KILLDREN ARE A TWO-BIT RAVE-PUNK BAND
semi-officially the most hated/crap/controversial band in the UK
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Sitting uneasily between straight-up nihilism and fresh-faced naivety,
Killdren pen politically charged slapstick rave punk anthems.
They form the ideal soundtrack to the worst generation in history.
'Killdren presents' gig night in London
We're running another one of our 'Killdren presents...' gig nights in London on Saturday 10 June
with the amazing Pavlov's House, Music in Our Underpants, Oliotronix – and us (soz).
Limited capacity at the venue, advance tickets advised.
Early bird tickets have gone, £8 standard available here:
bit.ly/kdspring23
If you prefer a reminder from Faceberk, you can join the event here.
Make Rave Punk Again t-shirts
We have a new t-shirt design – we like our raves punk, and we love punk to be rave
Order yours here
New song – Can't Pay Won't Pay
We rushed a version of this new song to align with support for the Don't Pay campaign currently taking hold in the UK that encourages people to take part in non-payment of their energy bills.
This is to counter the ransacking and profiteering from the energy companies – who are simulaneously reporting their largest ever profits while raising energy prices astronomically for the consumer. It's putting people's livelihoods and even lives on the line, especially as we approach winter and we are experiencing Tory-bandit Austerity 2.0 aka the 'cost of living living crisis'.
There is plenty of info and resources about how to take part on the DontPay.UK website!
New tees on our Bandcamp merch page
We got some new prints of the Killdren face/icon done - with some ladies-cut t-shirts and some lairy green and pink colours too, in addition to the usual unisex tees and blaaaack. We also reduced the price of our fabulous Eat the Rich design too, now that we've paid off the illustration.
New DJ MIXES are up on Mixcloud
The third and fourth editions of our mix series are online - our usual mixed bag of tunes drawn from the well of inspiration for our own music, plus some bangers and just-plain-weird stuff we're into.
We also did a special Disunited Kingdom mix for 'er Madge's near-death-experience aka the Jubilee.
Benefit single: Escape from Plague Island
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It’s out NOW and all proceeds go towards a prisoner support fund for people being fitted up by the state for their part in the Bristol Kill the Bill protests.
Head over to our Bandcamp page to listen but ideally chuck in some money towards the benefit!
Latest LP: Dismembers of Parliament
We are very proud of our third release –
an 8 track album recorded during the lockdown period.
It's available from Bandcamp and via all major outlets.
Come and check out one of our live shows...
KILLDREN GIG LIST |
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| 07/10/23 | London gig - details TBA |
| 28/09-01/10/23 | Something Else End of Season Party 2023 - tickets |
| 09-13/08/23 | Boomtown Fair 2023 - info |
| 29/07/23 | Wonkfest 2023 - The Dome, London - tickets |
| 10/06/23 | Killdren presents... gig night at New River Studios - details or tickets |
| 07/04/23 | Manchester Punk Festival - tickets |
| 04/03/23 | Punk at Peggy's Music Bar, Southend-on-Sea - details |
| 14/01/23 | Benefit for community self-defence collective, Queen's Head, Brixton - details |
| 17/10/22 | Killdren presents... a midwinter mashup with T-Bitch (and more) - details or tickets |
| 05/11/22 | No Future is Now festival in Krakow, Poland - details |
| 17/09/22 | Secret afterparty of a certain Bookfair |
| 15/09/22 | Venue MOT, London |
| 03/09/22 | LOUD WOMEN Fest 2022 at Amersham Arms, London - details |
| 28/08/22 | Squatters Tights venue at Shambala Festival, UK |
| 5-7/08/22 | Slovakia Teknival |
| 04/08/22 | Koncerty na garážach in Bratislava, Slovakia - details |
| 30/07/22 | Fluff Festival, Czech Republic - details |
| 27/07/22 | OCCII, Amsterdam - details |
| 16/07/22 | New Cross Inn, London |
| 18/06/22 | Toxic Wotsit presents, Hastings - details |
| 26-29/05/22 | Bearded Theory festival, UK |
| 09/05/22 | Private party, Bolton |
| 08/04/22 | 1-in-12 Club, Bradford |
| 26/03/22 | Fishlock Promotions at The Exchange, Bristol - details |
