Kill Switch...Klick
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industrial rock
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
band. The band is best known for its releases on Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
and Go-Kustom Rekords. KsK was formed in 1991 by D.A. Sebasstian (born Devin Edward Chastain in February, 1964), a writer, film maker, musician and artist who had relocated from San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, to Seattle, Washington late in 1989 where he currently resides.
Previous Projects (1981 - 1991)
Sebasstian had been in numerous bands in San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
starting in 1981 as bassist and lyricist for the hardcore punk band Xijix. This band played party and small club shows around the area, but broke up one year later when their guitarist joined the Marine Corps
Marine corps
A marine is a member of a force that specializes in expeditionary operations such as amphibious assault and occupation. The marines traditionally have strong links with the country's navy...
. In 1983 Sebasstian joined Latin avant-garde band Freaks Amor as trombonist, bassist and keyboard synthesist. Said Sebasstian, “That was way before MIDI synths and home computers had been invented or popularized. We literally had to mark each sound setting on the synth with grease pencils, then twist knobs like crazy in-between songs to get the right sounds.” Freaks giged regularly in Los Angeles and San Bernardino, playing alongside contemporaries Kommunity FK
Kommunity FK
Kommunity FK is a Deathrock band that helped establish what came to be known as the deathrock scene in Los Angeles. The band was formed in 1978 by American rock singer Patrick Mata influenced by Throbbing Gristle, David Bowie and Joy Division...
and the Suburban Lawns
Suburban Lawns
The brainchild of CalArts students William "Vex Billingsgate" Ranson and Sue "Su Tissue" McLane, Suburban Lawns formed in Long Beach, California in 1978 out of the ashes of previous incarnations Art Attack and The Fabulons, recruiting Huntington Beach natives Richard "Frankie Ennui" Whitney and...
. Sebasstian left Freaks Amor shortly after their first self titled E.P. was released to join Montage as lyricist and singer. This U-2
Lockheed U-2
The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, very high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency . It provides day and night, very high-altitude , all-weather intelligence gathering...
, The Alarm
The Alarm
The Alarm are an alternative rock band that emerged from North Wales in the late 1970s. They started as a mod band and stayed together for over ten years. As a rock band, they displayed marked influences from Welsh language and culture...
and Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...
influenced band headlined some of the biggest clubs in L.A. at the time, including Gazzarri's
Gazzarri's
Gazzarri's was a nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is most notable as the location where The Doors, and Van Halen were featured house bands for long stretches before being discovered...
, Madam Wong’s East and Club Lingerie. In 1984 Montage released a four song vinyl E.P. entitled “Celebrate The Misery.” Shortly there after Sebasstian left to form his own electronic music project Aside/Beside. This project released several cassette albums but only played one show. Frustrated and strung out from drug and alcohol abuse Sebasstian left San Bernardino and moved to Waldorf
Waldorf
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, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
and eventually Seattle. Early in 1991, Sebasstian got sober and began seriously writing music again and contemplating forming a new band.
Sobriety and Inspiration (1991 - 1993)
Sebasstian came up with the band name while working at MicrosoftMicrosoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
as a landscape grunt. As the story goes, the mower he was using started to sputter and cough- so he thought aloud "Better hit the Kill Switch." Says Sebasstian:
The band name subsequently inspired novelist William Gibson
William Gibson
William Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...
to entitle his first X-files
The X-Files
The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...
episode Kill Switch after a chance meeting with Sebasstian during a book tour. Later when Kill Switch aired it inspired the naming of the metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Howard Jones, bassist Mike D'Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer...
. Sebasstian used the acronym KsK for Kill Switch...Klick with a lower case "s", paying homage to PiL, one of his biggest musical influences.
Kill Switch...Klick's sound was very different at that time from a Seattle music scene steeped in the then current Grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
Sound. Sebasstian's main musical influences were from late 1970s and early 1980s bands like Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Killing Joke are an English post-punk band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England; other sources report the band formed in early 1979.Related news articles: Founding members Jaz Coleman and Geordie Walker have been the only constant members.A key influence on industrial rock,...
, Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd are an English post-punk band formed by vocalist John Lydon , guitarist Keith Levene and bassist Jah Wobble, with frequent subsequent personnel changes. Lydon is the sole constant member of the band....
, Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire (band)
Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England.Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson, the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland that was a centre for the early Dada movement.Their earliest performances...
and SPK
SPK (band)
SPK, formed in 1978 in Sydney, Australia, was a 1980s and early 1990s industrial music and noise music group. One member, Graeme Revell, would later go on to become a successful Hollywood movie composer.-History:...
