Kid Gorgeous
Encyclopedia
Kid Gorgeous is a metalcore
band from Buffalo
, New York
, USA. The group features a conglomerate mix of members from past and future bands Buried Alive (band)
, Every Time I Die
and Anterrabae
. Their first album, Friday Night Knife Fight, was released in May 2001. Their second studio album, This Feeling Gets Old, came out in June 2003. Both efforts were released on Southern California indie label Uprising Records
. The band originally called it quits in 2003 with their last show being with Snapcase
and Every Time I Die
in November of that year. With a couple one off reunion shows since then, the band has recently resurfaced with news in March 2010 that they were going to record and tour briefly in the summer. The band recorded a 3 song EP in December 2010 at GCR Audio in Buffalo
, New York
with Jay Zubricky and debuted 2 of the songs at their show with Every Time I Die
on Dec 29th, 2010. Subsequently, on December 30, 2010, The band released the song "Mermaid with a Switchblade" via their Facebook
and Myspace
pages.
It has since been announce via the band's Twitter and Facebook pages that Every Time I Die
frontman Keith Buckley
has lent vocals to a yet unnamed track for the upcoming release.
and Toronto, Ontario area, including both Buffalo bands Buried Alive (band)
and Every Time I Die
's first shows. Enlisting original drummer Donnie Lewinski, vocalist Ryan Beseker, and rounded out by bassist Justin Cuviello, they were soon picked up by the now defunct Redstar Records out of Hamilton, Ontario
. Their 1st ever effort was a track on Redstar Records The Sound and the Fury CD compilation in 1999 with such bands as Chokehold
and Every Time I Die
to name a few. Numerous line-up changes ensued shortly after that, with the addition of vocalist Erik Boccio and former Buried Alive (band)
drummer Jesse Muscato. In 2000, the band teamed up with fellow Buffalo band Dead To The World for a split CDEP put out by Redstar that contained 3 songs from each band. That along with increased exposure led to the group getting signed to Uprising Records
and producing their 1st full length Friday Night Knife Fight. at Watchmen Recording Studios in Lockport, NY by Doug White. With the release of that record, the band set out on an East Cast tour in the Summer of 2001. Deparure of bassist Justin Cuviello brought on fellow friend Mike Leahy to take over bass duties in 2002. With that brought a string of tours and shows with band and fellow label mates 7 Angels 7 Plagues
, The Judas Cradle and festivals such as Furnace Fest in Birmingham, AL and Texas Terror Fest. It was right around this time when guitarist Stephen Micciche started touring with Every Time I Die
and eventually playing bass with them full time, thus resulting in him resigning.
The band continued on and wrote and recorded their 2nd full length, This Feeling Gets Old, at Atomic Studios in New York and released it in 2003. Following that release, the band toured with the support of Buffalo band Asherah. Shortly after, with numerous member changes and other interests taking its toll, the group disbanded. Vocalist Erik Boccio went on to join the group Anterrabae
After a 7 year hiatis, the group has reformed and did a 10 day East Coast tour including shows with To Speak Of Wolves. As of October 2011, the band has a recorded a 5 song EP yet to be released.
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band from Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA. The group features a conglomerate mix of members from past and future bands Buried Alive (band)
Buried Alive (band)
Buried Alive was a hardcore metal band from Buffalo, New York that existed in the late 90's and were signed to Victory Records. The band featured the now current singer of Terror, Scott Vogel....
, Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. Their musical style is rooted in technical hardcore with strong southern metal and mathcore elements, and is also characterised by their cryptic, bitingly sarcastic lyrics. The band announced on July 14, 2008 that they had...
and Anterrabae
Anterrabae
Anterrabae was a metalcore/hardcore punk band from Long Island, New York, USA. Their first album, Shakedown Tonight, was released in March 2004. Their second studio album, And Our Heart Beat In Our Fingertips, Without Reason came out in June 2006...
