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05-10-08
JIGSAW DEBUT!!
Buy The CD. Now available online at Interpunk.com 12-04-08
BACK AFTER A LONG BREAK!!
06.07.07
NEW SHOWS!!
04.24.07
Buy the CD!! 03.31.07
Now on
MySPACE!!
03.17.07
Thanks!!
Here is one of them.
Click here - The whole show
(Pro-shot)!!
03.16.07
The Agora At
Last!!
02.03.07
Last minute show!!
1.20.07
We're back for
another special evening of ass kicking rock and roll!!
CHECK OUT THIS REVIEW FROM THE SCENE MAGAZINE!!
Jan 17, 2007
Fun, fast, and filthier than the men's room at the old Peabody's, the Chrome Kickers were
punk before most of the genre's current practitioners were even born. Members cut their
teeth in various local outfits in the early '80s, and though the band has gigged steadily
around town for the last five years, it just got around to releasing its debut.
Street-punk enthusiasts will find the wait worthwhile; this is no futile attempt by old farts to
recapture past glories. Old-school buzz-saw guitars, sandpapery vocals, and brutal lyrics
recall the days when punk was an unglamorous lifestyle not sold in malls. Songs like "The
Gates of Hell" and the appropriately titled "I Want Violence" would be furious enough to be
mistaken for hardcore, if not for their superb melodies.
11.25.06
THIS TIME WE'RE
BACK WITH A FUCKING CD!!
05.12.06
WHATS UP
CHROME DOMES??
12.10.05
CLEVELAND'S
SCREAMING!! 10.02.05
Were Back for a
few!! 08.22.05
Check this shit out!!
05.31.05
- Killer
News!! 04.24.05
- We are still
kicking!! 01.08.05
- Busting into
the new year with the Annual Punk In The Gutter Show!! 12.11.04
- Just a
reminder!! 10.23.04
- Last minute
show!! 10.12.04
- We
Slammed another one!! 09.26.04
- Pay
attention you fucks!! 09.25.04
- We came,
we slammed!! 09.22.04
- Fucking
Fuckers! 09.10.04
- Brand New
Show!! 09.07.04
- New
Show!! 08.17.04
- New
Shit!! 08.08.04
-
Thanks 08.01.04
- New
News 11.06.03
- New
Show, Comps, and More We have
a couple of cool shows lined up for December. We will be at the Hi-Fi club
on Dec. 6th w/ Jimmy Zero of the Dead Boys and The Pirates Cove on Dec. 12th
w/ guests for the release of a new comp featuring the Chrome Kickers (Place
Arm Here for Amputation). Speaking of Comps, don't forget to download
the Cleveland-Ain't It Fun comp from soulseek! Free comp featuring the best
in Cleveland Punk! 10.06.03
- Uttertrash
08.23.03
- Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame Appearance Some new gigs to mention: So if you have missed the Kickers all summer, make sure you get your ass
out to at least on of these shows (and yes, we know who you are...BWHAHAHA!) 07.10.03
- Web
Problems 07.02.03
- Summer
Gigs 04.26.03
- Annabells
1st Annual Dirty Filthy Punkfest Day
1: Femsickliver, The Jeffs, Sexual Tension, Amps II Eleven, Chrome
Kickers, The Uppertanks, Don Austin 03.26.03
- Interview
with Uttertrash eZine 03.21.03
- Studio
Report 01.13.03
- The
Squirts Farewell 01.08.03
- Scene
"Fresh Faces for '03" "What
happens when the Atomic Punks detonate? You get the mushroom cloud of
misanthropy
that is the Chrome Kickers. Featuring a former member of the Punks and four
other scene vets who've done time with such luminaries as the Defnics, the
Pink Holes, and the Plague, the Chrome Kickers sweat out Cleveland street
punk at its finest. Guttural, ill-tempered, and harder going down then a
shot of Wild Turkey, the Kickers are a blur of curled lips and bloody knuckles.
"Teeth are missing every fucking where," guitarist C.W. DeGidio
exclaims on a self-made live disc the band passed along to us. "Who
gives a fuck? They're only teeth," he then adds, as the Kickers tear
into another one." - Soundbites
"Fresh Faces for '03" by Jason Bracelin (week of Dec. 25-31, 2002
pg. 55) 12.21.02
- Scene
Magazine 12.17.02
- Annabell's 12.10.02
- The
Odeon
We will be appearing at at The Jigsaw Sat. May. 10 with The Velvematics, The Pinheads, The Facials and Pipebomb...It will be a stellar show!
Click here -
To purchase CD.
