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Hello. We are the kilegans. Three (3) cats just making music to see you through – Tyler McCollum (Professor Waddlewart Z. Godrich) doin’ the guitar, keys/laptop and vox; Brian Heisey (Dr. Vildemeyer B. Hive) doin’ the low low bass jammin’; and good ole Kevin King (“The Bandit”) on the drums and percussion.

Combining everything we have ever known, seen, heard, loved, hated, and felt into a song or two. We love everything. We love you. We love a purple alien named Zorg from the planet Minus-2. We would love for you to dig our music and to come see us live because that is where the truth lies. The truth is found in a live show – all 5 senses in tune. The truth is that a lot of musical acts that are happening right now (with many exceptions of course) are a waste of time - a quest for the almighty dollar sign instead of the quest for a vision, for happiness, and to get an actual message across that has a meaning.

As a band, we are completely ready to change the current trends in modern music that seems to be nothing but cats that whine and make depressing songs about nothing but rubbish that lead masses of people into states of depression and introversion. Strike that, reverse it...

Let us join together, not only the band, but you the listener. Let us sing and dance together. Music has that wonderful and magical power to make the listener feel amazing and to leave you in the best place - the depths of your soul. It is time for a musical revolution and a mass awareness expansion. We are here to help lead the way.

We are Kilego Vért.

KV is certainly the result of suburbia infused fate. Ty and Kev were neighbors for quite some time before a simple back porch conversation over a cigarette in the summer of 2004, sparked the creative combination that makes up two-thirds of the current lineup.

Well, what about the other third? As material began to become organized and songs came to be written, bass players seemed to roll in and out with the breeze. The time was now fall of 2006 and the project that would become KV still had not gotten its final member. It just so happened that a guitarist would change all of this. Ty and Brian were going to a local community college now and had been friends since middle school at this point. They had been pursuing their musical careers separately until Brian picked up a Bass that was left in Ty’s basement and an impromptu jam-session became the catalyst for what is now the trio.

The three quickly began to work on material for their main life-line of live shows which consist of mind expanding originals, improvisational experimentation, and amazing covers from bands such as Pink Floyd, Radiohead, the Grateful Dead and Umphrey’s McGee. After gaining a reputation in the counterculture of Central Pennsylvania for their jaw dropping performances and unpredictable live sets, the band started to be recognized by musical outlets of the area such as The Pennsylvania Musician magazine, local promotion companies such as The Doctor’s Office (KV was nominated for “Best New Artist in the 717” in their 2007 music awards), and national acclaim when their debut album received a fantastic review on the popular independent music blog "The Ripple Effect" (link to the review found in the blog section on this page).

The band has just released their debut studio album entitled “Journey to the Deepest Part of the Ocean” (Zodiac Records ©2008) which is a forty minute long dive to the bottom and back. Inspired by the great progressive-rock compositions of the past few decades, the 3 track epic indefinitely features the band’s musical savvy and their contrasting free spirit - they are currently working on a half live, half studio album to capture their love for the live show which will be released sometime in 2009.

KV are only headed upwards right now – as the three continue to grow each time they pick up their instruments together, their music has only grown with it. Expect to see anything from these guys –from psychedelic freak-outs to computer-like math rock and from tightly knit original pieces to intelligent on-the-spot jams and covers, the sounds of KV will have you calling yourself a “kilegan” in no time.