This is the band’s 13th studio album and their latest in 5 years. TKK reflect heavily on their passion of 70’s electronic disco, and the new wave / no wave sound of the early 80’s, creating a sonic universe dedicated to late night pleasure seekers, ready to take a dive into the wild. Lush synths, driving dance beats, salacious vocals, and funky bass lines collide, invoking images and desires better left for dark alleys, cruise bars and seedy hotels.

Hailing from Chicago’srenowned Wax Trax Records stable of bands, THRILL KILL KULT creators Groovie Mann (lead vocals) and Buzz McCoy(keys/production) have been conjuring up sonic tales of blasphemy, sexcapades and kitschy horror for over 25 years. Their sound is a concoction of experimental, dance, industrial, rock, new wave, goth and glam, interlaced with their signature “sampled dialogue”; a reflection as to the duo’s musical and cinematic influences. In fact, the original concept of MLWTTKK was to be trashy B-movie; a story crafted over cocktails one night at a neighborhood bar. Yet without much film experience and access to video equipment, the project was scrapped, only to be transformed into a musical group - something both boys hadmore expertise in. Groovie (Franke Nardiello) fronted both the late 70’s Chicagobands The DT’s and SPECIAL AFFECT, as well as singer for the post-punk British outfit DROWNING CRAZE. Buzz (Marston Daley) attended Berklee College of Musicin 1979, but soon realized a formal education in jazz piano was not for him. He picked up the guitar, and began performing with a variety of “art-punk” type groups in the Boston music scene before relocating to Chicago in 1987.

The early years of TKKwere spent touring extensively with an entourage of musicians, performanceartists, and a back-up trio of voluptuous singers/dancers dubbed the BOMB GANGGIRLZ. The shows had a “Cabaret From Hell” vibe, arousing the curiosity of thekids and the media, establishing the group as one of America’s premier“industrial-dance” acts.

Their popularity amongthe underground club scene was fueled by hard-hitting dance tracks with titleslike Kooler Than Jesus, Do You Fear ForYour Child, A Girl Doesn’t Get KilledBy A Make-Believe Lover Cuz It’s Hot (featuring punk poet chanteuse LydiaLunch), and A Daisy Chain 4 Satan.The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was appalled.

With the release of their3rd album SEXPLOSION (1991), and it’s chart-topping radio savvy songSex On Wheelz, major labels began topay attention, and the band signed to Interscope Records in 1992. Like all oftheir releases, the album had an overpowering cinematic quality, so it wasn’tsurprising when Hollywood also took notice. They found themselves writing foran assortment of soundtracks like Paul Verhoeven’s “Showgirls” and RalphBakshi’s “Cool World.” In 1994, they stepped in front of the camera for a cameoin the cult classic “The Crow” to perform the song After The Flesh. More recently TKK was written into the story lineof the 2013 film “Sexy Evil Genius”. Their music can be heard frequently inmovies, television and cable shows, like HBO’s long running, “Real Sex”, Showtime’s “Californication”, andlast summer’s indie flick “Crazy Eyes”.

But it doesn’t end withstudio, film and TV; Groovie and Buzz still take to the road extensively, alongwith a rotating cast of dubious characters. In 2010 they re-created their rolein the “Sextacy Ball Tour” along with Belgium’s rave darlings Lords of Acid. In 2011 they performed atthe “Wax Trax Retrospectacle” show in Chicago, with old label mates Front 242 and Revolting Cocks. They continue to record, currently releasing musicon their own SLEAZEBOX RECORDS label.

Joining Groovie and Buzzon tour will be veteran drummer Justin Bennett, bassist Mimi Star and guitaristWestin Halvorson. In addition to new material, the band will perform somerather obscure tracks from their vast catalog, as well as a set of classicsmixed-up “Xpress” style; where TKK songs are mashed-up with disco beats – aconcept the band originally introduced on their infamous 1989 “Inferno XpressTour”.

Opening the show will be [DJ] TOXIC RAINBOW. Best known for his genre-breaking DJ sets, ever changingproduction style and monthly show on Digitally Imported Electro, DJTR he hasbeen inspired by THRILL KILL KULT since the age of 14. He won a Beatport.comremix contest in 2012, re-working the classic THRILL KILL club hit “Kooler Than Jesus” andrecently finished remixes for the new TKK album, as well as the“Hello Alone” EP by Groovie’s side-project - DARLING KANDIE.

MY LIFE WITH THE THRILLKILL KULT’S sound has always been fearlessly experimental and has become hugelyinfluential to many artists today. They continue to morph and stretch thefabric of music as we know it, always remaining true to the KULT and trueinnovators.