Killdozer was the name of a band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1983, with members Bill Hobson, Dan Hobson and Michael Gerald. They took their name from the 1974 TV movie, directed by Jerry London, itself based on a Theodore Sturgeon short story. They released their first album, Intellectuals are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite, in the same year. The band split in 1990 but reformed in 1993, losing guitarist Bill Hobson and gaining Paul Zagoras, and continued until they split up in 1996. Their farewell tour was officially titled “Fuck You, We Quit!”, and included Erik Tunison of Die Kreuzen in place of Dan Hobson on drums and Jeff Ditzenberger on additional guitar. The band released nine albums, including a post-breakup live CD, The Last Waltz.
Killdozer was notable for its slow, grinding song structures and blackly humorous lyrics, growled ominously by singer/guitarist Michael Gerald at the top of his lungs. Many of their songs were disturbing narratives of small-town life gone awry, and later had a jaded, left wing political perspective. Killdozer is regarded by many to have set the foundation for grunge music, despite that genre’s association with the city of Seattle.[1]
01. Cotton Bolls (03:50)
02. Cryst (03:35)
03. Lupus (03:28)
04. King Of Sex (03:36)
05. I Am I Said (05:24)
06. Sonnet (04:28)
07. New Pants And Shirt (04:24)
08. Live Your Life Like You Dont Exist (04:09)
10. Gates Of Heaven (04:09)
11. (Interview) (07:22)
12. Sweet Home Alabama (05:51)
Live on WFMU’s Brian Turner Show, Election Day 2008