A no-name pre-Knife In The Leg band was formed in June 2006 having only 2 of today’s members in the line-up (Ralph Punchline on vocal duties and Linux Pete operating the drums). At that time Wojti Smashism was the bass player and Skubol, a founding father and the band’s name inspirator, was the guitar player. Inspired by early Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys and ETA (the Swedish thrash band, not the Basque terrorist organisation, you dork!) they formed the band to have a break from their darker/heavier/faster bands. After writing 2 songs they split up due to Skubol moving to Ireland.
At the break of October and December at some drunken party the idea of forming a lighter band came back... Inspired by vast amounts of alcohol, watching "The Decline of Western Civilization" and listening to newer Swedish bands i.e. Regulations - the guys decided to create our local version - "the decline of eastern civilization" - so Ralph, Pete and Wojti co-opted Rudy Valentino to play the guitar. Since Rudy is better in playing the role of background as he isn’t a virtuoso in playing solos - Kaymeal (aka K.Ill Discipline) was asked to join in as the second guitar player. After 2 band practices Wojti left the band and Mike Champagne was called to fill in.
Having known each other for a while and some of them already having played in the same bands before they played their first 3 gigs after about 2,5 weeks. After 6 months of playing together they recorded 11 songs, two of which you can hear on this shitspace (and soon you will be able to listen to these songs on two upcoming EP’s). In october 2007 KITL did their first tour (2 weeks in southern Europe with The Fight). In november 2007 they recorded some more songs and soon after that Rudy Valentino moved to Ireland and was replaced in 2008 by Roland T. Flakfizer.
As a band they come from Lublin, though 3 out of 5 members are not born Lubliners. Ralph is from Pulawy (the city known best for it’s 80’s hardcore punk legend Siekiera and being the polish heroin capital in the 80’s) and Kaymeal is from Lomazy near Biala Podlaska, where cops shoot to kill. While Roland currently resides in Warsaw, this fucked country’s capital. Lublin has it’s reputation for being the Polish Portland, since not many punks here are active musicians, but at times the number of bands is as high or even higher than the number of people playing in our local hc/punk bands. Lublin is also one of the most active Polish city if we’re talking gigs. At least 1 or 2 shows a month, sometimes more, always with some touring band from abroad, or at least some "bigger" polish hc/punk band. Members of Knife In The Leg also play or have played in bands like The Bold And The Beautiful , Daymares , All Day Hell , This Means War! , Silence, Gas Chamber Melodies, Poem After Auschwitz - naming only the ones that released records, or at least played more than 1 gig.
So here you are fuckers- KNIFE IN THE LEG – yet another LBN PUNK commando corps!
