K.I.L.L. has been played on NTS in shows including Luis Alvarado, featured first on 11 August 2024. Songs played include Frustacion (N Vs K.I.L.L. Atapdacion).

K.I.L.L. was a pretty neat punk band that seemed like it dominated the central Alberta scene for a hot minute around that long ago. They were known for their thrashy sound laden with gothic keyboards, but also for their stage shows.

You’d show up at the Elks Hall on Taylor or at some community center in Lacombe or Innisfail or whatever, and you’d see some good bands, but “normal” bands, and then K.I.L.L. would come out with a bunch of red flood lights and kinda crazy outfits and there’d be a good bit of fake blood and they did a great job of taking the “small local show” to feeling on another level.

They got a bit bigger and I believe ended up doing a European tour, where they were involved in a train accident, and one of the members passed away.

They rebranded as The Trainwreck Diaries and one of those albums, definitely a different and more refined sound, was the last I remember hearing of them.

For a lead, I believe two of the members were brothers from Bentley. I think one of the members may have been named Ryan Lundy?

I need to say, though, that this is all old memory, and some details could be off. But if you could find these guys and they were willing to sit down for an hour, I am certain it would make for good content. I can only imagine they’d have some really good stories about what it was like coming up as a band in the Red Deer area, challenges bands here faced, stories of their own and stories of other bands and musicians they’d played with.

They might have other leads and suggestions for this sort of content which they could pass on to you guys as well. And it would also be cool for people like me, to hear where they all ended up, if they’re still pursuing music, if they ever get together and play the old raw stuff.