nd August 2018 to Sunday 5th August 2018 so make sure you get your tickets and accommodation sorted sooner rather than later.

KMK to play with Italy’s The Smudjas at Exchange, 27 November

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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?

Custard’s Punk bring Think Pretty, Super Secret Club and Salt Bath to Chelsea Inn

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Local Bristol promoters Custards’s Punk (yeah, Custard Spunk) brought a great bill to the Chelsea Inn, Easton, Bristol on 25 August.

First up came the riotous Salt Bath from the South Wales scene that’s spawning some excellent original bands for their first international gig, before Plymouth popunk exponets Super Secret Club tore if up with some swaggering tunes.

Welsh two-piece Think Pretty were up next with some down and dirty grungey rock’n’roll thrills truly impressed. A band I’d love to catch again.

KMK must’ve been away with the fairies as although we powered through our set with all-conquering verve we managed to complete forget to play Snakes, THE tracks from our forthcoming EP. Ah well… The Chelsea let us play it anyway, even though we were a bit past curfew.