My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

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Last Rites Present…
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 
Special Guests: I:Scintilla, Conformco &amp; DJ Greg Corner

Thursday, November 7th
18+

I:Scintilla

Curse Mackey

Hailing from Chicago’s renowned Wax Trax! Records stable of recording artists, MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT have been conjuring up sonic tales of sex, blasphemy and kitschy horror since 1987. Along with label mates such as Front 242, Ministry and KMFDM, TKK (as often abbreviated), helped develop the industrial music genre, but they themselves continued to evolve, creating one of the most diverse repertoires in modern day music. Their sound can be described as electronic rock, heavily influenced by both disco and funk. One of their most distinctive characteristics is the use of spoken-word samples lifted from B-movies laced throughout their songs. Since debuting, they have released 13 studio albums, and their music has been featured in a variety of films, television/cable shows and soundtracks, all the while making a reputation for themselves as one of the most notorious and controversial cult bands of their generation. Artist Franke Nardiello and musician Marston Daley, two Chicago neighbors who enjoyed late night burritos while watching foreign horror movies on VHS rented from the corner store, began conspiring to make a trashy B movie (in the style of Russ Meyer and John Waters) to be called “My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult”. While the film itself never came to fruition, they also wrote some music to be the accompanying soundtrack. Both worked at Wax Trax! Records in Chicago, and when the label heard the tracks, they were intrigued and eager to release it. The duo took the title of the film as the name for their band, and decided to focus on the musical group full time. Taking the stage names Groovie Mann (Nardiello) and Buzz McCoy (Daley), they worked on creating an occult-biker meets disco-rock influence look for the project, which included a bevy of voluptuous back-up singers and dancers known as the Bomb Gang Girlz. The New York Times wrote, “Sex, blasphemy, big beats and go-go dancing; they’re all in a day’s work for My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult ”. This attracted the attention of indie fans and the ire of religious groups in practically equal measure. They released their first album I See Good Spirits And I See Bad Spirits in 1988 followed up by the hard-hitting dance floor classic Kooler Than Jesus the next year. By the time they released their second album, Confessions Of A Knife (1990), they were far and away one of the biggest selling acts on the label. In 1991, the band embarked on the decadent “Sexplosion! Tour”, titled after their third album. Alternative Press reviewed the show as “Sin-sational!”. The tour was a success and the record sold so well that they signed a deal with Interscope Records shortly afterwards, and the single “Sex On Wheelz” became a sizeable radio hit. Hollywood directors also embraced the group, recognizing the unique cinematic aspect of their sound. The band's music has appeared in a slew of films and tv/cable shows including, director Ralph Bakshi’s ‘Cool World”, Paul Verhoven’s saucy “Showgirls”, MTV's "Beavis And Butthead", and the cult film classic “The Crow”, in which the group make a cameo appearance performing their song “After The Flesh”. More recently TKK was written into the story line of the 2014 film “Sexy Evil Genius” starring Seth Green. THRILL KILL KULT continue to release new material via their own SleazeBox Records label (sleazebox.com) and tour extensively with a rotating cast of musicians and dubious characters, however the core of the project has always been Nardiello and Daley, both on record and in the live act. Their performances sizzle with sleaze and infectious grooves, as Melody Maker once described, "A red hot cabaret from Hell". <a href="https://mylifewiththethrillkillkult.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Website</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thrillkillkult/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Facebook</a><a href="https://twitter.com/thrillkillkult" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Twitter</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thrillkillkultx/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Instagram</a><a href="https://soundcloud.com/thrillkillkult" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult SoundCloud</a>

The Chicago-based electronic rock quintet I:Scintilla formed in 2003 and soon after self-released their debut album, The Approach (2004). After a year packed with live performances, I:Scintilla signed to Belgian electro label Alfa-Matrix and released their first EP Havestar (2006) and second full-length album Optics in 2007. Optics peaked at #6 on the Deutsche Alternative Charts Top 10 Albums list. Preceding the album release, I:Scintilla performed at Leipzig’s Wave-Gotik-Treffen in May 2007. The band toured the states extensively through 2008 with darkwave band The Crüxshadows. The following year, I:Scintilla released an EP titled Prey On You, and their third album Dying &amp; Falling (2010). In 2012, I:Scintilla released a pair of EPs: the “Marrow 1” (acoustic) and “Marrow 2”. After a brief hiatus, I:Scintilla began recording their fourth album in the Spring of 2017 at Shirk Studios in Chicago, IL with producer Greg Panciera (Sylvia Massy, Alessandro Cortini of Nine Inch Nails, Dave Bianco). The record, entitled Swayed, will be released September 21, 2018, preceded by the first single ‘Carmena Saturna’. Swayed will be the first album of all-new material since 2010’s Dying and Falling. I:Scintilla’s current lineup consists of vocalist Brittany Bindrim, guitarist Jim Cookas, drummer Vince Grech (Sister Machine Gun, Stromkern), bassist Dean Dunakin, and guitarist Myles Arwine.<a href="http://iscintilla.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">I:Scintilla Web</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/iscintilla" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">I:Scintilla Facebook</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/iscintilla/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">I:Scintilla Instagram</a><a href="https://twitter.com/iscintilla" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">I:Scintilla Twitter</a>

CONFORMCO, not trading on NASDAQ as (CNFCO), is led by the innovative investors of CEO Sean Payne, the venture capitalist behind such industrial corporations as Cyanotic and VampyreAnvil and Chairman Chris Harris who’s firm, PROJECT .44, was acquired by Invisible Records in the early 2000’s; but after an internal insurrection, was eventually returned to its rightful owners after several years of corporate ownership.Board member/collaborates include Jim Marcus (Die Warzau/Go Fight!) and Charles Levi (Thrill Kill Kult/Pigface).CONFORMCO, as an assembly line manufacturer of beats and noise, combines a rightful respectful of the machines that came before it, like the Fairlight CMI, with a modern day nob turn and twist.Their debut product shipped worldwide Oct 19th 2017, quickly gaining worldwide buys at various coastal ports from the South Asian Sea to the Ivory Coasts of the Atlantic.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CONFORMCO" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CONFORMCO Facebook</a>

DJ Greg Corner is the Bass Player for Kill Hannah, Musical Director and Co- Host of JBTV, DJ, 1/3 of Dark Wave Disco, Event Producer/Promoter, Artist Consultant and Musical Enthusiast.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/djgregcorner" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Greg Corner Facebook</a><a href="http://www.greg-corner.com/?fbclid=IwAR2Cm1TGhvHF0vFHpmhLoHCJa-tOM8OXwwtPxUjiPYnoxRJS1hXExrxIrH4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DJ Greg Corner Website</a>

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