. Sebasstian produced a Kill Switch...Klick demo tape recorded solo in his studio apartment on a four track tape deck. The cassette demo received airplay on Seattle's newly reformatted KNDD
KNDD
KNDD , also known as "107.7 The End", is an alternative rock radio station in Seattle, Washington. It is operated by Entercom Communications Its studios are located in the Metropolitan Park West tower between Downtown and South Lake Union in Seattle...
107.7-FM The End
KNDD
KNDD , also known as "107.7 The End", is an alternative rock radio station in Seattle, Washington. It is operated by Entercom Communications Its studios are located in the Metropolitan Park West tower between Downtown and South Lake Union in Seattle...
as KNDD
KNDD
KNDD , also known as "107.7 The End", is an alternative rock radio station in Seattle, Washington. It is operated by Entercom Communications Its studios are located in the Metropolitan Park West tower between Downtown and South Lake Union in Seattle...
was now called, embraced local artists like college radio stations of the day. The End
KNDD
KNDD , also known as "107.7 The End", is an alternative rock radio station in Seattle, Washington. It is operated by Entercom Communications Its studios are located in the Metropolitan Park West tower between Downtown and South Lake Union in Seattle...
as well as University Of Washington’s radio station KCMU, would both play key roles in Kill Switch...Klick becoming one of the Northwest's best known electronica acts.
Encouraged by the attention and airplay of the KsK demo recording, Sebasstian began the task of putting together a live band to bring these recordings onto the stages of Seattle. He found drummer Mike Ditmore from an add in The Rocket, a once popular Seattle musicians resource and classified monthly. They were soon joined by Avette Avery on keyboards and backing vocals. Their first show was an art gallery opening at the Art/Not Terminal. As luck would have it, the Seattle Times was at the event doing a feature article on the gallery and thus the bands very first gig garnished them a bit of local publicity. The band decided rather than re-recording their demo they would concentrate on making a music video. Enlisting the help of Ditmore's long time friend, director Sylvia Szabo, KsK made their first music video for the song Follow Me. Shot entirely on location in 16 mm Black & White film, this highly controversial and artistic video made the rounds on the international gothic-industrial club circuits and was even banned for commercial airplay in Canada due to its "adult graphic content." Soon after the videos release, Avery left the band. The core of Kill Switch...Klick remained Sebasstian and Ditmore for nearly five years after.
The next year Sebasstian got a phone call from Chris Massey and Robert Riscassi of the Seattle grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
band And Christ Wept. They were looking for other like minded bands to play area shows with. Riscassi mentioned another Seattle band who might be interested in giging called Noise Box. Sebasstian immediately called 'Dre of said band and after a few minutes on the phone they all decided to have a meeting at the Puss Puss Cafe in the Capital Hill area of Seattle. This meeting became the foundation for the N.E.C. or Northwest Elektro-Industrial Coalition. Over 30 musicians showed up in 10 different projects. These included Kill Switch...Klick, Noise Box, And Christ Wept, SMP
SMP
-In technology:* Shape memory polymers, in the field of chemical engineering.* Simulation Model Portability: A standard developed by ESA and ECSS for space mission simulators....
, Terminal
Terminal (band)
Terminal was an American rock band from Mansfield, Texas.-History:Formed in 1998 under the name Letter Twelve, the group signed to Tooth & Nail Records in 2004 and changed its name. The band's first, and only, release under this name was entitled How the Lonely Keep, and in 2005 they went on tour...
, The Same, Sex WIth Sarah and many others. The purpose of the N.E.C. and its monthly meetings was to help promote electronic music in the Northwest by giving similar influenced artists a network of bands to play shows with. This was right in the middle of the Grunge explosion and electronic music was still not very popular in the Seattle area. The N.E.C. was a huge success with national articles written in Keyboard Magazine
Keyboard Magazine
Keyboard Magazine is a magazine that originally covered electronic keyboard instruments and keyboardists, though with the advent of computer based recording and audio technology, they have added digital music technology to their regular coverage, including those not strictly pertaining to the...
, IndustrialnatioN
IndustrialnatioN
Industrialnation was an independent international underground music magazine based in Oakland, California. The magazine was founded in Iowa City, Iowa in 1991. Issue #1 was released as a half-sized black & white xerox fanzine with a press run of 100 copies. It quickly grew in size and depth to...
and Axcess Magazines as well as regular club showcases of N.E.C. bands at well known clubs like The Weathered Wall and Coulorbox. The N.E.C. also released compilation tapes of it’s members and put out a monthly newsletter. By sharing mailing lists the N.E.C. bands quickly made a network of area electronic music enthusiasts. Many of the founding bands and artists were later signed to national record deals.
