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Hell Hath No Fury fest to rock Bristol

16th January 2018 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

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 (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/

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 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
“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
“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 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.

2018: The year of punk rock

5th January 2018 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

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

7th December 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

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.

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.

KMK at Manchester Anarchist Bookfair: The biggest trip yet

5th December 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

After tearing it up on the Bristol music scene for the best part of the year, Kiss Me, Killer have been filling up our calendar with more out of town gig to spread the music far and wide. Saturday saw us make our biggest trip yet after we were invited to play the afterparty at Manchester Anarchist Book Fair.

With busy civilian lives to attend to we decided we could be there and back the same day so set out in two vehicles, Nat’s head-turning vintage Ford and David’s beat-up old VW van. The M5 and M6 traffic was kind enough and we were making good time until Nat – who was taking AJ, Cat and Cheri – hit a snag: With three passengers and AJ’s heavy drum hardware the low-slung souped-up classic car was struggling, with types occasionally rubbing the rear arches. No matter, me and Holly soon caught up at the next available service station (after sorting out a wrong turn) and were able to lighten the load.

Kiss Me, Killer setting at at Manchester's Partisan space, which hosted the Anarchist Bookfair — Kiss Me, Killer setting at at Manchester’s Partisan space, which hosted the Anarchist Bookfair

The band arrived at Manchester’s Partisan space, which is in the shadow of Manchester Arena, just in time for soundcheck. Partisan describes itself as a ‘space for independent, community led, DIY and cultural based projects’. A co-operative, it is democratically owned and managed by the people who work in and use the space and hosts cultural events, meetings, exhibitions, film screenings, book launches, parties, gigs, etc. Partisan’s basement area is a large, cavernous space and the perfect setting for some incendiary DIY punk. The line up Ian of the Manchester Anarchist Bookfair had put together was stellar with bands like Epic Problem, Crywank and Bolshy on the bill.

The incredible Bolshy, a punk/dub/ska outfit from Liverpool

Kiss Me, Killer was the first band on and it felt good to bring our sounds to a completely fresh audience. People seem to like us down Bristol way but would would the North make of us? We powered into Snakes In the Grass, which is on our recently-released EP, and were powering along before, ping, I broke a D-string on my Gordon Smith GS1. Scrambling off stage on search of my guitar case I soon realised I didn’t have any spares. A helpful chap from another band, Epic Problem, emerged from out of the darkness brandishing, like Excalibur, a lovely Gordon Smith GS2, which he Kindly let me for the rest of our set. I didn’t have time to adjust the strap shorter so looked slightly cooler than usual.

Rat Race came over nicely with is pounding sludge riff with poppier moment and touches of psychedelia and as yet unrelated Snooker! sounded good in the bright, resonant Partisan basement. The first band on always has a cooler crowd but there was a decent audience and we weren’t cleaning the room.

Cheri taking pictures with her new Canon camera — Cheri taking pictures with her new DSLR camera

Cat took to the mic next and launched into live favourite, Och Aye!, which is currently only available on the CD released on the EP, and by now were really hitting ’em with some blazing DIY punk, Bristol-style.

A lot of people say From The Inside is their fave track on the EP, and it’s relentless palm-muted riffage took the set into a heavier direction with Holly’s vocals becoming more hardcore, AJ hiting the skins with even more power and purpose and Nat’s Phantom bass really pumping. Nat now has a fancy wireless set up so he could leap off the stage and mingle with the punters. Nice!

Time was moving on so we steamrollered into Kiss Me, Killer and, to my mind, it was the best we’ve ever played into live and in the slightly echoey Partisan space the gothic hammer horror and psychobilly elements of the song we given an extra dimension. We finished with a pretty powerful rendition of It’s Going Down and that was our lot. We sold a copy of the EP and received loads of good feedback from a receptive punk rock crowd.

Derbyshire punks Epic Problem played a storming set. Notice yet another Gordon Smith guitar – this time a GS1.5. Cool!

Despite the long trip back to Bristol we wanted to stick around to hear as much of the other bands as possible. Every band impressed but for me there were a couple of stand outs. Bolshy really mixed it up with a festival vibe combined ska Punk, ska, dub, and even jazzy lines. Me and Holly also digged Epic Problem, the Leatherface-y elements in their sound really appealed.

We returned to Bristol exhausted in the early hours of the morning. But it felt good to have hit the road. The next out of town show will be Stourbridge. That’ll be a gentle pootle compared to Manchester…

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

21st October 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

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?