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Rohan Kohli
10/02/05, 10:12 PM
Letter Kills (http://www.letterkills.com) has posted an update on their website regarding an October 8th show in California. The band has been busy writing and demoing new materal; I have included a blog entry from late August which talks a little bit about the band having to scrap six months worth of material due to label issues.

anyone that lives in california, or is willing to drive to california! theres a mandatory attendance to the storm stadium in lake elsinore on october 8th, for a great day of festivities including but not limited to... -freaking super "sic" 909 broto mayhem dirtbikers riding around with there shirts off. -totally gnarley off the hook booths selling all kinds of "dank" product. -uhhh food. -and last but not least .......LETTER KILLS and their not so lame/sweet and sweaty!! ARE YOU WITH ME?!!! thats right! now go pack your bags and bring your steal toes so we can beat up the yellowcard fans!

hey there,, so i am going to give this journal thing a shot-apparently it was down for a while so we'll see! SO. to update you all.... we have been writing for six months now, and because we are musicians, we got caught up with writing songs not realizing that we were going in a different direction with our sound. its all fine and dandy, until we go meet with our record company execs. and then we realized that we had to scrap six mos of work and start over. this is no fun, because its hot in temec, and we've run out of dollars and sense. so here we are trying to reconnect with our sound, and trying to cope with the horse manure on the music television stations. you can put nice hairdos and expensive jeans on horse manure, but it still stinks. that said, however, we are humbled, as we sit uninspired, tossing horseshoes in the dirt at paul's house everyday. days like this, i cant help thinking it would be awesome if we were to rise again like a great multi-headed sea serpent coming out of the sea, electrifying the midnight sky, spitting fire in the night upon the all the foes in our way-man or beast. i wish for my guitar to shoot flames with every chord struck, and devour the whoremongers of music, and the harbingers of such hellacious mediocrity. one wise heavily dreadlocked figurehead of metal once said, "i dont need anyone to tell me how to rock." right on brother, right on. if you'll excuse me now, i've got to go convince my bandmates i am NOT crazy, just hungry like a WOLF.......

unwritten
10/02/05, 10:18 PM
I really enjoyed their last album. I hope their new stuff is even better.

LostSymphonies
10/02/05, 10:20 PM
I miss these guys, one of the best live acts around. I hope their new stuff owns

ben pequeno
10/02/05, 10:21 PM
"i dont need anyone to tell me how to rock."

i wanna say 'joe dirt'? maybe...

Crimson_Curse
10/02/05, 10:26 PM
"now go pack your bags and bring your steal toes so we can beat up the yellowcard fans!"


BAM

dancezachdance
10/02/05, 10:31 PM
wait so this means that their label is making them stick with their old sound and that they are going to just be like okay sure and then go and tell everyone that they are being taken over by the system?

robdobi
10/02/05, 10:33 PM
wait so this means that their label is making them stick with their old sound and that they are going to just be like okay sure and then go and tell everyone that they are being taken over by the system?

thats what it sounds like, weak.

pinkerton
10/02/05, 10:33 PM
what label are they on again?

Rohan Kohli
10/02/05, 10:38 PM
what label are they on again?

Island.

thomasjohn
10/02/05, 10:42 PM
the short guy in letter kills is a creep.. he was hitting on a 16 year old girl at warped tour. he's like what.. 30? haha.

but for the record... i still love letter kills and excited about this post.

btw.....i still love letter kills.

pinkerton
10/02/05, 10:43 PM
Island.
island just shunned 6 months? and you'd think it'd be a chill label releasing war all the time and vheissu.

Drew Beringer
10/02/05, 10:47 PM
Dang, Letter Kills is alive!

thomasjohn
10/02/05, 10:57 PM
Dang, Letter Kills is alive!
i think ive mentioned it once, but whatever. i think its awesome you're from BSU and you're on the staff er what-not. bet you dont know anybody from jennings county do you?


and to keep this post alive, i stick by my previous post and ill add onto it with, does anybody remember that letter kills song "for the weekend".

call me a pussy, but thats one damn good song.

FeynmanWannabe
10/02/05, 11:10 PM
Wow yeah that is very lame.

AmIWrong
10/02/05, 11:25 PM
What's with the kick at yellowcard haha?

Bury Your Head
10/02/05, 11:33 PM
i woulda thought island gave them the boot. i didnt think they sold much albums.

I.O
10/03/05, 06:25 AM
the last cd seemed overproduced, It would be cooler if they were on an indie so they could make the music they wanted

LifeIsDudes
10/03/05, 06:57 AM
New stuff would be great.

Four
10/03/05, 07:02 AM
i woulda thought island gave them the boot. i didnt think they sold much albums.

The reason they didn't sell many records (from what i've heard....) is because their cd came out around the same time that the sum 41 album came out, and you sorta back one band really strong that's going to sell tons of records, while other bands tend to get overlooked :-\

ItAintMeBabe
10/03/05, 07:34 AM
and to keep this post alive, i stick by my previous post and ill add onto it with, does anybody remember that letter kills song "for the weekend".

call me a pussy, but thats one damn good song.
agreed. that EP was phenominal.

rr_thecrowing
10/03/05, 08:26 AM
It's great to see these guys are still alive and kickin'. I can't wait to hear new material.

avitabully
10/03/05, 09:34 AM
it sounds like theyve been playing a little bit of dungeons and dragons in their time off. either that or this dude just loves fire and fantasy

Chemical Love
10/03/05, 09:46 AM
Fucking record companies..

rockin4jesus
10/03/05, 12:06 PM
well awesome!
i was beggining to think these guys were gone

CalebAndrew
10/03/05, 12:52 PM
I think Letterkills is great. I interviewed them on their first tour with A Static Lullaby. From what they told me it sounded like they went from playing a few shows for fun to being on Island in like zero time. Their A&R guy was the dude who signed bands like Korn and stuff, so he was probably looking for a screamo band to sign and they (barely fit the bill at the time. Since then their music has kept becoming more and more produced (see the "Don't Believe" video...*groan). These guys seem like a classic example of record companies working the "old" way and trying to build a band themselves. I can only speculate, but I think they would have been happier struggling and playing smaller tours on a more indie label for a few years and then having more control once they found a major home. It's just weird how they were marketed as a scene band, then put on tour with Incubus and other huge bands. I just hope they can figure everything out and be happy - even if it means getting dropped by Island.