KILL by KILL

KILL began as an idea for most of us in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville in the early 1990s. Many recall seeing the word KILL spray-painted on walls, sidewalks, and fences. Stickers began popping up in the area. KILL? Could this be a directive, a subversive imperative of some sort? At the time, it was hard to imagine the word as anything other than a verb. But when Jason Hayden and Mike Jarboe began shopping cassettes around the venues we frequented, we realized that KILL was indeed an imperative, something urgent that would need to be dealt with immediately. Jason was legendary for playing bass for many of the foundational Louisville bands of the time, including Sunspring, Bush League, Undermine, Endpoint, and Crain. Bass players were particularly happy to see a band that pushed the bass guitar to the forefront. KILL’s early songs also used a drum machine, which was rare in the scene at the time. Jarboe’s vocals surface as brief screeds, passionate communications that, while ultimately mostly garbled and misunderstood, still serve to convey the distress of our times.

Tracks 1-7 = self titled cassette recorded at Tak's on a 4 track by Sean McLoughlin tlg 001
Tracks 8-9 = on aftereffects of insomnia, vol. I compilation
Tracks 10-13 = 7" "3 colored man" written and recorded jan 15-16 {no year) at sweathog tlg 004
Track 14 = outtake from same session
Tracks 15-18 = instrumental mix of ‘3 colored man’ 7”
Tracks 19-21 =7” "planet called earth, b/w children, pussy”, recorded at end of 93 at sweathog BD (better days) 16 1994
Tracks 22-24 = practice @ tony bailey's house virginia ave. 9/93
Track 25 from tewligans show, 8/8/93 :
Tracks 26-27 from uncle pleasant’s show, 12/18/93

Mastered by klem fall 2000

Sham Dissemble is a front organization concealing the various identities of makers of musical ogrosity. Mostly from Louisville, but not always - some do escape... The organization also serves as a community garden, a space where some of the more obscure releases of the region may flourish in future times.