| Influences | BKC BEGAN IN LATE 2003 WHEN DUSTIN AND KEVIN, A COUPLE OF LONGTIME FRIENDS, QUIT THEIR ORIGINAL BAND "AFTERLIFE" IN PURSUIT OF A HEAVIER, MORE AGGRESSIVE SOUND. THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST PLAYING AT PARTYS OR IN GARAGES FOR FUN. AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT THEY MET JIM AND JOSH, TWO GUYS DETERMINED TO MAKE MUSIC LIKE THE HEAVY MUSIC THEY GREW UP LISTENING TO. IN THESE GUYS THEY FOUND WHAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE, PEOPLE WHO WERE AS PASSIONATE ABOUT METAL AS THEY WERE. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE FOUR TO BECOME GOOD FRIENDS AS WELL AS BANDMATES. DUSTIN AND KEVIN WERE RAISED PLAYING THE GUITAR, JIM WAS A NATURAL AXEMAN, AND JOSH HAD THE VOCAL ABILITY AND STAGE PRESENCE. ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS SOMEONE TO FILL THE DRUM SPOT. A COUPLE PEOPLE CAME AND WENT OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR OR SO BUT NO ONE TO REALLY ANCHOR THE BAND. THEN ONE DAY KEVIN INTRODUCED THE GUYS TO KEN. RIGHT AWAY THEY KNEW THIS GUY WAS WHAT THEY WERE MISSING, AN INCREDIBLE DRUMMER WHO CAN IMPROVISE AND TAKE THE MUSIC TO ANOTHER LEVEL. AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF PRACTICES IT WAS CLEAR THAT THIS WAS TO BE THE LINEUP. THE NAME BARE KNUCKLE CONFLICT CAME FROM ONE OF THE BANDS FRIENDS AS A JOKE, BUT ENDED UP STICKING IN THEIR HEADS AS PERFECT FOR THE TYPE OF MUSIC THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE. BRUTAL, AGGRESSIVE AND IN YOUR FACE, JUST LIKE A BARE KNUCKLE CONFLICT. NOW THEY ARE ON A MISSION TO SPREAD THEIR BRAND OF METAL TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN, ANYONE WHO IS FED UP WITH THE TRIALS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. ANYONE WHO NEEDS A RELEASE. FAIRLY NEW TO THE LOCAL METAL SCENE IN ST. LOUIS, THEY'VE QUICKLY MADE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES BY BRINGING AN INTENSE LIVE SHOW AND ENTHUSIASM THAT MOST BANDS ON THE SCENE JUST DON'T HAVE. THEY HOPE TO SPREAD THEIR SOUND TO AN EVEN WIDER FANBASE AND LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT THEY'RE HERE TO STAY. ONCE YOU'VE SEEN THEM YOU WON'T FORGET THEM, ASK ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN TO A BKC SHOW.........
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