Formation and deGenerate (1993 - 1998)
KsK originally signed with Urge Ltd in 1993 a label founded by Russell Ziecker ( former band mate of Charlie SextonCharlie Sexton
Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...
and before starting Urge. working at Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
Publishing). This relationship did not produce anything more than demo tapes and a rumored track "Big Dub" in the movie Headless Body Topless Bar. The duo then signed to Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
in 1994. The following year the band released the albums "Beat it to Fit, Paint it to Match" and "Oddities & Versions", and went on their first US tour with bassist Paul Wynia. The tour was entitled "Muzak for the Masses", and also included grindcore artists And Christ Wept. This tour was a success for the band and added to their growing fan base. When Sebasstian returned from tour he released his first solo CD on his own imprint INDVSTA MVSIC. The disc was entitled One Minute Endless and showcased a more classical and experimental side to Sebasstians song writing. Each disc was signed and numbered and encased in pieces of orange plastic fence material held together with electrical zip ties. The title track was a twenty minute ambient piece that used vague movie samples and textures washed together in a stream of reverbs and delays. Said Jester in Sonic Boom Magazine, "This album is the solo work of Sebasstian the lead vocalist from Kill Switch... Klick. The Cd itself arrives in a nifty package consisting of two pieces of orange barrier fence twist tied together and the CD itself is individually signed, hand numbered and inserted into a liner sleeve. The music is quite unlike anything that D.A. has written for KsK and borders more on classical piano in some places rather than the traditional grinding electronic industrial that you might expect. Overall the music is much mellower, more emotional and deeply personal compared to other material Sebasstian has been responsible for writing. D.A. utilizes an inordinately large amount of keyboard work on this album. The keyboards ranges from classical piano to other classical keyboard instruments as well as various wacky samples." In 1996 the KsK began work on its second music video for the single "Produkt (Mass Market Mix)." They hired director Brent Watanabe to animate and direct this lo-fi animated homage to Consumerist Corporate America. Sebasstian had worked with Watanabe on several short film project previously as both actor and sound designer. In 1997 Kill Switch...Klick added former Transilvia bassist Jeremy Moss, releasing the highly acclaimed album deGenerate released on Cleopatra. Said The Stranger- “deGenerate is not a great album in a local or industrial sense. It’s a great album period!”Later that year, and right before their second US tour, Ditmore quit the band to pursue a career with American aviation giant Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
. KsK’s 1997 tour was finically devastating to Sebasstian, when the their tour van blew up just before their very first gig in San Francisco. Determined to finish the tour across the United States, Sebasstian borrowed additional money from Cleopatra Records, with the promise of a quick “no recording cost” release when the band returned from tour. This album was ALT. a B-Sides and Alternative versions CD that actually garnished decent reviews and in fact paid back the borrowed tour money to Cleopatra Records.
Organica (1998 - 2001)
In 1998 Sebasstian formed Irregular Records ( later Go-Kustom Rekords ) and in 1999 released Kill Switch...Klick's most controversial album "Organica." This album featured new songs and re-recorded versions of KsK classics using only acoustic sound sources. Said CMJ Magazine in Issue 67 "D.A. Sebasstian, has taken to using only acoustic instruments, recorded in his studio and sampler- processed appropriately, to write new songs and recreate older KsK material. The convention-busting instrumentation makes Organica a surprisingly flirtatious, personality-driven album. Just listen to "5 Hotwheels In My Box," which rhythmically alters a sample of a child blurting "five" and juxtaposes the soundbite with the bleating of bagpipes. Organica is a testament to the ingenuity of Sebasstian as well as to the viability of acoustic instruments in making great dance records." Organica was later licensed and reissued by Invisible RecordsInvisible Records
Invisible Records is a Chicago based record label founded by Martin Atkins to support and distribute the works of artists who preferred to work with a smaller, artist driven label.-Artist Roster:* Ashtrayhead* Attrition* Bagman* Bizarre Sex Trio...
.
Milkin' It For All It's Worth (2001 - 2005)
In 2001 Kill Switch...Klick came out with a "Best Of" collection called "Milkin' It For All It's Worth" on Cleopatra Records, which included remixes by Spahn RanchSpahn Ranch
Spahn Ranch, also known as the Spahn Movie Ranch, was a movie ranch used for filming generally Western-themed movies and television programs. With mountainous terrain, boulder-strewn scenery, and an 'old Western town' set, Spahn Ranch was a versatile filming site for many scripts...
and Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band created in 1982 by the former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band had three UK Top 40 hit singles, including the song "Love Missile F1-11".-Early years:...
