Long lost Kai Kln Super8 footage from the Crest Theater Show. Also mixed in some "TAXI" footage from Holly's Backyard and some stuff from a road trip tour to Arcata where the band and everyone stay...
Thanks "HollywoodDestiny" on YouTube
And here's us on KQCA Channel 58 Morning News....
Kai Kln on KQCA Channel 31 Sacramento, CA ..or check out a better quality version here: http://www.archive.org/details/kaikln2007-07-13KQCA
We just stumbled on a few boxes of Vigoda! They are brand new shrink wraped CDs and they go for $7.00 Use the PayPal button below to purchase or contact us using one of our emails (myspace or from the geocities site) .
Kai Kln's entire discography plus some live stuff is available for download here: www.archive.org, it's avalable in MP3 and in lossless FLAC format. To find out how do download the FLAC, see FLAC for Kai Kln fans 101
Kai Kln was formed in 1989 when drummer Neil Franklin introduced guitarist Sherman Loper from his old Punk band Laughing Jesus to bassist Scott Anderson of Skeptic Peace for a jam session. The session went so well that the three quickly went on to write a handful of instrumental songs and started playing parties in the Sacramento suburb, Carmichael, throwing in psychedelic post punk jams where their songs left off. This hard edged combination of punk, metal, and hard rock caught the attention of singer Gene Smith one day when Gene happened on Scott and Neil at a practice and ended up jamming with them. He was recruited by the rhythm section on the spot and Kai Kln was born with Neil naming the band after a fictional warrior character from a silly story he had written one day in high school detention.
Gene quickly filled out the band’s sound with his vocals and shared guitar duties with Sherman. This gave the band new focus and soon they were composing technically challenging songs drawing from all of their backgrounds and also from the underground rock scene in Sacramento and the Bay Area during the early nineties. After attracting the attention of Sacramento music promoter Jerry Perry they landed a gig opening for the up and coming band, Primus. This gig along with a string of college parties expanded the band’s fan base and they were soon selling out clubs in Sacramento, the Bay Area, and beyond opening for bands as diverse as Bad Religion, Dinosaur Jr., Sublime, Mother Hips, Victim’s Family, Mary’s Danish, Blue Oyster Cult, and Nirvana just to name a few and playing with fellow locals such as the Deftones, Cake, Tinfed, Phallucy, Early Times, and Far. They were also the first unsigned band to sell out the 1200 seat Crest Theatre in their home town of Sacramento. They became well known for their exciting high energy live shows that included wildly varied set lists with extended and improvised segments and, with the help of their roadies James Telles and Aaron Baker, skits in the vein of Frank Zappa’s “Fillmore East” era skits.
In 1991 Eric Broyhill captured their developing sound in a weekend recording session that became the cassette release “Rythym of Strange” (later re-released on CD as “Rythym of Stranger”). This was quickly followed in 1991 by the 7” “Hair of the Bud”/”13” which drew the attention of High Times landing the band a spot in the Pot 100 a couple of times and actually charting on a couple of college radio stations. The band worked with Eric Broyhill again in a series of sessions in 1992 that lead to the release of 1993’s critically acclaimed “Vigoda”. The band increased their touring range up and down the West Coast and east to Colorado and was soon being courted by major label A&R reps and agents. Unfortunately the member’s responsibilities at home led to the band’s untimely breakup. They watched their local peers sign on to major labels and land international tours and radio airplay while Sherman’s brother, Aaron Loper, released their early cassette only album on CD with bonus tracks financed using money from pre-order sales. After a year on hiatus the band reunited then started touring and writing new songs in 1995. During the summer of 1996, Kai Kln entered the West Coast's famed Coast Recorders with engineer Zak Allentuck (production oversight by John Cuniberti ) to begin recording what would be their final album, "The Matter Of Things". Although the album was released early 1996 and included some production by Tesla’s Brian Wheat, it failed to generate the label buzz their Vigoda generated. After touring though 1996 the band once again called it quits and it’s members pursued various other projects.
On a whim in 2007 the band reunited once again for a string of shows in Northern California much to the pleasure of their old fans who came out and packed every venue they played and even generated some nostalgic press buzz. Gene Smith now fronts his band “The Ricky and Del Connection” with Neil Franklin still providing the rhythm and Sherman Loper playing second guitar along with Flamp Sorvari on sax and David Bole on bass. R&DC has a similar though more mature sound with Gene Smith’s singing, songwriting, and guitar composition more than making up for the volume, power, and Spinal Tap antics of his last band though Kai Kln is always ready to rock again...
We used to be called "Mumrik" that was looking for a singer and now we finally found a singer and the band name became STM since we are working together at a distance of 6000miles from Leeds, UK to Kyoto, Japan. And we uploaded 3 songs now. Check them and let me know what you think. Thanks.
We're stopping thru Sac twice on our West coast tour! Fri. Dec. 4th at Old Ironsides and Thursday, Dec. 10th at Fox and Goose! Please come out and support and help spread the love!! Happy Thanksgiving. I give thanks for YOU! xoxo - Astra
Jerry Rigg & the El Chupo's are gonna git it on again! Please get yer butt down to the Copper Top Lounge in Grass Valley and have a drink and some fun with us!
Hey! Terra Ferno has a free show coming up Wednsday at the Powerhouse Pub in old Folsom. We're taking time after next month to work on new songs so if you haven't or want to catch us again do it now!
Gentlemen, we are beside ourselves to share the stage with the mighty Kai Kln. This will undoubtedly be our biggest and most anticipated show to date! The riffs will echo off the downtown streets and skyscrapers for years to come. Let's ROCK this fucker! Cheers! :)
