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The Kickback

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Member Since: 10/22/2005
Band Website: thekickbackmusic.net
Band Members:
Billy Yost
Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Harmonica

Cody Ratermen
Guitar, Keys

Danny Yost
Drums, Programming, Keys

Zachariah Verdoorn
Bass, Vocals
Influences: Hunter S. Thompson, English majors, black leather, fast things, legal pads, inflated sense of self-importance, large families, undergrads, landline telephones, big sounds then quiet sounds, entitlement

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." --Dr. Gonzo
Sounds Like: The next hip thing after screamo and folk. Definitely folk.
Record Label: NS5/Innanuttshell Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My Friday Night

Hope you can make some of the shows coming up. Love you.Billy...
Posted by The Kickback on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:24:00 PST

The Kickback and Fishbone November 20th

Please check our tour schedule.  If you live in the Midwest, South, or Southeast, we will be very close to you soon!Fishbone has confirmed 11/20 with The Kickback in Sioux Falls at Nutty's North....
Posted by The Kickback on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:27:00 PST

A Video to change everything you care about in music

changed my day/ hope you tooBilly...
Posted by The Kickback on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:39:00 PST

Septembo

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh kids. What the hell happened last night? Where did all this come from? Who let this happen? We should have be running the set before we jumped into new stuff...like the girl you t...
Posted by The Kickback on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:53:00 PST

And it was born.

... And this is how I spent my first day of POLS 472.Questions? Comments? Concerns?Best,Monst.
Posted by The Kickback on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:08:00 PST

The semi-writing month

Hi again,You might have noticed our September is a bit empty (were he to compare himself to other upcoming months, he would feel silly standing there in his underpants etc). That's because we're takin...
Posted by The Kickback on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:51:00 PST

Regarding changing our name to "Whatever The Promoter Feels LIke"

Hi lover,To be honest, when I first got the inkling to call this little music group THE KICKBACK, one of the thoughts that went through my head was, "At least our name won't get screwed up on posters ...
Posted by The Kickback on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:58:00 PST

"A New History" Re-Release on NS5/Innanuttshell Reekordingz....December and January Tour Dates

Hey.  How's it going?  Bad?  I'm sorry.  We wish the best for you.  No really.  You should call more often.  The Kickback is doing well.  We talked with uber-st...
Posted by The Kickback on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:08:00 PST

Review Helpz?

Hey everybody,We've got a few periodicals reviewing the new E.P. and we're anxious for cutting words and phrases like " too derrivitive", "insanely cliche", and "would be better if they killed themsel...
Posted by The Kickback on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:03:00 PST

Every Time I Turn Around

Ohhhhhhh boy. Now the sad sets in. Duffy's in Lincoln was our last show not counting whatever tomorrow in Vermillion is. Ending with prepositions. Not caring. Home tomorrow. Bills and definitely somet...
Posted by The Kickback on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:55:00 PST