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Ko-Lija

Ko-Lija

About Me

Ko-Lija is a real Southern Rock Band formed deep down in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.Taking notes from bands like Clutch, Black Sabbath, Frank Zappa, The Drive By Truckers, and White Stripes (to name a few), Ko-Lija's music is a some what eccentric form of riff rock at times and yet still mirrors Southern Rock.Described as a Southern Rock Group, Ko-Lija's band members are actually from all over the United States.Ko-Lija tries not to take themselves too seriously and although Ko-lija has a passion for entertaining people with their original music, they do pay homage to some of the greats.Three members of Ko-Lija have done tours in Iraq and all four members endured Hurricane Katrina. Some of the songs flirt with these events. Please Vist- www.Ko-Lija.com To book Ko-Lija Send a message through this site call 601-488-6961 or e-mail the band at - [email protected]

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Music:

Member Since: 12/9/2005
Band Website: Ko-Lija.com
Band Members: - Andrew Speener - - Brian Kelleher - - Matt Hudnall - and - Brett Phifer -
Influences: ~Skynyrd~Clutch ~ Drive by Truckers ~ The North Mississippi All-Stars~ Led Zeppelin ~ Black Sabbath ~Dwight Yoakam~The White Stripes~ZZ-Top~R.L. Burnside~James BrownReviews - "...as they kicked into their first song you could hear the Zeppelin-esque guitar lines and the Southern influences pour from their music.." "These guys are more worried about comfort than impressing people with their fashion sense..." "Ko-Lija is not the band you want to see if you want flash and the usual circus tricks.....what you will get is a band that truly enjoys music, playing in front of people, and has the ability to be themselves at all times.." - Tim Black - Gulf Coat Bands.com Review '07"Ko-Lija sounds like Charlie Daniel's wrote lyrics for CLUTCH." - Cody Cox from Goodman County, Jackson MS
Sounds Like: what it sounds like
Record Label: serious inquiries only, thank you
Type of Label: None

My Blog

End of the year is upon us

Hey yall! It's been a while! Well we just about made it through another year. We're on the last few shows until March or so. Ko-Lija will be taking a few months off to record and write some new materi...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:13:00 PST

Ocean Springs Music Festival July 21st

Good mornin' this mornin'. Ko-Lija will be playing at this year's Ocean Springs Music Festival. This year's lin-up is pretty frekin' kiiller in my oh so humble opinion. We have Best Left Unsaid, Goodm...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:16:00 PST

New gigs

Ko-Lija has added a couple acoustic shows to our list.We will be playing in Ocean Springs (home) @ The Julep Roomand plaing in Gautier, MS @ The Catastrophe.Check our page for dates or visit www.Ko-Li...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:53:00 PST

Debut CD/ Acoustic Shows

Ko-Lija's first full length EP is slowly in the works.Chances are it will be out by the summer of 2007.Thanks for your patients.In the mean time, be on the look out for some acoustic shows in and arou...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:44:00 PST

Ko-Lija in Studio/ Break from Gigs

Ko-Lija played thier last gig for the year on Friday Nov 17th. Ko-Lija will be back sometime next year to have thier CD release party. This will probably be around March '07. Yall take care. Shoot us ...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:00:00 PST

Show @ The Celtic November 17th

This show is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon We're talking free beer and prizes. If PBR doesn't turn you on the Celtic offers over 100 different beers and a great atmosphere. The show will start with ...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:59:00 PST

STUDIO (Again)

Well, as it turns out, Ko-Lija has NO idea what we are doing when it comes to studio recording.  Despite the best efforts of the mad scientists over at SoundLock, we have made the painful yet nec...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:46:00 PST

STUDIO

Ko-Lija is FINALLY in the studio. We have grown tired of our Garage Recording; which all of you have heard. We are working with the mad scientists @ Sound Lock Studios in Long Beach. It's going t...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:16:00 PST

New drummer

For those of yall who caught our last show at The Grocery, you may have noticed that we had a special guest play the drums on our last (and new) song. His name is Andrew and he is Ko-Lija's new drumme...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 06:41:00 PST

Checking In

What's up yall. Figured I'd start posting Up-dates as to what is going on with the band. The gig in Lurel went well.We opend up for Age of Rust @ a bar called The Alamo.Yes, we will remember the ALAMO...
Posted by Ko-Lija on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:32:00 PST