We will be appearing at at The Hi-Fi Club Fri. Jan. 04 at 8:30 PM with Sappy Bell, & Beneath The Stars.
Two weekends in a row!..Sat June 2 at "Safecrackers" in Mentor, Ohio as part of the "Fist Full Of Fuck You" show...and Fri. June 8 at "Now Thats Class" 11213 Detroit Ave. Cleveland, Ohio...with The Vapids (from Canada), The Hollywood Blondes (from Cleveland) and Division of Planes (from Brooklyn)
Now available online at Interpunk.com
Click here -
To purchase CD.
We finally broke down and created a myspace page..Check it out!
Click here - For our
MySpace page.
Thanks to all who came to the agora on mar. 16 to see us!! We really appreciated the the
reaction from folks who have heard us before and to the ones who haven't. Additional
thanks the the other bands on the bill who were all very cool and kicked ass!! (Asinine, The
Upsiders (on tour from florida) and The Smash Babies..A BIG Fuck Yea thanks to Johnny
Mohawk and the Assassins for putting on the show and for having us...I'm sure we will cross
paths again soon!!..Special mention thanks to Ray from Mutant Roadkill for his support and
encouragement! Thanks to Tammy Sablack for videotaping the show and posting some
snippits on Youtube.
We will be appearing at The Cleveland Agora Ballroom Fri. March 16..As special guests
for Johnny Mohawk and the Assassins CD release party. I will provide additional info as I
receive it.
We will be appearing at the Phantasy Nightclub Saturday February 3rd. This show will be
the second one with our new bass player Joe Urusko..He's kicking major ass and working
out great!!..Come and check out the new lineup!.. You will be pleasantly surprised!! Also on
the bill are Mugshot, Mojo Filter & Mutant Roadkill..This show is being presented by JIB
Records. Click the flyer on the right to get the full size view.
We have been invited to participate in the celebration of WCSB'S legendary DJ Scary
ellen's birthday party!! Scary has been instrumental in her support of great local bands and
has lent her support most recently to The Chrome Kickers!. So we are stoked to be part of
this event..The show is Jan. 20 at The Beachland Ballroom..Doors open at 8:00 pm. and
this is an all ages show featuring Knifedance, Driven High, Luxury Pushers (from Dayton,
Ohio) and The Chrome Kickers. admission is $6.00..So..for all who couldn't make the cd
release party..this is a great show to see and pick up a copy of our balls out debut
cd!!..See you there. Click the flyer on the right to get the full size view.
Regional Beat
The Chrome Kickers
Bring Your Doom (Bully Boy Records)
By Matt Gorey
Thats right fuckers!! Our long anticipated cd release is going to happen November 25
2006 at The Beachland Ballroom!! The show starts at 9:00 pm. We hit the stage at 10:10
pm..This is a part of the Clevelands Screaming 3 show which also features The Guns, The
2 Bobs, Knifedance and The Legendary Cheetah Chrome from The Deadboys!! Come
one, come all to witness what will be remembered as a historical event!!..Click the flyer on
the right to get the full size view.
We are back for hopefully the last time before our record release. This show will feature
Horror Of 59, The Chrome Kickers, Saint Helena & 1 more band that hasn't been
confirmed yet performing at The Phantasy located at 11802 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood,
Ohio on Friday, May 12th at 9pm. Doors will open at 8:30pm. This show is 16 and over only
(ID required). Presale tickets are available online for $6.(www.starloft.com) Cost at the
door on the day of the show will be $7. Add $3 at the door if under 21. There will be
discounted admission at the door for those with a Cleveland Music Fest ticket.
We are proud to be a part of this legendary show!!..This show brings back cleveland
hardcore legends such as The Plague, Agitated, ODFX, The Legendary Offbeats and The
Guns..as well as us and Driven High...The show starts at 8:00 pm with CLEPUNK video
extravaganza featuring The Pagans, The Deadboys, Knifedance, Destructor, Floyd Band
and The Pink Holes..Followed by the formentioned live bands!!..Any curiousity about the
classic cleveland hardcore scene will be represented on this legendary evening...Come
all!!!
We will be appearing Saturday October 15th: Bloodbash 2005 at The Pit Cleveland 4309
Lorain Ave (Third Floor) , Cleveland, Ohio 216 . 939 . 1863 W/ Fullmoon Renegades,
Conservative Chaos, Love Spank, Creepshow 1977, and The Human Experiments. Its a
huge room with plenty of space for a BLOODBASH!!!..There are a few others in the works,
they are listed in the "Events" Page. We will give a reminder here when their time is
near..See you at the Bash!!
