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Kissinger

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Hometown: Austin, Texas, USA

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Website: http://www.kissingertheband.com

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BIOGRAPHY Chopper – vocals, guitar o3 – drums Lucky – bass, vocals Steve Garvey – guitar, vocals It’s not uncommon for the people who see Kissinger’s amp-leaping live show to tell stories about it later. In fact, Kissinger depends on it. For the last three years, the Austin, TX band has been touring through the Midwest regularly with nothing but word of mouth testimonials to fuel their growing following. Yet, after the release of Me and Otto Kissinger will be discussed beyond the interstate bars between Austin and Detroit. And instead of recounting the between-the-legs guitar solo or the 6’5” singer who flew off the stage, people will be talking about Kissinger’s songs. Kissinger released their first 7” single in 1998. Producer John Croslin (Pavement, Spoon, Guided by Voices) heard the songs, and signed the band to WCI Records to record Charm. The album debuted locally in 2000 to a wave of critical acclaim. Over the next two years, Kissinger would win 6 Austin Music Awards and have three songs from Charm added to local radio stations. In 2002 the band took over ownership of WCI Records and released Rock and Roll Ain’t Cheap, an interactive EP with 4 songs, 4 short films and 4 live music videos directed by Hip Williams (Mates of State. The Mooney Suzuki). In 2004 WCI Records reissued Charm. Kissinger’s songs tell stories, and the stories told on Me and Otto read like best sellers. Gamblers, murderers, thieves and adulterers lurk among the stark melodies. Characters fall in and out of love, commit unthinkable crimes and bet their fortune on chance. During the writing of Me and Otto, singer Chopper was car-jacked at gunpoint. Along with the car, the gunman stole the guitar Chopper had learned to play on when he was 12 and his notebook with many of the half-finished lyrics for the album. Police found the car months later, totaled, with no sign of the guitar or lyrics, which would have to be re-written. Once Chopper reconstructed the songs, Kissinger played some demos for Producer/ Engineer Robert Shimp (The Donnas, R.E.M.), who arranged to come to Austin to record the album. Shimp created a landscape of speaker-crackling guitar tones that highlight Kissinger’s road-galvanized chemistry. The album, recorded in only two weeks, showcases Kissinger’s natural sense of songwriting as well as the band’s frenetic live energy. Me and Otto will be released in May of 2005.