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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.

Holly KMK brings Pizza Tramp to The Chelsea, Easton

21st October 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

As well as providing serious vocal power for Kiss Me, Killer Holly’s been putting on gigs as Kiss Me Promotions. She brought Pizza Tramp to The Chelsea, Easton on 20 October and it was mental.

Local heroes Lesser Known Character open proceedings with their take on powerful pop punk before Chris Fishlock’s legendary Pokemon Liberation Army entertained a growing crowd. Welsh outfit Gung-Ho’s brutal grunge punk increased the volume before headliners Pizza Tramp sent the room absolutely chaotic.

The gig featured on of the best punk bill posters I’ve seen in ages, thanks to Kiss Me, Killer drummer and illustrator, AJ. Sound was great too thanks to the involvement of Chris from Carnival Punks.

Pizza Tramp — One of AJ’s eye-poppin’ posters

Keep an eye on Holly’s Kiss Me Promotions page on Facebook for forthcoming gigs. The next one features surf noir exponents The SinicTones, which features Kiss Me, Killer bassist Nat on vocals and guitar.

Carnival Punks’ anarcho-punk half-dayer hits Chelsea

26th July 2017 By Davidkmk 2 Comments

If you ever hear an uniformed individual utter the perennial moan, ‘the punk scene’s dead’ simply point them in the direction of the next Carnival Punks gig. Craig and the crew rounded up some of the best anarcho-punk around and had them play The Chelsea, Easton for an explosive half-dayer. This is what’s punk’s all about.

It paid to get in early as there was no filler to make up the numbers on this bill with Bristol-based Trees of Rage starting things off, serving-up a varied set of tuneful, conscious punk.

The Chelsea was really starting to fill up when Kiss Me, Killer launched into Snakes, title track to our forthcoming EP release, a ferocious song that might surprise people who haven’t seen us since our first couple of gigs. We’re now feeling tighter than ever and playing The Chelsea always seems like a homecoming. Although we’re desperate to work on a few new song ideas that have been kicking around, the set feels pretty good to play now, really mixing it with straight-up classic punk, proto-metal, touches of heavy psych with b-movie soundtrack derived horror and spy-guitar. Wait till you hear the new stuff, though – it’s going to be a step up again.

Next up were London three-piece, Bug Central, who played a storming set of anarcho-punk before Dorset’s legendary Virus took to the floor with powerfully-delivered songs snarling at political and social issues.

Photos of Kiss Me, Killer by Cheri, others by David KMK.

Anthrax - there were SIX of them. Legends. — Anthrax – there were SIX of them. Legends.

Emily Flea's into it — Emily Flea’s into it

Can't Cheat Dirty Squatters — Can’t Cheat Dirty Squatters

Steve Lake of Zounds with Steve Corr of Idiot Strength.

Totally coveted with lovely Gordon Smith GS2

Another great anarcho set from Bug Central

Dorset's finest — Dorset’s finest anarcho-punk act.

Virus really ripped the roof off with their pounding set.

Effortless elegance with Hols. — Effortless poise and elegance from Hols.

The pink Gordon Smith’s really become THE weapon of choice.

Nat holding it down on the Phantom bass…

Making easy look hard... — Making easy look hard…

David steps on a pedal to boost the Gordon Smith GS1

Pizza Tramp tee. This summer's hottest look. — Pizza Tramp tee. This summer’s hottest look.

Riot grrrl bristol — Cat’s backing vocals really fill out the KMK sound.

Massive beatz, splash of colour. That’s AJ.

Punk bass bristol — Nat’ll be gigging soon with his other band, The Sinic Tones. Check ’em out.

Gordon Smith Guitar GS1 — This note’s really hard to play. honest.

Clearly very happy to be drumming’ tonight…

Bit of technical difficulties with the sound.

Trees of Rage got the gig started... — Trees of Rage got the gig started…

Trees of rage — Trees of Rage – loads of stickers

I’d really been looking forward to Zounds’ Steve Lake. I’d only seen Zounds once before live despite The Curse of Zounds easily being in my top 10 albums of all time and definitely in my Top 5 punky albums. 2011 comeback album The Redemption of Zounds is also a big favourite. There’s not too many musicians I catch live where I know every song, every word, so nearly lost my voice screaming along to material like Dirty Squatters and Can’t Cheat Karma – I couldn’t do what our Holly does gig after gig.

We loved #anthrax at #thechelseainn – eviscerating #anarchopunk – can you spot #carnivalpunks @dabble68 ? #punk #punkrock #bs5 #bristol #bristolpunk #anarchy #diy #underground #easton #bristollive

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Despite the mighty Anthrax headlining I’d been most looking forward to seeing anarchistwood, after checking out some of the stuff they have on YouTube. This is a band you have to experience live as it was one of the best punk sets I’d seen in ages (and I see great punk sets all the time) with a mesmerizing performance from Frank Cutter, Emily Flea and the band.

Anthrax – one of the ‘big four’ of anarcho-punk – finished off the evening, taking to the stage as a six-piece with an immense THREE guitar attack. The smashed through some of their classic songs which sent The Chelsea into a massive, singing, dancing party with Carnival Punks’ Craig even spotted doing a bit of crowd surfing.

What a gig.

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…

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.

AJ punishes those drums... — AJ punishes those drums…

Gordon Smith GS2 guitar — The Gordon Smith GS2’s really become David’s favourite gigging machine…

Chelsea Inn crowd — Crowd seemed to like it…

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 Tour served up some acoustic punk with a wry Scottish slant…

Derry’s lost Lost Avenue tear it up with some pounding punk rock.

Pedals. You can never have too many guitar FX pedals.

Lost Avenue's drummer — Lost Avenue’s drummer pounds the skins.

Nosebleed’s drummers gets ready to rock.

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…

Quality hair flick... — Quality hair flick…

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.

See us at Fishlock Promotions’ Punk half dayer

30th March 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

Kiss Me, Killer will be playing Fishlock Promotions’s punk rock Easter Monday (17 April) half-dayer the The Chelsea Inn, Easton, Bristol. We love the Chelsea and it saw us perform for the first time in public back in February.