Vancouver Killing Spree

Vancouver Killing Spree, the latest addition to Vancouver’s diverse music scene, puts a new twist on good old punk. A fan put it best when describing VKS’s unique sound: “It’s not punk, it’s not metal, it’s not rock, it’s not roll . . . it sounds like all those things got in a knife fight and punk and roll won.” VKS is the result of three guys brought up in very different parts of Canada, with very different – yet related – influences. The band was formed in 2008 when lead singer and guitarist Brad Anderson and drummer Jamieson Cleary decided to recruit bassist and old friend Jesse Weymer. The trio lists their mutual influences as Clutch, The Dead Milkmen, SNFU and Bad Religion, among many others. The group played their first show at Pub 340 in Vancouver in support of local hard-core punk band Third Lit. Shortly thereafter in the summer of 2009 VKS recorded their first EP at Harbourside Studios with Producer/Engineer “Loud” Chris DeMarcus and was featured as Music BC’s band of the week July 29th - Aug 5, 2009. The EP was released in October 2009 and the song “Poor Impulse Control” debuted at #10 on the Headphonica chart in Issue #13 of Abort ... more...