I Killed the Prom Queen
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| I Killed the Prom Queen | |
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 From left: Kevin Cameron, Jona Weinhofen, Edward Butcher, Sean Kennedy, JJ Peters
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Adelaide, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Metalcore |
| Years active | 2000 - 2007, 2008 (last tour) |
| Label(s) | Stomp Records Metal Blade Records |
| Associated acts | Eternal Lord Bleeding Through The Hunt for Ida Wave Deez Nuts |
| Website | Official MySpace |
| Former members | |
| Jona Weinhofen Kevin Cameron Sean Kennedy Josef Peters Ed Butcher Michael Crafter Mitchell Long Leaton Rose |
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I Killed the Prom Queen was a metalcore band from Adelaide, South Australia.
The band toured in the USA with Caliban, Evergreen Terrace, It Dies Today and Lamb Of God along with Silverstein and Bleeding Through. I Killed The Prom Queen's most recent, and last, record, Music for The Recently Deceased (released July 31, 2006), was produced by Swedish producer Fredrik Nordstrom, who former credits include Dimmu Borgir, Darkest Hour, At the Gates and In Flames. The record has been described as a display of Australian metal/metalcore, merging with the so-called "Gothenburg sound". Blunt Magazine's reviewer James Cotterell gave the record 10/10.
In 2006, vocalist Michael Crafter was kicked out of the band. He later joined Carpathian, and then for a brief time joined US band Bury Your Dead. His final recording with I Killed the Prom Queen was the "Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You" EP. Although he had recorded the vocals for Music for the Recently Deceased, it was decided that the vocal contributions would be taken off the unreleased album and replaced by those of a new vocalist. Ed Butcher from British band The Hunt For Ida Wave was recruited and added his own lyrics, although many of the tracks remained similar to the original lyrics. After this the band took on a slightly different sound.
On January 31, 2007 Ed Butcher flew back to his home town in the UK. In a statement released later by the band it was announced that he was homesick and that he was no longer a part of the group. Butcher has since joined UK band Eternal Lord.
Tyrone from Mourning Tide temporarily filled the vocalist position during Japanese tour dates, and Colin Jeffs (of Bendigo band Heavens Lost) filled in on the European tour with the UK's Bring Me the Horizon. However, on April 7, 2007 I Killed the Prom Queen announced their break up, citing both an inability to find a new vocalist and guitarist following Jona Weinhofen's departure for Orange County metalcore band Bleeding Through.
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[edit] Tour
[edit] Say Goodbye tour
The final Australian tour dates in May/June 2008 have now been released. The supporting acts for the 'Say Goodbye' tour are Bring Me the Horizon, The Red Shore, The Ghost Inside and Wishforwings. After much fan speculation, Michael Crafter will be returning to front the band on their last tour, and it has also been revealed that the band is filming a live DVD for release after the tour.
The setlist for the final tour[1]:
- Sharks in Your Mouth
- Say Goodbye
- When Goodbye Means Forever
- €666
- To Kill Tomorrow
- Never Never Land
- My Best Wishes
- Homicide Documentaries
- Death Certificate of a Beauty Queen
- The Paint Brush Killer
- Bet it All On Black
- Your Shirt Would Look Better With a Columbian Neck-Tie
- Choose to Live or Die
- Upon a Rivers Sky
- To Be Sleeping While Still Standing
- Pointed to My Heart
[edit] Band members
- Michael Crafter - Vocals (2001 - 2006, 2008) (Now in Confession)
- Jona Weinhofen - Guitar, Vocals (2000-2008) (Now in Bleeding Through)
- Kevin Cameron - Guitar (2002-2008) (Temporary guitarist in The Broderick)
- Sean Kennedy - Bass (2003-2008)
- JJ Peters - Drums (2000-2008) (Now in Deez Nuts)
[edit] Former members
- Ed Butcher - Vocals (2006-2007) (Now in Eternal Lord)
- Colin Jeffs - Vocals (2007) (Filled in during the European tour)
- Tyrone Ross - Vocals (2007) (Filled in during the Japanese tour)
- Leaton Rose - Bass (2002-2003) (Now in The Hot Lies)
- Ben Engel - Bass (2000-2002)
- Simon O'Gorman - Guitar (2000-2002) (Ex-Day Of Contempt)
- Lee Stacy - Vocals (2000-2002) (Did co-vocals alongside Michael Crafter)
[edit] Discography
| Date of release | Title | Label |
| 2002 | Choose to Love, Live, or Die | Final Prayer |
| 2003 | I Killed the Prom Queen/Parkway Drive Split | Final Prayer |
| January 1, 2003 | When Goodbye Means Forever... | Resist Records |
| January 1, 2005 | Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You | Resist Records |
| July 31, 2006 | Music for the Recently Deceased | Stomp, Metal Blade |
| May 19, 2008 | Music for the Recently Deceased: Australian Tour Edition | Stomp |
[edit] Compilation appearances
- True Till Death: Australian Hardcore Compilation Volume 2
- Get In The Ring [Metal Hammer]
- The Trial & Error Hardcore Metal Compilation 7
- Taste Of Chaos Annual 2006
- Taste Of Chaos Annual 2007
- Hardercore Than You
[edit] Videography
- Say Goodbye
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Resist Records
- I Killed the Prom Queen at All Music Guide
- I Killed the Prom Queen at Pure Volume
- Stomp Entertainment- Label/Distributor
- I Killed the Prom Queen Official website
- [1] IKTPQ offical myspace
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