| 05/03/22 | Acoustic set(!) at 'Killdren presents..' – New River Studios, London - details and tickets |
| 24/02/22 | Off the Cuff, south London - details |
| 19/02/22 | Elephant & Castle pub in Ramsgate - details |
| POSTPONED | |
| 10/12/21 | New Cross Inn, south London - details |
| 20/10/21 | Poco Loco, Chatham - details |
| 09/10/21 | Till The Wheels Fest, Matchstick Piehouse, London - details |
| 08/10/21 | Secret London free party - try messaging us |
| 24/09/21 | Wotsit Called Fest, The Pig, Hastings - details |
| 14/08/21 | Secret event, Leipzig |
| 12/08/21 | Underdogs Venue, Prague - details |
| 2020: WHAT WAS ALL THAT ABOUT HEY?! | |
| 26-27/09/20 | |
| 19/09/20 | |
| 12-16/08/20 | |
| 24-28/06/20 | |
| 04/04/20 | Disco Maximus, Gothenburg, Sweden - details |
| 02/04/20 | Smålands, Lund, Sweden - details |
| 01/04/20 | Konsum, Uddebo, Sweden - details soon |
| 31/03/20 | Kulturhuset, Jönköping, Sweden - details soon |
| 30/03/20 | Kulturhuset Magasinet, Nyköping, Sweden - details soon |
| 28/03/20 | Blitz in Oslo, Norway - details soon |
| 20/03/20 | |
| 12-15/03/20 | Bang Face Weekender in Southport - details ...YEAH - AT LEAST WE GOT THIS ONE IN! |
| 07/03/20 | Red Lion pub in Bristol – details |
| 06/03/20 | KAFC in Liege, Belgium |
| 08/02/20 | Loud Women half-dayer at Hope & Anchor, Islington - details |
| 28/12/19 | Gig at Conway's Basement in Dundee - details |
| 21/12/19 | Midwinter solstice special with Bad Fractals, Deadwood, UKAEA at New River Studios – details |
| 16/11/19 | Killdren and GlitchGirl – Undertone, Cardiff - details |
| 15/11/19 | Killdren presents Petrol Bastard and Glitchgirl – Amersham Arms, New Cross - details |
| 03/10/19 | Vice Party at The Amersham Arms, New Cross - details |
| 26/09/19 | Warm up party for Wotsit Called Fest 2019 - Whistle Trago, Hastings, info here |
| 21/09/19 | Free party – London area |
| 14/09/19 | SLAP Night at Worcester Music Festival – details here |
| 31/08/19 | A Place of Our Own – DIY venue fundraiser at Grow Tottenham - details here |
| 24/08/19 | Cider Festival at the Elephant & Castle pub, Ramsgate - details here |
| 9-11/08/19 | Boomtown Fair - Busker's Wharf stage |
| 13/07/19 | Feel Festival in Bergheider See, DE – some details here |
| 12/07/19 | Trash -o- Lade festival at Kulturhaus Kili, Berlin – details here |
| 11/07/19 | 'Killdren Unplugged' acoustic set at Fischladen in Berlin – Rigaerstr. 83 |
| 06/07/19 | Bristol Skum Collective @ St Pauls Carnival, Bristol |
| 05/07/19 | Neuadd Ogwen in Bethesda, Wales |
| 26-30/06/19 | Glastonbury Festival ??? (yes, we went and fucking played it anyway + KTS 3 times!!!) |
| 22/06/19 | Tiny TAA – arts festival, secret London location |
| 14-16/06/19 | Sistafest III in Oxfordshire - details here |
| 13/06/19 | Killdren presents Mr Marcaille + Harmergeddon at New River Studios, London - details |
| 10/05/19 | Gig at Fox & Firkin, Lewisham, London – more details soon |
| 04/05/19 | The 1 in 12 Club, Bradford – details here |
| 03/05/19 | Hatch in Sheffield – details here |
| 02/05/19 | 0161 Festival in Manchester - details here and here |
| 21/04/19 | Easter Sunday Anarcho Rave at The Lion, Bristol – details here |
| 20/04/19 | The Cavern, Exeter – details here |
| European BrexShit tour – 15 March to 7 April 2019 | |
| 06/04/19 | KAFC, Liege BE |
| 05/04/19 | L’Emulsion, Marche-en-Famenne BE |
| 02/04/19 | Mandril Cultural and Political Centre, Maastricht NL |
| 30/03/19 | Party at Huize ívicke, Wassenaar, NL |
| 29/03/19 | Bajesdorp, Amsterdam NL |
| 16/03/19 | Soli-party with Nostruckture at Köpi, Berlin – more details soon! |
| 15/03/19 | Fischladen in Berlin – Rigaerstr. 83 |
| 01/03/19 | Punk Circus event at Electrowerkz, London – details here |
| 22/02/19 | 'Disguise the Limit' EP launch party at Royal Sovereign, London - more details |
| 19/01/19 | Benefit party at DIY Space for London – details here |
| 17/11/18 | Chaos Theory at l'uZinne in Bruxelles, BE – info here |
| 10/11/18 | Empire Bar in Hackney, London with RDF and Bad Fractals – info here |
| 04/11/18 | Bristol Tattoo Circus afterparty at Stag and Hounds – info here |
| 20/10/19 | 'Not the After Party' – London (secret location) |
