Artist description Four Piece Uk Melodic Punk Band from Birmingham England.

Music Style Power/Pop Punk

Musical Influences Snuff, Bad Religion, Seaweed, Fletcher ,Southport, Melodic UK Punk, Weezer,

Similar Artists Early Snuff, Leatherface, Seaweed, Fugazi, Fletcher,

Artist History 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.

Group Members Gavin Twigg -Vocals/Guitar, Ben Kaye -Vocals/Guitars, Sid Downes -Drums, Damion -Bass

Albums "Four Days That Shook The World" - In At The Deep End Records (2002)

Press Reviews What’s that then? Is it the most terrifying face you have ever seen, one that leads to instant death? Or is the band formerly know as The Buggers, ready to reassert their position as one of the UK’s best up and coming punk bands? Quite obviously it is the latter, and ‘Four Days That Shook The World’ is their latest release, an eight track mini album. It comes as little surprise that the band have changed their name, and hopefully, with a more respectable name, more people will sit up and take notice of them. The Killerest Expression play a brand of melodic punk rock, and they play it very well. Having been together on and off since 1994, the band have finely honed their skills and this latest release emphasises that fact perfectly. Opening track ‘Memory Loss’ explodes onto your stereo in a wall of sound. It also has a great opening guitar riff, one of those infectious efforts that stay in your head for days. ‘Sid’s Song’ is another great slice of melodic punk rock, a track that features another big chorus, one of the standout features of the mini album. For me ‘Tears & Blisters’ is the standout song. It really is as good as anything your favourite American punk bands have been producing for the last couple of years. It is infectious, melodic and passionate. What more could you want from a song? ’30 Second Song’ surprised me by actually being over a minute! (Sorry, that was poor!) However, as in most short songs, it is fast paced and catchy, and shows another side to the band. ‘Love Eye’ follows in much the same vein. It’s another fast paced and infectious song, and one that shows no dip in the song writing quality of the band. At this point you actually begin to wonder why the vocals are English and not American. Surely we can’t have produced a melodic punk band with this level of quality. As if to answer this point, ‘Mogadishu’ comes into view and proves beyond any doubt that this is a band to get excited about. The two bonus tracks on the album, ‘Colours’ and ‘Everyday’, are from another recording session, but that matters not one bit. They see the band in fine form again and only serve to enhance the album. ‘Four Days That Shook The World’ is a mini album that commands your attention, and your cash, for a number of reasons. It proves that this country is capable of producing quality punk bands, but most importantly it is simply a very strong release. There isn’t a bad song on it, and there are a couple of excellent tracks. The Killerest Expression are without a doubt one of the UK’s greatest punk rock hopes. If they continue with releases of this quality it won’t just be this country’s music fans they will be impressing…(4/5 -Punktastic.com -August 2002) Following the likes of Douglas and Vanilla Pod into the 'Britpunks-who'd-be-huge-if-they-were-American' catagory comes The Killerest Expression. The youthful quartet's gritty ramalama - think Snuff meets Bad Religion - saw them bag a 'Single Of The Week' award in these very pages last year (with 'Here Comes The Times' under their former monicker The Buggers), and now this debut mini album delivers on all that early promise. Opener 'Memory Loss' positively crackles with melodic malevolence, and by the time 'Everyday' fades out in a howl of bile and feedback you'll be picking your jaw up off the carpet and reaching for 'Play' again. 'Four Days...' might not actually shake your world, but your speakers are certainly in for one hell of a pounding. MARK GRIFFITHS (awarded 4 K's) Kerrang! Magazine - July 2002

Location birmingham, England - United Kingdom

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