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Vancouver Killing Spree
Rock Canada: British Columbia, Vancouver

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Vancouver Killing Spree puts a new twist on good old punk. A fan put it best when describing VKS’s unique sound: “It’s not punk, it’s not metal, it’s not rock, it’s not roll . . . it sounds like all those things got in a knife fight and punk and roll won.”

The group played their first show at Pub 340 in Vancouver in support of local hard-core punk band Third Lit. Shortly thereafter in the summer of 2009 VKS recorded their first EP at Harbourside Studios with Producer/Engineer “Loud” Chris DeMarcus and was featured as Music BC’s band of the week July 29th - Aug 5, 2009.

The EP was released in October 2009 and the song “Poor Impulse Control” debuted at #10 on the Headphonica chart in Issue #13 of Abort Magazine. Abort’s Publisher/Editor-In-Chief: E.S.Day was quoted in the Best of 2009 edition of “Absolute Underground” citing Vancouver Killing spree as the best new local band of 2009.

Anderson, who writes the band’s lyrics, says “I tend to write very metaphorically, focusing on the words that are inspired by the music. Top priority is the sound the words make in relation to the music and the thoughts it inspires.”

Taking inspiration from real-life events has served Anderson well. “Ball-Peen Hammer” was written “after Jesse busted his junk and had to wear a catheter for two months.” A more sobering incident led to the song “Hollinger,” which is named after the culprit who stabbed Brad’s brother to death in Calgary in 2008 outside a karaoke bar.

Weymer is a Port Hardy native who was described by Abort Magazine as putting out “some of the sweetest bass noise to be heard since Rob Wright strapped on a four string, plugged that f**ker in and kicked it with his boots on”.

The band has since completed a Western Canadian tour, featuring dates in Calgary, Vancouver, Nelson, Victoria and Nanaimo in May of 2010. Since then Shawn Sheers has been introduced to take on percussion for the group and will be introduced live in the coming months.

If you are looking for “A band that can step up and play some goddamn punk-metal” (The Aural Kinetic, 2009) keep an ear to the ground for a show in your town and go pick up the EP “It’s not about murder…” through iTunes, Napster, amazonMP3, etc or nag your local indie record store to stock up.