Kill Hannah

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Kill Hannah
l-r Dan Wiese, Jonathan Radtke, Mat Devine, Greg Corner
l-r Dan Wiese, Jonathan Radtke, Mat Devine, Greg Corner
Background information
Origin Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Years active 1994 - present
Label(s) Atlantic Records
Website Official site
Members
Mat Devine
Jonathan Radtke
Dan Wiese
Greg Corner
Former members
Garrett Hammond
Allen Morgenstern
Daniel Weinberg
Isaac Bender

Kill Hannah is a rock band from Chicago, Illinois, currently signed to Atlantic Records.

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[edit] History

Kill Hannah was formed by singer-songwriter Mat Devine in 1994. Between 1996 and 2003, Kill Hannah self-released eight LPs, singles and EPs independently -- All of which quickly sold out of multiple pressings.

The ex-girlfriend of lead singer, Mat Devine, is the band's namesake. The two met at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois during Mat's single semester there. The two developed an intense and strange relationship, which ended in the same fashion. At the time, Mat was singing and playing guitar in a band called "In a Jar UK". After the fallout with Hannah, Mat printed up stickers to place on "In a Jar UK" 7" records bearing the name "Kill Hannah". Several hundred un-stickered versions are known to exist, with approximately 20 bearing the Kill Hannah sticker.

Kill Hannah recorded their Atlantic Records debut For Never and Ever in Los Angeles in the winter of 2003 with producer Sean Beavan (No Doubt, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails) and mixer Tim Palmer (U2, The Cure, Tears for Fears, HIM). The album was mostly re-recorded versions of back-catalog songs and numbers that had been performed live for about a year prior. The song "Kennedy" received a modest amount of radio play, and the band shot video for the song "Unwanted" but decided not to release it until 2006 as an Internet-only clip.

Through much of 2003 and 2004, Kill Hannah has toured separately with Chevelle, HIM, and The Sounds, while also opening for Evanescence, Jane's Addiction, Everclear, Eve 6, The All-American Rejects, Fuel, P.O.D., The Distillers, Story of the Year, Three Days Grace, Alien Ant Farm, The Buzzcocks, Andrew W.K., Trapt, and many others. The single "Kennedy" debuted at #2 on modern rock radio, was performed on "Last Call with Carson Daly", and featured on such hit television shows as Jack & Bobby, One Tree Hill, and North Shore.

Kill Hannah signed with Atlantic Records in late 2002, and are currently supporting on the tour Cursing in Braille with Mindless Self Indulgence. The band released their second album, "Until There's Nothing Left of Us" for Atlantic Records, on August 1st 2006.

[edit] Current Members

[edit] Former Members

  • Garrett Hammond (drums)
  • James Connelly (drums)
  • Allen Morgenstern (bass, co-wrote three songs)
  • Daniel Weinberg (drums, deceased)
  • Isaac Bender (guitar, keyboards)
  • Kerry Finerty (lead guitar/backing vocals, co-wrote three songs)
  • Joe Babiak, touring drummer

[edit] Kerry Finerty's Early Contributions

Kerry Finerty quit Certain Distant Suns (then signed to the quickly unraveling label, Giant Records[1], a feeder label for Warner Music Group) and joined Kill Hannah as lead guitarist. Around this time she began dating Mat Devine, the founder of the band.

After Finerty joined the band Kill Hannah began playing live shows in and around Chicago. Kill Hannah began to flounder after failing to secure a stable line-up, along with several minor label showcase performance miscues. Finerty's and Devine's relationship deteriorated as a result, and Finerty announced she was leaving the band in November 1999, three years prior to the band signing with a major label.

Though commonly believed to have co-written early Kill Hannah songs, Finerty is credited with only three songs; A New Medicine[2], The Trains are So Loud,[3] and one of Kill Hannah's early popular hits, Nerve Gas.[4] Producer Howie Beno is credited as a co-writer of All That He Wants, Don't Die Wondering and A New Medicine though his contributions were significantly overstated.

