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This is Becca & Deenz. We run the Medicated Kisses Street Team Myspace, not Medicated Kisses. So if you want to directly reach them, message them @ www.myspace.com/medicatedkisses.
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deenz - www.myspace.com/iamdeenz - AIM = DewTheDeenz
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Medicated Kisses is a five-piece rock band hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in the late fall of 2004, a wide variety of musical backgrounds came together to produce the sound they possess. Drawing on their previous experiences in the local music scenes in Pennsylvania, Vermont, and New York, they have come together to try a little something different. Having learned how to aggressively promote their music and image while keeping their noses to the grindstone, MK has had a momentous beginning. Their music draws heavily from influences of all veins of rock, but with each one, an innovative twist. While the music can be brutally intense, it is always balanced out by soulful vocals and occasional screams of agony and angst. A female vocal styling in a typically male-dominated genre creates a unique blend that is the MK signature sound. While most female fronted bands work to contrast the two genders in rock music and exploit femininity, Alanna V., works equally as hard to break through those barriers and stereotypes, bringing a live show that most guys couldnt keep up with. Swirling around Alanna's vocal power is the firm threshold the MK rhythm section has built. Chuck and Ryan, meeting when the band formed, studied each others methods and sounds and have formed an amazing musical bond through their guitars. The drum and bass grooves added by Sal and Aaron keep everything interesting; switching up the rhythm and time signatures, yet never losing the audience attention. In their short time, MK has formed a bond over doing what they love and the shared commitment has never been stronger for any of them before. Coming to a town near you, they're ready, are you?
In April 2008, guitarist Ryan [Murf!] parted ways with the band. Soon after, we welcomed Ian Hersey into the MK family. With a brand new member, Medicated Kisses has plans to tour throughout the whole summer. If you want them to come to your city/town/villa, make sure you check out the blog on their page.
Medicated Kisses recently put out their first E.P. and are currently in the process of recording some more new tracks with Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner (Illair Productions) at Applehead Studios in Woodstock, NY. Illair has recorded and produced such acts as Coheed and Cambria, The Sleeping, Codeseven, Bad Brains, King Crimson, Parliament Funkadelic, and many many more.
In May 2008 Medicated Kisses has officially decided to part ways. They're going to work on separate projects, so you better keep your eyes and ears open for they're new stuff. They'll be releasing their unreleased MK tracks soon enough, so be watching for that as well. But we wish them the best of luck because we all know that they deserve it.
"These guys have got it all - powerful, relevant rock and roll that is smart and young and sexy and as a bonus will change the way which women contribute on the musical scene. Somehow they combine the essence of music that we remember from our childhoods with what we hear on the radio today -it is really really good, and I am proud to be a part of it."
-Michael Birnbaum producer of Coheed and Cambria/The Sleeping/Codeseven/Straylight Run
"Medicated Kisses – Set the name and image aside; Medicated Kisses aren't your typical female-fronted rock band. This Boston quintet completely blows the doors off of many unsigned and even quite a few signed bands with their aggressive rock 'n roll sound. Alanna, MK's frontwoman, has one of the deepest voices I've heard in contemporary rock. Is this lofty praise for an unsigned band? Of course, but it's well-deserved. Recommended: "A Wolf Among Lilacs""
-Tony Pascarella, a staff memeber of AbsolutePunk.net
"The debut EP by Boston's MEDICATED KISSES combines staggering pop hooks with the most full-bodied, soulful female voice to hit "punk" rock since Beth Ditto. Scenesters will cry mallpunk, but fuck 'em: if you're the type of person with room in your life for a band that combines the best aspects of, say, Panic at the Disco and TLC, well, meet your your new favorite band. Singer Alanna V.'s fanclub already includes the Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer, who calls the band "ass-kicking" and "the real deal." We second those emotions, and bring to the floor a motion to declare the Kisses Boston's next big thing."
-Carly Carioli of The Boston Phoenix
"Way strong, much-needed female-fronted, ass-kicking, honest-to-god Rock Music. These kids are the Real Deal."
-Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls