BIOGRAPHY

The Killerest Expression formed at the end of 1994 originally going by the name The Buggers. A product of boredom and frustration with the music in our local scene at the time and four lifelong friends sharing a love of big, upbeat and high octane music, the immediate aim was to write & play intelligent music that also reflected ourselves. Such an idea easily transformed into an explosive & addictive live show which quickly built our reputation around the midlands and helped us land support slots with the likes of Snuff, 59 Times The Pain, One Car Pile-Up, Southport, Capdown and Vanilla Pod. We played all kinds of venues with a variety of bands in and around the midlands, but found a natural affiliation with punk and alternative scenes which seemed to both share & feed off the energy and attitude of the band. We made our first venture into the recording studio during these times which produced our first demos. Then came 1996 which brought with it the lure of university. Band members moved to different parts of the country and things went on hold for a while……

It was 1999 when things really started to gather pace. Putting the difficult college years behind us, we got ourselves a lock up and rehearsed religiously, usually at least 3 or 4 times a week. We improved greatly as musicians and a mass of new material followed as we settled into a tight unit with a deeper and more melodic sound that was more comfortably us. Again, the aim was to play as many shows as we possibly could, a need that has stayed with us through to the present day. Venturing further afield, we have since played at countless venues across the length and breadth of the country, making many friends and playing with some great bands along the way. Our hard work during this time earned us a top 10 placing in the “Best Unsigned Band” category of Kerrang magazines January 2001 readers poll.

In the summer of 2000 we recorded once more, this time at Framework studios with long time Napalm Death soundman, Paul “Bag” Siddens. We recorded 3 songs which fiercely demonstrated all the hard work we’d put into the music for the last 18 months. Undeterred by the lack of interest/funding of local and national record labels, we decided to release the songs ourselves. It took us a while to save up the money for pressing up the CDs but we eventually managed to release it in March 2001. Almost immediately, great reviews started coming in thick and fast. In April 2001, Kerrang! magazine reviewed the single awarding it “Single of the Week” with 4 K’s above the likes of Feeder and Linkin Park. The single was placed on heavy rotation on Total Rock radio and also received plays on Xfm and even John Peels evening session on Radio 1.

After another few months of playing live shows around the UK our thoughts turned once again to releasing some new material. We had already spoken to several labels about releasing a CD but none of the offers we’d had seemed to feel right. Then we met Mark from In At The Deep End Records who had been introduced to our single through his other venture, the very popular underground music website UKbase. Naturally drawn to Marks passion of music and infectious enthusiasm we agreed to release a mini CD with him through In At The Deep End. It was Easter 2002 when we again entered the recording studio, this time at Pristine Studios in Nottingham with ex Pitchshifter Jonny A Carter and ex Bivouac Paul A Yeadon. 4 days of hard work and a lot of fun produced 6 new songs which once again surprised us just how far we’d come since our last release. These songs would become the core of our mini CD “Four Days That Shook The World” which, at time of writing (June 2002) has just been released. Advance reaction to the CD has been very positive, so we are all looking forward to seeing just how well it does. Again, we will be promoting the release by playing shows up and down the country and will be going on tour with One Car Pile Up in September 2002.

The Killerest Expression consist of Gavin on guitar/vocals, Ben on guitar/vocals, Damion on Bass/vocals and Simon on drums. We are dedicated to pushing the realms of the music we write and as such people have struggled to compare us to any bands in particular. We draw influence from a wide range of bands – Snuff, Weezer, Cable, NOFX, Fugazi, Bad Religion, Seaweed to name but a few. We also find inspiration from all the great “unknown” UK bands we have played with and come across on our travels – Douglas, Southport, Fishtake, Sist, Capdown, Four Letter Word plus many others.

For news, dates and reviews please see our website at www.killerest.com. Record label info at www.inatthedeependrecords.co.uk.