Boy Kill Boy
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{short description|English rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Boy Kill Boy
| image = Boy Kill Boy - Birmingham Barfly '08.JPG
| caption = Boy Kill Boy playing live in Birmingham, 2008
| origin = Leytonstone, London, England
| genre = Alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk revival
| years_active = 2004–2008, 2016
| website = http://www.boykillboy.com/
| current_members = Chris Peck
Kev Chase
Shaz Mahmood
Pete Carr
| associated_acts = Chris Peck
}}
Boy Kill Boy were an English rock band based in Leytonstone, East London. The band produced two studio albums and six singles before splitting in 2008. Their highest-charting single was "Suzie", which reached #17 in the UK singles chart in 2006.
History
Before forming Boy Kill Boy, Chris Peck, Pete Carr and Shaz Mahmood were in a band called Future of Junior and produced a few songs including a track called "Miss Scandinavia".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2OdJRtzcSc YouTube] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115014846/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2OdJRtzcSc |date=15 January 2016 }} In May 2005, Boy Kill Boy released their debut single "Suzie" for record label Fierce Panda.{{cite web|url=http://www.fiercepanda.co.uk/news.php?story=84 |title=Fierce Panda |publisher=Fierce Panda |access-date=2011-02-06}} In the summer the band opened the Radio 1 stage on Sunday/Friday of the 2005 Reading and Leeds Festivals. Their second single followed later that year through Fallout Records, a subsidiary of Island Records. "Civil Sin" was featured as Zane Lowe's "Hottest Track In The World Today".
In 2005, Boy Kill Boy signed to Vertigo Records. In 2006, the single "Back Again" reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart, which earned them a slot on Top of the Pops, and the re-release of "Suzie" reached No. 17. Their debut album Civilian was released in the UK on 22 May 2006 and entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 16. The album was released in North America on 25 July 2006, where it reached No. 11 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=boy kill boy|chart=all}} |title=Music Charts, Most Popular Music, Music by Genre & Top Music Charts |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2011-02-06}}
In May 2005, the band stepped in to replace Nine Black Alps on the NME New Music Tour 2005 after the band's frontman Sam Forrest caught the mumps. Boy Kill Boy had only been billed to play one support slot on the tour but ended up playing numerous extra slots supporting Maxïmo Park, The Cribs{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-cribs/7666 |title=NME New Music Tour 2005 Inspired By Rizla : Leeds/Nottingham - Live Reviews |website=Nme.com |date=2005-06-03 |access-date=2011-02-06}} and The Rakes. They returned the following year as headliners for NME's New Bands Tour 2006,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/boy-kill-boy/22485 |title=NME New Music Tour: Line-up revealed | News |website=Nme.com |date=2006-03-14 |access-date=2011-02-06}} supported by The Automatic, ¡Forward, Russia!, and The Long Blondes. Boy Kill Boy's "Suzie", was US iTunes Single of The Week in March 2006,{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/boy_kill_boy_invade_us_suzie_is_itunes_single_of_the_week.html? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102105016/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/boy_kill_boy_invade_us_suzie_is_itunes_single_of_the_week.html |archive-date=2 November 2007 |title=Boy Kill Boy Invade US: 'Suzie' Is iTunes Single Of The Week | News @ |publisher=Ultimate-guitar.com |date=2006-05-15 |access-date=2011-02-06 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} this was followed with a US tour supporting The Charlatans and Echo & the Bunnymen.
