The Revenants formed in 2002, consisting of childhood friends Jessica
Emdee and Ariel Kwiatkowski, two Vancouver, Washington middle school
students who shared similar tastes in music and a DIY punk ethic.
Jessica had taught herself how to play guitar and was writing songs
since the age of twelve.
“What got me to talk to her,†Jessica says, “was her constant
drumming her hands on the table.â€
Ariel lacked a drum kit, and says she “was inexperienced, but
started banging on pots and pans anywaysâ€.
Eventually they built up some musical equipment, as well as a
catalog of songs. Despite hardships and lineup changes these two young women skeletized the band they had created literally from scratch. Their first guitarists, Chris Loveland and Teryn Kilgore, and bassists, Blake Petersen and Shannon O'Brien, left the band. Currently playing with The Revenants are Ruth Yoder (Sick Sick Sister) on guitar and Katherine Krajnak (Massive Meat Split) on bass.
About half of the seven tracks on Kiss Me Deadly, their forthcoming record, date back to those first practices in Ariel’s garage in Vancouver, where The Revenants still practice every Sunday.
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