Artist description Emo-core. Heck, I don't know what to call it. Imagine powerful, emotional singing, with power, style and energy and not a little bit of rightous, pissed off anger. Soft spots, hard spots and a knack for writing songs that flow. At least that was what we were trying to do.

Music Style Emo Rock Punk Hardcore

Musical Influences Tool, The VSS, Korn, Tori Amos, Machine Head, Boy Sets Fire, Samiam,

Similar Artists Boy Sets Fire, Prong, Filter, Samiam, Deftones, Salt, Snapcase

Artist History Aaron and Mike started Kingfisher in 1995 in Mike's basement. There were a few shows with Mike singing and Darrell Hyde, of Boy Sets Fire, on bass and a demo cut with just the three of us. After a while Darrell couldn't afford the time so we stopped playing out, as it was just the two of us. About 4 months later, Pat joined and we found Robb to play bass. When Pat joined the whole sound changed, from Hardcore/Metal to a more Emo/Punk sound, more emphasis on writing songs with a flow, that tell a story. Pat doesn't write lyrics, he writes a story, and we changed the music to complete the pictures he's singing about. We played several shows in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio as a four-piece through 1996 and 1997 and then recorded "Theme Music for a Riot". In the spring of 1997, Matt joined and we moved practice from Maryland to Pennsylvania, played a few more shows and then, at the end of 1998, we split up. Mike moved to Oregon and 2 years later so did Pat. Right now, Pat and Mike are mulling over starting Kingfisher up again in Portland, Oregon. We'll see what happens next...

Group Members Aaron Karmes - Drums;Mike Gilligan - Guitars;Pat Macbride - Vocals;Robb Laws - Bass;Matt Lavanish - Guitars;

Instruments Voice, Guitar, Bass and Drums

Albums Theme Music for a Riot

Location Newark, DE - USA

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