Biography
Electropunk
When Kill City, electro-rock noise mongers, burst onto the music scene in 2002 on Alan McGee’s Poptones label, few would have thought it would take a full two years before they made their major breakthrough. And with the July 2004 release of their third 45 ‘ Bruce Lee’ that was precisely what Kill City were poised to do. Toning down their natural electronic punk leanings to three minutes of pitch-perfect pop, ‘Bruce Lee’ is set to Kung-fu kick it’s way into the collective consciousness. Enter the dragons indeed....
Formed around the nucleus of Lisa Moorish (vocals) and Pete Jones (guitar), the original five-piece Kill City were releasing debut ep ‘New York’ and touring with The Libertines within a mere three months of forming. Live favourite ‘Strychnine’ was released in the summer to critical acclaim but it wouldn’t be until some six months later, at the start of 2004 that the definitive, essential Kill City would be re-born at their spiritual home The Notting Hill Arts Club. For the first time London’s hop young cognoscenti would witness Kill City as they were truly intended: rocking like bastards to an electronic back-beat. Already a favourite of 6Music’s Steve Lamacq, Radio 1’s Zane Lowe and numerous XFM jocks, Kill City took their televisual bow in May with a blistering performance of the Andrew Innes (Primal Scream) remixed ‘White Boy, Brown Girl’ on E4 ‘s ‘What Sadie Did Next’. Kill City have been picking up fans such as the Libertines with their latest track ‘Hooligans On E’, a gem of electronic punk written by Pete Doherty. The current Kill City line up includes Nash on bass, the coolest girl bass player since Kim Gordon, and Tom on rhythm guitar.
Hear what all the fuss is about before they move on to bigger things.