After leaving Kill Hannah, Finerty briefly joined a band called Atrixo (now called 'Living Things') and DJ'd PANIC!, a brit-pop night at Chicago's SmartBar with co-DJ Pogo before relocating to New York, NY. Since leaving Kill Hannah, Finerty has threatened the current members of Kill Hannah several times with lawsuits for past royalties. As of November 2006 no lawsuits have been filed, and no payments have been made to Finerty.

[edit] Trivia

  • Kill Hannah has encountered an unusually high number of lawsuits from former band members, former managers, and CD cover models, all of which have reached out of court settlements
  • Kill Hannah is believed to have played more shows at Chicago's famed Metro venue than any other single band
  • Kill Hannah plays a yearly Christmas show in Chicago called "New Heart For X-Mas." The 2005 "New Heart For X-Mas" show was a collaboration with Dark Wave Disco and sponsored by Threadless.
  • Mat Devine founded "Chicago Suicide Club", a lifestyle brand dedicated to art, fashion and events.
  • Several dozen Kill Hannah fans have tattooed the band's "Sniper Heart" logo onto themselves
  • Bass player Greg Corner is known to be a New Wave music historian
  • Greg Corner is often a deejay at Chicago's Dark Wave Disco party, a highly successful monthly dance party that has featured Tommie Sunshine, Steve Aoki, Carlos D., Lady Sovereign, Junior Sanchez, and The Sounds. It has also received national press in SPIN Magazine and URB Magazine as one of the hottest parties in America.
  • Formerly managed by Kid Rock's manager, Steve Hutton, who later sued Kid Rock over unpaid fees. (Kill Hannah has since parted company with Hutton)
  • Chicagoan and professional wrestler CM Punk calls his double-underhook backbreaker manuver "Welcome to Chicago, Motherfucker".

[edit] Discography

[edit] LPs

  1. The Beauty in Sinking Ships (1996)
  2. Here are the Young Moderns (1998)
  3. American Jet Set (1999)
  4. For Never and Ever (October 14, 2003)
  5. The Curse of Kill Hannah (compilation of previously released material) (May, 2004)
  6. Until There's Nothing Left Of Us (August 01, 2006)

[edit] EPs

  1. Honestly Mistaken (recorded as "In a Jar UK") (1993)
  2. Hummingbirds The Size of Bullets (1996)
  3. Sleeping Like Electric Eels (1996)
  4. Lovesick (1997)
  5. Stunt Pilots (1998)
  6. Welcome to Chicago Motherfucker (2000)
  7. Unreleased Cuts 2000/2001 (2001)
  8. Kennedy (2002)
  9. Unwanted (2002)
  10. Lips Like Morphine (2006)

[edit] DVDs

  1. Welcome to Chicago (December, 2005)

[edit] DJ Remixes

  1. Boys & Girls (Metrosexual Redux remix by Tommie Sunshine)
  2. Kennedy (The Boombox United Remix by Matt Skaggs)
  3. Kennedy (Andy Kubiszewski Remix)
  4. Kennedy (Derrick L. Carter's B.H.Q. Club Vocal remix)
  5. Unwanted (Andy Kubiszewski Remix)
  6. Fischerspooner - The 15th, featuring Kill Hannah. Remixed by Tommie Sunshine

[edit] Singles

Year Song US Hot 100 U.S. Modern Rock U.S. Mainstream Rock Album
2003 "Kennedy" - - - For Never and Ever
2006 "Lips Like Morphine" - 35 - Until There's Nothing Left of Us

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Records", Wikipedia.
  2. ^ "American Jet Set (CD liner notes)", Kill Hannah, 1999.
  3. ^ "Hummingbirds the Size of Bullets (CD liner notes)", Kill Hannah, 1996.
  4. ^ "American Jet Set (CD liner notes)", Kill Hannah, 1999.
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