. Their first album, Friday Night Knife Fight, was released in May 2001. Their second studio album, This Feeling Gets Old, came out in June 2003. Both efforts were released on Southern California indie label Uprising Records
Uprising Records
Uprising Records is a record label founded in 1994 by Sean Muttaqi - having released records by Fall Out Boy, 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Cipher, Red Knife Lottery, Underminded, Amir Sulaiman, iCON the Mic King, The Crest and more...
. The band originally called it quits in 2003 with their last show being with Snapcase
Snapcase
Snapcase is a hardcore punk band from Buffalo, New York. Their records have been released on the Chicago record label, Victory Records. Through the course of the band's initial run of fourteen years, they released six studio albums before disbanding in 2005....
and Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. Their musical style is rooted in technical hardcore with strong southern metal and mathcore elements, and is also characterised by their cryptic, bitingly sarcastic lyrics. The band announced on July 14, 2008 that they had...
in November of that year. With a couple one off reunion shows since then, the band has recently resurfaced with news in March 2010 that they were going to record and tour briefly in the summer. The band recorded a 3 song EP in December 2010 at GCR Audio in Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
with Jay Zubricky and debuted 2 of the songs at their show with Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. Their musical style is rooted in technical hardcore with strong southern metal and mathcore elements, and is also characterised by their cryptic, bitingly sarcastic lyrics. The band announced on July 14, 2008 that they had...
on Dec 29th, 2010. Subsequently, on December 30, 2010, The band released the song "Mermaid with a Switchblade" via their Facebook
Facebook
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and Myspace
Myspace
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pages.
It has since been announce via the band's Twitter and Facebook pages that Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. Their musical style is rooted in technical hardcore with strong southern metal and mathcore elements, and is also characterised by their cryptic, bitingly sarcastic lyrics. The band announced on July 14, 2008 that they had...
frontman Keith Buckley
Keith Buckley
Keith Buckley is the lyricist and vocalist for the metalcore band Every Time I Die and the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things.-Family:...
has lent vocals to a yet unnamed track for the upcoming release.
Career
The band was established in 1998 by High School friends John McCarthy and Stephen Micciche, taking their name from The Simpsons character "Moe"'s boxing name when he was young. From their inception, they played numerous shows around the Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
and Toronto, Ontario area, including both Buffalo bands Buried Alive (band)
Buried Alive (band)
Buried Alive was a hardcore metal band from Buffalo, New York that existed in the late 90's and were signed to Victory Records. The band featured the now current singer of Terror, Scott Vogel....
and Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. Their musical style is rooted in technical hardcore with strong southern metal and mathcore elements, and is also characterised by their cryptic, bitingly sarcastic lyrics. The band announced on July 14, 2008 that they had...
's first shows. Enlisting original drummer Donnie Lewinski, vocalist Ryan Beseker, and rounded out by bassist Justin Cuviello, they were soon picked up by the now defunct Redstar Records out of Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
. Their 1st ever effort was a track on Redstar Records The Sound and the Fury CD compilation in 1999 with such bands as Chokehold
Chokehold
A chokehold or choke is a general term for grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air or blood from passing through the neck of an opponent. The restriction may be of one or both and depends on the hold used and the reaction of the victim...
and Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. Their musical style is rooted in technical hardcore with strong southern metal and mathcore elements, and is also characterised by their cryptic, bitingly sarcastic lyrics. The band announced on July 14, 2008 that they had...
to name a few. Numerous line-up changes ensued shortly after that, with the addition of vocalist Erik Boccio and former Buried Alive (band)
Buried Alive (band)
Buried Alive was a hardcore metal band from Buffalo, New York that existed in the late 90's and were signed to Victory Records. The band featured the now current singer of Terror, Scott Vogel....
