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The Kills are an alternative rock duo formed by American vocalist Alison “VV” Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie “Hotel” Hince that rose to public recognition at the dawn of the hype surrounding the genre explosion of the early 2000s. Mosshart had been in the Florida punk band Discount and Hince in British rock band Scarfo. When these groups disbanded, the duo, who first met when Mosshart heard Hince practicing in the hotel room above hers, struck up a songwriting partnership.
For months, the pair air mailed work tapes across the Atlantic; after this proved to test the patience of both artists, as it took days or weeks to get each others tapes, Mosshart upped sticks from her Florida home to fly to London.
Wanting to cut themselves off from their pasts, Mosshart and Hince considered their new project to be Year Zero in their careers, so they renamed themselves “VV” and “Hotel” respectively and began writing sparse, minimalist songs together with the aid of a drum machine. In 2001 they showcased their new songs on a well received demo tape. In true punk rock fashion, however, the pair shunned approaches from major record labels. Recording as VV and Hotel, they contributed the song “Restaurant Blouse” to the compilation If the Twenty-First Century Did Not Exist, It Would Be Necessary to Invent It. Shortly after this they recorded their debut release, the Black Rooster EP, which saw release on British indie label Domino Records and was picked up for distribution by Dim Mak Records in the United States.
Wanting to cut themselves off from their pasts, Mosshart and Hince considered their new project to be Year Zero in their careers, so they renamed themselves “VV” and “Hotel” respectively and began writing sparse, minimalist songs together with the aid of a drum machine. In 2001 they showcased their new songs on a well received demo tape. In true punk rock fashion, however, the pair shunned approaches from major record labels. Recording as VV and Hotel, they contributed the song “Restaurant Blouse” to the compilation If the Twenty-First Century Did Not Exist, It Would Be Necessary to Invent It. Shortly after this they recorded their debut release, the Black Rooster EP, which saw release on British indie label Domino Records and was picked up for distribution by Dim Mak Records in the United States.
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AbbeyGrange wrote:
Happy birthday to The Kills! Thank you for 10 years of pure perfection.
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przemuniak95 wrote:
Great concert yesterday in NYC! Happy 10th anniversary!
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Howll_ wrote:
Midnight Boom is the best.
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gingeROCKA wrote:
You guys were so utterly amazing last night. Happy Birthday.
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nallelyst wrote:
Now Live!
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xJake_Guitarx wrote:
They're just perfect, End of story. Need no more to say, other than that. <3
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xsrrhx wrote:
I wish they would tour Australia again and COME TO BRISBANE. <3
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blueeeeeee mooon <3
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Last day of magic ♥
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goodnight, another bad morning
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fucking_woman wrote:
Future Starts Slow mmmm <33
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Der_Poltergeist wrote:
U R A Fever... Oh oui...
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franzfergidon wrote:
I just want to see them again ;_; I'm still suffering from withdrawals.
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Sen0r_Cardgage wrote:
Jack White and the rest of The Dead Weather were at the show The Kills played last night in Atlanta. Jack kept stepping a bit out onto the stage, messing with the sound equipment or whatever. Alison tried to bring him out to play onstage near the end of the set, but he wouldn't. What a tease.
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herewego_ wrote:
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katyowl wrote:
baby says *_*
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rcastellan wrote:
Watching The Last Goodbye video I went in this crazy trip thinking that VV may loved Jamie and now she wrote this song to him cuz he married Kate. Its nice to imagine but i wouldnt like if this was true, tough
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IdenCri wrote:
Юра вобщем-то ФИВА!))))
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Fifa51 wrote:
they have absolutely nothing in common with the horrors
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Paanchi wrote:
URA fever <3 love them .
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Festival Estrella Levante SOS 4.8 2012
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Conan web exclusive, Route Du Rock date
15 Apr 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thekills
We had a great time on Conan this past Wednesday, check out
our performance of "Satellite" here.We also filmed a web exclusive
of "Pull A U" that you can view here.Happy to announce that we'll
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