Boy Kill Boy opened the Radio 1 / NME stage at Reading and Leeds Festival in 2005,{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/2229/-/Reading-2005--NMERadio-1-Stage-Sunday |title=Reading 2005 - NME/Radio 1 Stage Sunday - - Festival Reviews |publisher=Virtual Festivals |access-date=2011-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318094559/http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/2229/-/Reading-2005--NMERadio-1-Stage-Sunday |archive-date=18 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} and returned in 2006 to play higher up the bill.[https://web.archive.org/web/20061028040016/http://www.culturedeluxe.com/news_item.asp?id=888 CultureDeluxe : "Reading Festival, 25-27 August 2006"] In October 2006 the band played an extensive UK Headline tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/boy-kill-boy/23440 |title=New single and tour for Boy Kill Boy | News |website=Nme.com |date=2006-06-27 |access-date=2011-02-06}} On 7 November 2006, they supported Feeder for one of their dates in aid of War Child at the Camden Roundhouse.{{cite web|url=http://www.warchild.org.uk/node/401 |title=Feeder Play For |publisher=War Child |access-date=2011-02-06}} This was also in conjunction with the "Shoot Me Down" single, released for the charity.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilikemusic.com/rock/Boy_Kill_Boy_announce_War_Child_Single-3151 |title=BOY KILL BOY announce War Child Single | rock |publisher=ilikemusic.com |access-date=2011-02-06}}{{dead link|date=May 2015}}
In 2006 the band performed a cover of Nelly Furtado's "Maneater" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.{{cite web|date=2009-02-11|title=Boy Kill Boy – Maneater (Live Lounge) – Listening & stats at|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Boy+Kill+Boy/_/Maneater+%28live+lounge%29|access-date=2011-02-06|website=Last.fm}}
The Fierce Panda release of "Suzie" appeared on the soundtrack of the street football video game FIFA Street 2, released in winter 2006 by Electronic Arts. "Civil Sin" appeared on the soundtrack to the FIFA 07 football video game. Also, their single "Back Again" appears in the Test Drive Unlimited videogame.
Boy Kill Boy recorded their second album in Los Angeles with Oasis producer Dave Sardy, and returned with the limited edition single "No Conversation" on 5 November 2007. The album, entitled Stars and the Sea,{{cite web |last=Gourlay |first=Dom |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/12969/reviews/3064275- |title=Boy Kill Boy - Stars And The Sea / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound |publisher=Drownedinsound.com |date=2008-03-26 |access-date=2011-02-06 |archive-date=6 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006180511/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/12969/reviews/3064275- |url-status=dead }} was released on 31 March 2008. However, the album failed to repeat the success of their debut, and rumours of a split began surfacing. On 12 October 2008, Boy Kill Boy confirmed this via an announcement on their MySpace site.
Singer Chris Peck subsequently started a new project{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Peck/162721890441558 |title=Niet compatibele browser |publisher=Facebook |access-date=2011-02-06}} and, on 11 January 2011, posted a video clip on YouTube for a new song called "Riversong".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxZSpJgR4XA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/OxZSpJgR4XA |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title='Riversong' CHRIS PECK |date=11 January 2011 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2011-02-06}}{{cbignore}} Peter Carr went on to play keyboards in singer-songwriter Marina and the Diamonds' backing band.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=673145608&sk=info |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150315211212/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=673145608&sk=info |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-03-15 |title=Peter Carr |website=Archive.is |date=2015-03-15 |access-date=2020-03-02}}
The band briefly reformed for two gigs at Oslo, Hackney, London, on 19 November 2016 and 25 November 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/boy-kill-boy-1201056 |title=Boy Kill Boy reunite for one-off gig eight years after splitting |website=NME |date= 12 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510184443/http://www.nme.com/news/music/boy-kill-boy-1201056 |access-date=2020-06-02|archive-date=10 May 2018 }}
Members
- Chris Peck (lead vocals, guitar)
- Kevin Chase (bass guitar, vocals)
- Peter Carr (keyboards)
- Shaz Mahmood (drums)
Discography
=Studio albums=
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SCO
|
|---|
| scope="row"| "Suzie! / Last Of The Great"
| rowspan="2"| 2005 | 130 | 18 | 99 | rowspan="6"| Civilian |
| scope="row"| "Civil Sin / On and On"
| — | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Back Again"
| rowspan="4"| 2006 | 26 | — | 30 |
| scope="row"| "Suzie" (re-issue)
| 17 | — | 12 |
| scope="row"| "Civil Sin" (re-issue)
| 44 | — | 36 |
| scope="row"| "Shoot Me Down"
| 63 | — | 49 |
| scope="row"| "No Conversation"
| 2007 | — | — | — | rowspan="2"| Stars and the Sea |
| scope="row"| "Promises"
| 2008 | 121 | — | 33 |
| colspan="10" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.boykillboy.com/ Boy Kill Boy.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220220703/https://myspace.com/boykillboy Official Boy Kill Boy Myspace]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060822084358/http://www6.islandrecords.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=630 Official Site @ Island Records (USA)]
{{Authority control}}
Category:Musical groups from the London Borough of Waltham Forest
Category:English pop music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2004
Category:Sony Music Publishing artists
Category:Island Records artists
Category:Vertigo Records artists
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2008