Kurt Reifler

Bio:

.. .. Kill Kurt Reifler is an American two-piece rock and roll band comprised of Justin Kill Stoddard on drums and Kurt Reifler on vocals and guitar. The band officially formed in Thailand as the two American friends teamed up during their independent global travels. Combining their names to form the band’s identity, Kill Kurt Reifler promptly settled in Australia to record their debut album Sure as the Swing of a Pendulum. The album was recorded analogue, to tape, in just three days. Preceding the band’s conception, Kill and Kurt had been roaming the globe for nearly a year independently of each other; Kill throughout Europe and Nepal, and Kurt throughout Europe and India. They’d played together several years ago in a few different projects, most recently touring behind Kurt’s solo album release in 2007. This time around music didn’t enter into the equation for the first few months of their rendezvous. Rather, they trekked through portions of Cambodia and embarked on a motorcycle adventure up the coast of Vietnam together before ultimately landing in Melbourne, Australia. Kill Kurt Reifler will be on tour in Australia starting in October, 2010 and in the USA starting in January, 2011.

Member Since:

November 29, 2005

Members:

Kurt Reifler (vocals, guitar, words) Justin Stoddard (drums)

Influences:

Steven Reifler, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Tony Williams, Jamiroquai, Dilated Peoples, The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Soundgarden, The Impressions, A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, PJ Harvey, Curtis Mayfield, The Beatles, Eddie Arjun Peters, Tim Buckley, Living Colour, James Harvey, Sly Stone, Jay Z, War, D'Angelo, The Beastie Boys, Al Green, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Temptations, INXS, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Incubus, Tower of Power, G Love, Marshall Mathers, John Coltrane, Neil Young, Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley, Sublime, The Cars, Outkast, Beck, Larry David, The Pharcyde, Michael Jackson, Dirty Projectors, Sigmund Freud, King Crimson, Stone Temple Pilots, David Bowie, The Mars Volta, Charles Bukowski, Parliament, The Black Keys, Darla Hood, Bell Biv Devoe, The White Stripes, Max Roach, JD Salinger, Rage Against the Machine, John Frusciante, Lenny Kravitz, Nine Inch Nails, Wilson Pickett

Record Label:

Red Glare Records