X-Nico

9 unusual facts about Kill Rock Stars


Bratmobile

From their first shows, Bratmobile were considered an exciting and important addition to the fertile early '90s NorthWest scene. From 1991 to 1994 Bratmobile released a classic album, Pottymouth, and an EP, The Real Janelle, on Kill Rock Stars, as well as The Peel Session recording before the intense media scrutiny and inner pressures of the Riot Grrrl movement hastened the band's breakup (on stage) in 1994.

Delta 5

In 2006, Kill Rock Stars released a compilation of early Delta 5 material called Singles & Sessions 1979-1981, capitalizing on the reemerging popularity of post-punk bands like Gang of Four and Wire.

Erase Errata

The group eventually settled on a three-piece lineup, with Hoyston handling both guitar and vocal duties, and joined the Kill Rock Stars roster for the 2006 album Nightlife.

Got No Shadow

The song "Some Jingle Jangle Morning" is a re-recording of the same song which appeared on Mary Lou Lord's debut 7" ep for Kill Rock Stars in 1993.

LiLiPUT

In 2010, Kill Rock Stars released a 24-track CD/DVD set Live Recordings, TV-Clips, and Roadmovie.

Longstocking

After this, Tamala Poljak contributed to the collaborative project called KaraNEEDoke, a set of double 7" singles released on the Kill Rock Stars label with participants Nomy Lamm, Slim Moon, Audrey Marrs, Donna Dresch, Tracy Sawyer, formerly of Heavens to Betsy, and Tamala, with music by The Need.

Portia Sabin

Portia Sabin is president of the independent label Kill Rock Stars and former board member of A2IM.

The Mountains of Mourne

The song was also recorded by Tarkio, an alt-country band led by Colin Meloy later of The Decemberists fame for their self-released EP "Sea Songs for Landlocked Sailors" in 1998, and also included on Omnibus, a collection of Tarkio's recordings released by Kill Rock Stars in 2006.

The PeeChees

The PeeChees released 3 full-length records on the Kill Rock Stars label, and singles on Kill Rock Stars, Lookout! Records, and Subpop, and were on many compilations during the mid-90's.


A Single History: 1991–1997

A Single History: 1991–1997 is a compilation album by Unwound released on Kill Rock Stars.

Cold Cold Hearts

Comprising singer and songwriter Allison Wolfe, guitarist and back-up vocalist Erin Smith, bass player Nattles, and drummer Katherine Brown, the band released one 7" single in 1996, and a full-length self-titled record the following year, both through Olympia, Washington-based label Kill Rock Stars.

Fake Train

Fake Train was the first album released on Kill Rock Stars by the Olympia, Washington based group Unwound.

Marnie Stern

In December 2012, it was announced that her next album entitled "The Chronicles of Marnia" would be released on Kill Rock Stars.

Mordam Records

Some of these labels included Lookout! Records, Frank Kozik's Man's Ruin, Kill Rock Stars, Jade Tree, and most notably Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles Records and Long Gone John's Sympathy for the Record Industry, two labels whose most popular releases were by the Dead Kennedys and The White Stripes, respectively.

Shayde Sartin

He has also performed live and on recordings with multiple bands including Giant Skyflower Band, Citay, The Skygreen Leopards (Jagjaguwar and Soft Abuse Records), Wooden Wand and the Sky High Band (Kill Rock Stars) Flying Canyon (Soft Abuse Records) and with Kelley Stoltz (Sub Pop Records).

The Runners Four

The Runners Four is the seventh album by the band Deerhoof, released on October 11, 2005 by Kill Rock Stars, ATP Recordings and 5 Rue Christine.

The Very Best of Men's Recovery Project

In addition to core band members Sam McPheeters and Neil Burke, the album features appearances from former members Kathleen Hanna (Le Tigre/Kill Rock Stars), bassist Joe Preston (Thrones; also the namesake of one of the album's tracks), and members of The Locust, Rah Bras, The Chinese Stars and Six Finger Satellite.

Women as Lovers

It was released on January 29, 2008, by Kill Rock Stars, and shares its title with the Martin Chalmers translation of Elfriede Jelinek's 1975 novel Die Liebhaberinnen.


see also

One Beat

At the start of August, the band posted the 12 songs as QuickTime streams on the Kill Rock Stars label website.