What the? Whoa. Exactly.
If you don't know about Kane Hodder, the fierce Kitsap County band that has been assaulting the local music scene with a stellar combination of rock, punk, hardcore, and wicked onstage attitude, chances are you're confused by (maybe even a little concerned with) the above quote, an excerpt from the band's biography posted on their website. So, assuming you're sitting in the dark right now, I'll start at the beginning.
Kane Hodder came to be in the fall of 2002 when ex-Sorority House Rejects members Andrew Moore, Jeremy White, Eric Christianson, and Nick Cates re-formed with new drummer Charley Potter. After only a month of playing together, the quintet recorded an impressive six-song EP titled A Frank Exploration of Voyeurism and Violence.
"The EP is the first thing I've been able to give to people and not be embarrassed about it in some way," says Christianson with a slight laugh.
The first 1,000 copies of A Frank Exploration have already almost sold out, a success no doubt contributed to by Kane Hodder's live show. On stage, Moore (a rare gem of a singer who can both sing and scream well) thrashes around like a man possessed. The rest of the band members follow suit, playing off one another to up the amount of energy to a blistering level.
"I once gave Andy a concussion at a Club Impact show," boasts Cates with a grin. Moore doesn't mind, responding, "I want to see a performance when I'm at a show. When I'm on stage, I just do what I want to see." (Which apparently includes suffering a concussion.)
Just like their badass antics would suggest, the band isn't sugarcoating anything, with lyrics like, "You'll be skewered like a boar when you stare into the sunset thinking you can't trust a soul." They're laying out their razor-sharp thoughts and hoping no one's too scared to pick them up.
If you're not completely terrified by now (maybe you're even a bit intrigued?), you can flirt with danger and experience Kane Hodder yourself at Hell's Kitchen when they play with Dirty Thieves, the Unit Breed, and Morse Code Heartbeat on Saturday the 23rd. The show starts at 5:00 p.m. and costs $7.
When all is said and done, Hodder's wrath of rock threatens to so fully penetrate the crowd that, as the bio states, "in the end, [Kane Hodder] will be the only ones left standing." MEGAN SELING