drummer Jesse Muscato. In 2000, the band teamed up with fellow Buffalo band Dead To The World for a split CDEP put out by Redstar that contained 3 songs from each band. That along with increased exposure led to the group getting signed to Uprising Records
Uprising Records
Uprising Records is a record label founded in 1994 by Sean Muttaqi - having released records by Fall Out Boy, 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Cipher, Red Knife Lottery, Underminded, Amir Sulaiman, iCON the Mic King, The Crest and more...
and producing their 1st full length Friday Night Knife Fight. at Watchmen Recording Studios in Lockport, NY by Doug White. With the release of that record, the band set out on an East Cast tour in the Summer of 2001. Deparure of bassist Justin Cuviello brought on fellow friend Mike Leahy to take over bass duties in 2002. With that brought a string of tours and shows with band and fellow label mates 7 Angels 7 Plagues
7 Angels 7 Plagues
7 Angels 7 Plagues was a Progressive Hardcore/Metalcore band from Racine, WI, United States, a town just south of Milwaukee. 7 Angels 7 Plagues formed in 1999 from the scraps of local Milwaukee bands Castahead and Intercede...
, The Judas Cradle and festivals such as Furnace Fest in Birmingham, AL and Texas Terror Fest. It was right around this time when guitarist Stephen Micciche started touring with Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. Their musical style is rooted in technical hardcore with strong southern metal and mathcore elements, and is also characterised by their cryptic, bitingly sarcastic lyrics. The band announced on July 14, 2008 that they had...
and eventually playing bass with them full time, thus resulting in him resigning.
The band continued on and wrote and recorded their 2nd full length, This Feeling Gets Old, at Atomic Studios in New York and released it in 2003. Following that release, the band toured with the support of Buffalo band Asherah. Shortly after, with numerous member changes and other interests taking its toll, the group disbanded. Vocalist Erik Boccio went on to join the group Anterrabae
Anterrabae
Anterrabae was a metalcore/hardcore punk band from Long Island, New York, USA. Their first album, Shakedown Tonight, was released in March 2004. Their second studio album, And Our Heart Beat In Our Fingertips, Without Reason came out in June 2006...
After a 7 year hiatis, the group has reformed and did a 10 day East Coast tour including shows with To Speak Of Wolves. As of October 2011, the band has a recorded a 5 song EP yet to be released.
Band members
Current- Erik Boccio – vocals (1999–present)
- Stephen Micciche – guitar (1998–2002, 2010–present)
- Gene Zdybowicz – guitar (2010–present)
- Aaron Ratajczak – bass (2010–present)
- Jesse Muscato – drums (2000–present)
Discography
| Title | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|
| The Sound and the Fury | 1999 | Redstar Records |
| Dead to the World/Kid Gorgeous split EP | 2000 | Redstar Records |
| Friday Night Knife Fight Friday Night Knife Fight Friday Night Knife Fight is the debut album by metalcore band Kid Gorgeous released in 2001 on Uprising Records.- Track listing :#"Love Song" – 3:21#"Paying the Butcher In Diamonds" – 3:12#"Kerosene Smile" – 2:44#"Friday Night Knife Fight" – 1:27... |
2001 | Uprising Records Uprising Records Uprising Records is a record label founded in 1994 by Sean Muttaqi - having released records by Fall Out Boy, 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Cipher, Red Knife Lottery, Underminded, Amir Sulaiman, iCON the Mic King, The Crest and more... |
| This Feeling Gets Old This Feeling Gets Old This Feeling Gets Old is the 2nd full-length album by metalcore band Kid Gorgeous released in 2003 on Uprising Records.- Track listing :#"Anyone Ever Tell You That You Talk Too Much" – 1:59#"Morrissey Was Right" – 3:27... |
2003 | Uprising Records Uprising Records Uprising Records is a record label founded in 1994 by Sean Muttaqi - having released records by Fall Out Boy, 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Cipher, Red Knife Lottery, Underminded, Amir Sulaiman, iCON the Mic King, The Crest and more... |