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KillGordon started as most young and notable bands do, with the desire, talent and will to make music that transcends time and space and also to give live performances that are immediate and exuberant affairs. Whether they're blowing out MC-5 level super-sonic jams in the High Museum of Art or tossing guitars on-stage at Lenny's in their hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, one thing is for certain, KillGordon will arrest your attension and arouse your curiosity. In early 2005, tracking lo-fi garage-style songs outside his mom's kitchen, Kyle Gordon crafted what would later be dubbed the Early EP. While rougher in nature than the subsequent You Need This EP and the later Self-Titled first album, the songs and the recordings exhibited a certain style and rock and roll swagger that seemed to lend itself to a live touring band.

In the time that Kyle began looking for people to play in a band, bassist Cyrus Shahmir was himself eager to perform live songs and record music. Both Kyle and Cyrus met through a friend at a local Atlanta recording studio and the incarnation of KillGordon that is today took shape. With the addition of drummer, Daniel Brett, the band really solidified as a music whole capable of creating mesmerizing live performances akin to the frothing punk aesthetic of the early Who and as a band adept at producing quality studio recordings that loosely blend the etherial whisper of T-Rex, the straight rocking of the early Stones and tonal tapestries of My Bloody Valentine.

The band's first full-length, self-titled record is slated to be released in Jan '07. In the one and a half year's time, they have been on the cover of South East Performer Magazine, played a 3000 capacity concert at the High Museum of Art, themselves produced two eps and a full-length album, booked extensively outside of Atlanta, been asked to perform as part of an ASCAP music showcase, and been broadcast live on college radio. Listen for them on your local college stations, and keep an eye open for them in your local papers. They plan to be on the road here and abroad promoting and further expanding their widening audience.

CDs are available in Atlanta, GA at Criminal Records, Decatur CD and Wax'n'Facts. Our Album will be available on CDBaby.com in the very near future...

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***"The result is a cohesive, dirty and sometimes mellow collection of rock-and-roll tunes that will serve as a better introduction for Kill Gordon than the two EPs the band previously released."--Flagpole Magazine

***"Atlantas KILL GORDON get props for playing to 50 people at The Basement Friday night like they were playing to 500. They barked and twitched through their frantic, loose-limbed squalor, keeping the whole shebang artfully on the verge of total disarray, even as the crowd moved in and outside for smokes and quiet."--Nashville Scene, Spin

***"In the Wieland Pavilion lobby, I heard the rock bands Kill Gordon and Sovus Radio. I couldnt get a sense of them, though, because they were too loud."--Interviewee at The High Museum Sound Installation performance

***"KillGordon's music will likely stand the test of time, years after everyone has forgotten about the online dating service craze of the mid-00's. In the end, it is simply talent, ability, and passion that drive a band like KillGordon, and none of these qualities are available for download."--SE Performer Magazine

***"What kind of band gets kicked out of their own first show (headlining Saturday night at the Ten High, no less)? A band like Kill Gordon. Im of the opinion that a rock band (or any artist of interest for that matter) should court disaster and dance on the boundary between controlled chaos and chaos."--KissAtlanta.com

FROM THE NET
*** www.mog.com/bop_apocalypse

*** http://www.kissatlanta.com/blog/?m=200504

*** http://www.kissatlanta.com/blog/?m=200601

*** http://deadjournalist.com/interviews/20060816killgordon.htm

*** http://flagpole.com/Music/Features/2007-01-10