The Mercy Kiss began as a two-man experiment between Aaron Moore and Bay Dariz
in the Fall of 2002. They worked out of a tiny rented house on the East Side of
Milwaukee and this experiment became a "band" soon after. TMK's first show was a nearly sold-out headlining gig at the Rave Bar in Milwaukee on June 20th, 2003 and their second show was Lollapalooza 2003. Almost immediately, TMK was generating interest on the West Coast. Armed with a well-received debut record and LA-based representation, the band relocated to LA with much enthusiasm [but little money].
The following year was a rough one for the music industries: labels merged
and/or folded, massive layoffs occurred, and uncertainty dominated. TMK decided
to take matters into their own hands and continued making their own records.
They would go on to self-produce and self-release 3 EPs and 1 LP, and tour the
country several times in the process. Band members were lost, adventures were
had, meals were skipped, and many miles were put on their purple conversion van.
In the middle of all of this, TMK was contacted by a producer, and upon
returning from their final tour, began work on what would be their second
full-length album. The making of this record would be sometimes exciting but
often disappointing.
As the months stretched on, the band ended up reverting back to the original
two-man lineup. Two years had now gone by since TMK had released music or been
on tour. By this point, Bay had started acting in indie films, and Aaron had
become finally and utterly disenchanted with the music business and life in LA.
It also became obvious that despite the band's efforts, the record was never
going to be finished.
Aaron decided to move back to Milwaukee, and Bay stayed in LA.
The Mercy Kiss would like to thank everyone for
their unbelievable support over the last 5 years.
We also hope that you will support our future music projects with as much love
and enthusiasm as you did for The Mercy Kiss!
Bay will continue work on his goth/pop solo-project LORD BARONESS, but his primary focus will be his new band SOME HEAR EXPLOSIONS. Aaron is living in Wisconsin near TMK's home town of Milwaukee. His new website is AaronMakesSongs.com where he'll showcase his new material as well as other projects he's involved with. He is also looking for artists/bands to produce in the Milwaukee area.
PLEASE ADD US TO YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS: TO LINK DIRECTLY TO AARON'S PAGE CLICK HERE!
Again, we can't thank all of you enough for the past 5 years, and we hope to see
you all again soon!
I bet you definitely don't remember playing at my school a few years back. McDowell/Logan Elm high school. I barely remember it, I was in, like, 7th grade and sat there staring at the wall the whole time but I remember getting Bay's autograph. I lost it somehow though :[
So Bay, I was watching the Gameshow Network just now, and seen you and your friend Luc on Lingo.. I didnt recognize you at first, but then when you said you were in Mercy Kiss, I was like, I know them from somewhere! LoL.. Its pretty cool you were on that show.. And you guys won 21,000! Pretty rad<3
oh man, so I finally make it to LA from WI to visit, I remembered to check in to see if you had any shows to check out...but sadly, I hear the oh so sad news.... =( Milwaukee??? why would you want to move back there? It's like -35degree windchill out there right now...LA is a total VACA. Love you miss you guys lots! Take care, and i'll keep on keepin on... You guys rock! Never foret that! mwuah!
i miss you guys i remeber when i first made a myspace back in 2006 you were one of my first friends ive loved your music since your songs dominate my iutnes im so sad that you wont be doing anything moree
i often prayed for you to come to new york just to get a chance to see you but now, that will never happen :/
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