| 14/09/18 | Headfuk Sound System 20 year anniversary party – East London – info here |
| 01/09/18 | Siren Stage at Party in the Park festival, Fordham Park, London – info here |
| 09-12/08/18 | Boomtown Fair – info here Fri 19:20 in Freak Boutique, Sat 01:30 in Crazy Calamities |
| 29/06/18 | Block around the Clock – fracking protest site, Preston, Lancs – info here |
| 25/05/18 | Hell Hath No Fury Fest – The Chelsea, Bristol – info here |
| 08/04/18 | Freekuency free festival, Portugal – info here |
| 30/03/18 | Random Artists at the Undercurrents Gallery, The Birds Nest, London – info here |
| 10/03/18 | The Loch is Fucking Dead Festival, Enschede, NL – info here |
| 09/03/18 | Barlok, Bruxelles, BE – venue info here |
| 27/01/18 | Nostruckture Fundraiser, secret London location – info here |
| 04/11/17 | Random Artists at ExFed, London – (free entry, info here) |
| 28/10/17 | London free party (secret location, shhhhh) |
| 13/10/17 | ADM Festival in Amsterdam, NL – Container Stage on Fri, Starkovitz tent on Sat |
| 30/09/17 | Something Else in the Dean Festival, Forest of Dean – 17:15 slot |
| 29/09/17 | The Exchange, Bristol – with China Shop Bull and Atterkop (tickets here) |
Our second collection of remixes
This compilation has 16 amazing remixes of our second and third releases from underground electronic producers. It's available now from Bandcamp!
Awesome cover art by Russell Taysom
Check out the launch party we did on YouTube:
Music videos for our latest album:
We got new merch!
We need to fund our extremely lavish lifestyles as part of the self-centred metropolitan urban elite (Tonbridge Wells is not cheap, you know) and you can help support us by buying some merch from our Bandcamp here.
Listen to our DJ mixes
Click here to download the first of our DJ sets!
Who the fuck are these "posh punks from Tonbridge Wells"?
Hopefully you have your own inventive reasons for visiting our site (boring stuff, like enjoying one of our gigs, or because you're curious just how shit 'rave punk' music could be)... but otherwise maybe you're here because we wrote a heart-felt, but tongue-in-cheek, song about the deadly nature of the brutal austerity policies of the Conservative party which have contributed towards an estimated 130,000 preventable deaths in the UK???
We made a absurdist OTT music video that was rushed to coincide with the
General Election
in 2017 before we were
even a band or had any real songs. However, some dingle-berry journalist at the Murdoch-owned Sunday Times broke a story to earn some pennies and there was
a 'tinsy, tiny wee media shit-storm' about our debut song 'Kill Tory Scum (Before They Kill You)':
TO RECAP...
The original comedy-horror music video made for about £50
The original article in some bum-rag called the Sunday Times
Our own main media response in a paper that at least published our words unedited
A follow up musical response 'Tickle Tory Chums' presented by our manager Bruce Manhood
One of the most ridiculous bits of coverage, where we get defended by one of the clan Johnson
After this debacle we were withdrawn from the Glasonbury Festival lineup, had our Facebook page removed (new one now here), our Big Cartel page shut down and our YouTube page listed as 'restricted content'.
You couldn't make this shit up – so we didn't!
Disguise the Limit
You can listen/buy it over here on Bandcamp
We have CDs for sale!
We have both of our albums available on CD – on our Bandcamp page.
Overkill is Underrated
available on Bandcamp:
The remix EP of Overkill is Underrated:
We got a video channel too:
Killdren’s debut song was released in 2017 as a response to the call for a General Election
in the form of a YouTube music video entitled ‘Kill Tory Scum (Before They Kill You)’.
Some dingle-berry journalist at the Sunday Times (in June 2019) broke a story and there was
'a tinsy, tiny wee media shit-storm' about this particular song:
The original article
Our own main media response
A follow up musical response
Our favourite bit of coverage
And you can buy shit, sucker:
Show the world your disdain for the Tories' violent policies with a wonderful Kill Tory Scum t-shirt!
We also have ones with Russell Taysom's glorious icon design below as well as CDs, tea towels and face masks!
Available now over on our Bandcamp page