We're sure most of you have noticed our absense form the locals lately, but we haven't
been booking any new shows while we are still hard at work on our disc. That is unless it is
a show that is too good to pass up!..We have been selected to participate in this year's
Studio-A-Rama, sponsored by Case Western Reserve and WRUW and we gladly
accepted! This is a real honor for us and we are prepared to make this one another classic
bash!! Day of the show is Saturday Septemperbr 10 at 7:00 pm at Case western!!..We are
looking forward to seeing everyone of you sick fucks again!
We Have been invited to do a show with the legendary Agent Orange!! It will be at The
Pirates Cove on Sat. June 11th. We are not sure who else is on the bill, but this is a six
band bill and the show starts at 7:00 pm. Tickets and directions can be aquired through
The Pirates Cove website. There is a link on our links page. Or you can contact us here to
aquire advance tickets. We hope to see all of the Cleveland slammers at this
one!!
We will be playing at The Backstreet Cafe on Sat. May 14 at 10:00 pm with Girth and
Blemish.(Backstreet Cafe
7865 Plains Road, Mentor On The Lake, OH 44060 - 440-257-5100)..It might seem like we
have dropped off of the planet, but we have been real busy recording our cd!!..We are
about 75 percent finished and it is sounding incredible..We in fact will be recording this
show to provide us with one live track for the disk, So get your ass out for this one and
maybe you can get to hear one of your insane voices on the recording!!
01.21.05
- Just for the
record
If you have noticed....we are advertised as double booked for the January 28th. However
we need to let you know that the Grog Shop gig is the one we will be at!!..We thought we
had this solved weeks ago, but the live ads have shown different...If anyone needs further
explanation....we will be happy to tell you at the Grog Shop...Fri. Jan. 28 2005...Just hunt
one of us down and we will lay it out for you!!...Apologies for any confusion
01.09.05
- For the few
that missed us
We will be at the Grog Shop Fri. Jan. 28 with Dropgun, The Skipped & Ill At Ease..we will
be videotaped for this one.. See our links page for directions....Special thanks to Jason
and Brazen Rogues for having us last night!!..We were psyched to be there for such a
successfull show!! It sure was a slammin bash!! Hopefully it won't be so long before we
hook up again...It was also great seeing our brothers Curt & Fuckchop..Thanks for showing
up guys..and thanks to everyone else who dug us!!..We try to never disappoint!!
A great show to kick in the new year featuring..The Mighty Chrome Kickers, Brazen
Rogues and The Jacknife Powerbombs. It has been a while since we shared a bill with
either of these great bands, so this is one to catch!! Get directions to The Pirates Cove
from their website...The link is in our links page.
We will be playing at Pat's in the flats this Saturday 12/11/04 along with The Skipped and
Dropgun..We are real pumped for this one!! Be there!! Get directions to Pats in the Flats
from their website...The link is in our links page.
Thats right! Another last minute booking..Sat. Oct. 23rd at The Pit Cleveland with The
Skipped, Belligerent from Montreal,CA (Metal-Core), Blessed By A Broken Heart & A
Single Betrayal..9pm all ages Get directions to The Pit Cleveland from the Pit website...The
link is in our links page.
Thanks to the plentiful crowd for hanging and for the great response..Special thanks to
Adam from the Vista Cruisers for the invite to such a successfull show!! We have a great
show Sat. Dec. 11th. at Pats In The Flats with Dropgun, The Jacknife Powerbombs & The
Skipped..We are really looking forward to this one!! So should you...All bands on this bill
are great!!...Be sure to check the new pictures in the images section from the HI-FI show
from Sept. 24th.
To all of the pricks who missed us on the 24th., We have another one.!! Fri. Oct. 8th at The
Symposium with The vista Cruisers (thanks dudes) Damn near Killed Him, Delay & Black
Market Massacre
Thanks Matt from The Skipped for inviting us to be part of the show!!..We met some real
cool people, and hope to share more gigs with The Skipped, and Ill At Ease..We hope to
see everyone again real soon!!
Thanks to those who wanted us to keep playing after we were abruptly asked to stop!! That
will be our last time at that place!!...See you friday at The HI-FI..They are prepared for and
welcome loud music there!!
We got a last minute booking at Billy Morris' Hi-Fi Club Fri. Sept. 24 2004 With Ill At Ease,
Asylum, Left Turn & The Skipped...It should be a Slammin one!! Look at our links page for
the Hi-Fi Website.
