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Artist Biography
by Mike DaRonco
Formed in 1986 while founders
Scott Born (vocals/guitar) and
Ron Hayes (guitar) were both still in high school,
Kill Creek took to formation under the post-punk influences of
Rites of Spring,
Embrace, and
Mission of Burma. Accompanied by their own brand of straight power pop in comparison to the likes of
Hüsker Dü and
the Doughboys,
Kill Creek
developed a sound of their own, while processing a number of what they
call "embarrassing basement demos" between 1986 through 1993. In between
contributing a handful of compilations and going through more drummers
than
Spinal Tap, Mammoth Records took notice and hooked them up with a deal in 1994. With the EP
Stretch and their first full-length, entitled
St. Valentine's Garage,
lots of touring across the U.S. resulted for the next year to come in
support of these two releases. After finally settling in with
Patrick Grassy (bass) and
Matt Gilhousen (drums) completing the
Kill Creek lineup, their next album,
Proving Winter Cruel,
came out in 1996. Plans for a fourth album started taking shape in fall
1999; however, this album, tentatively titled Whimsy, was later
scrapped. Some songs did make it on the 2000 release of
Colors of Home. The double-disc set
Will to Strike followed in 2004.
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