Don't forget to come out to the Felt Tues. Sept. 21 to witness us in all of our fury!! Get
address and directions from the Felt link on our links page. Click the flyer on the right side
of the screen for an enlarged view..And if you feel like helping out...print a few copies out
and leave in your nearest music store...THANKS!!..See you there!!
Pictures from the rock hall of fame and The Pirates Cove shows we played last year in the
images section and new mp3's in the audio section!! Yours for free Mother fuckers!!
Mucho thanks to all that came out to the symposium last night!!..It won't be so long between
shows anymore....much thanks to The Skipped, Reason seven & Scratch for sharing the
bill!!
Greetings chrome domes!!..As you can see we have finally updated this damn site!!..New
news is of course...the symposium show August 7th..and we now have killer t-shirts for sale
to help promote this kicker virus we are trying to spread...In more personal news...In case
you haven't heard...Curt has left the band, and we can honestly say that this was the most
amicable split!!...He is still our friend, and we do miss him!!...Hopefully he will get the itch to
rock again and start his own band!!..Then we can share some gigs..I to give special thanks
to Jim Cornelius from Reason Seven for helping me to update this site!!...
We had
a blast playing the Uttertrash festival at the Phantasy. Apperantly, The Phantasy
loved us enough to ask us back rather soon..as in TOMORROW! So be sure to
come check us out. Also of note, we noticed that the ads Tripod was throwing
on the site were screwing things up, so being the nifty fuckers we are, they
are now gone!
On October
25th, the Kickers will be playing the Phantasy. This is a big party in celebration
of the first PRINT issue of Uttertrash. The line up is rock solid so be sure
to come out!
So far,
this summer has been pretty slammin'. The Kickers got to hang with there old
friends the Pink Holes and the Pagans, as well as playing some really great
shows. If you missed Dead End America '03, you missed a great night of Cleveland
local music (as well as missing Mike D. and CW's birthday!).
August 29th - The Beachland: Half-life, Dropgun
Sept. 13th - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Cheap Vinyl
Sept. 18th - Pat's in the Flats: The Crackpipes, The Hurricanes
The Page
has finally been updated. Should have appeared back on the second, but after
a few people mentioning that the site was still not updated, I went back and
checked the server. The problem is now taken care of.
Summer
Gigs have been posted, so be sure to check us out. Two punkfests and a Beachland
gig. Should be a fun summer.
That's
right. The Rock & Roll Voodoo Daddies have spoken and it is GOOD! CW DeGidio
has put together a two day punkfest at the Kickers favorite cavern: Annabells.
The Lineup is as follows:
Day 2: The Wanteds, Waiting For Evangeline, Reason 7
(featuring Mike Sherwood of the Kickers), Standing 69's, and Labor
Force
Come out, drink beer, and don't forget to tip the bartender!
Bob
and Scott had an oppurtunity to talk with the guys at Uttertrash eZine, the
interview can be found here: http://www.uttertrash.net/chromekickers
.htm
Check it out!
Hey
crew. Been a little bit. Your wonderous webmaster lost his net connection
and finally got back online last week. But, the big news is as follows: We
have been in the studio working our asses off trying to get the single finished
and getting some tracks laid down for the full release wich will be out by
summer. We've got some big shows coming, most noteably will be the
Annabell's
1st Annual Dirty, Filthy Punk Fest. This isn't one of those ticket
selling schemes, this is the legit DIY thing. Lineup highlights already include
Chrome Kickers, Dropgun, and Don Austin. Stay tuned
for more details.
Friday
(Jan. 10) was a great show. We wanna thank everybody for braving our wonderful
North East Ohio weather and coming out. Everybody who played deserves a PBR
pronto! The Anti-Socialists gave us a lot to chew on with their 100% Cleveland
bred political punk. The Jacknife Powerbombs had to be one of the most energetic
bunch I have seen in a long time. As for the Squirts, their hybrid of good
punk and comedy will be missed. If you see any these guys, buy them a beer...they
deserve it. Thanks for the good times guys!
In
case you missed it, here is the write from Scene Magazine:
All the
hard work is paying off! We were recently contacted by Scene
magazine about appearing in an article that will be in either next week or
the week afters issue. Rather than tell you what the article is going to say,
your gonna have to dig up a copy of the Scene to find out.
We had
a great time last week at Annabell's. Dropgun and Criminal Authourity came
out and helped make the show a classic gig. There were some minor problems
concerning all the minors that showed up, but we are happy to say that Annabell's
came through for us. For future reference, those of you under 21 are gonna
have to pay $2 to get in.
What
an experience. Although we didn't get the time slot we expected, we wanna
thank all of you who waited till we came on and who bought tickets from us.
Thanks for the support.