. The next year Invisible Records released Almost Ambient Collection Volume One. Said Keyboard Magazine
Keyboard Magazine
Keyboard Magazine is a magazine that originally covered electronic keyboard instruments and keyboardists, though with the advent of computer based recording and audio technology, they have added digital music technology to their regular coverage, including those not strictly pertaining to the...
- "The accent in the title is on "almost." Though much of the music is warm and gauzy, there's generally a beat prowling around. The sound effects, while subdued, are sometimes disturbing- love the squidgy filter stuff. The cluster-chord piano solo in "Feeding the Machine (Day to Day)" is downright rude, and "A/B Continuity (Resurgence)" is a full-on industrial/techno song. For my money, mastermind D.A. Sebasstian finds a good balance between energetic and mellow. Eleven of the tracks are previously unreleased, eight are reissues."
Sebasstian also began releasing and producing music and remixes for other bands, including Drag Strip Riot, The Wages of Sin, Faith & Disease
Faith & Disease
Faith & Disease is a Seattle based Ethereal Wave music project formed in the early 1990s and still active. Core members are Eric Cooley and Dara Rosenwasser . The band was signed to Ivy Records and more recently Projekt Records. They have 6 full length albums and dozens of compilation appearances...
, The Bad Things, Melene Marie Brown, OmBili Troupe, The Flathand 5, Billy Dwayne & The Creepers, Gary Numan
Gary Numan
Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music...
, Gene Loves Jezebel
Gene Loves Jezebel
Gene Loves Jezebel are a gothic rock band from the early 1980s, now two separate bands of the same name, founded by identical twin brothers, Michael and Jay Aston .-Early years: 1980-1989:...
, and his own solo project D.A. Sebasstian & The Inner Demons. He also expanded his Go-Kustom Records into the realm of public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV with a popular weekly Seattle-based show called Go-Kustom TV with Hostess Lindsay Calkins. GKTV ran for four seasons and has recently been issued as a DVD series and on internet video sites like Blip.tv
Blip.tv
The website Blip.tv is a platform for web series. The company offers a for the "best in original web series" and also offers a dashboard for producers of original web series to distribute and monetize their productions....
and YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. The show features interviews with Northwest Hot Rod builders, Pin-Up Models, Artists & Musicians.
In 2003 Sebasstian began filming Hot Rod Girls Save the World, a Black & White B-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
style independent film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
, which includes original soundtrack music by Kill Switch...Klick, as well as many other Seattle area musicians. Filming was completed in 2006. The film went into post-production that same year, and is set for tentative a 2008 release.
Sebasstian started writing feature articles for the national kustom kulture publications- CK Deluxe
CK Deluxe
CK Deluxe is a magazine published by Geno DiPol and Koolhouse Publications, featuring Kustom Culture lifestyles, Pin-Ups, Hot Rods, Customs, and Artwork. This magazine has a huge cult following in the U.S.A. and along with Ol' Skool Rodz are considered by many as good references for the Modern...
and Ol' Skool Rodz
Ol' Skool Rodz
Ol' Skool Rodz is a magazine published by Geno DiPol and Koolhouse Publications, featuring Kustom Culture lifestyles, Pin-Ups, Rat Rods, Kustom Cars, and Artwork. This magazine has a huge cult following and is considered an informative view of the Modern Kustom Culture lifestyle...
Magazine in 2004.
Mechanoid Collections (2005 - 2008)
In 2006 Go-Kustom Rekords began reissuing the Kill Switch...Klick back catalog including ALT., deGenerate and Almost Ambient Collection Volume One as well as the edgy collection Mechanoid Collection. Says Sebasstian about Mechanoid Collection, "Most of the disc is older material repackaged yet again- but released more for strategic reasons than anything else. I wanted to get some of my favorite songs on a single collection on my own label and quickly up on iTunes. Mechanoid was the vehicle to do this."Sebasstian teamed up with You Tube starlet Super Amanda in late 2007 to record "Killing Machine," a song featured prominently in Hot Rod Girls Save The World. "Killing Machine" includes five different versions of the title song, in styles ranging from straight ahead rock, electro-industrial and acoustic. Sebasstian also published the Hot Rod Girls Save The World Screenplay with the announced intention of making it into a full blown three part novel series called The Anywhere Trilogy (with Hot Rod Girls Save The World being Book Number Two). Part One of the series is entitled The Legend Of D.B. Petty and is a prequel to the Hot Rod Girls Save The World story line.
In 2008 KsK released Sterile, It & All (seven disc box set), Ugly.Noises, Nominal, The Killing Machine E.P. (with Super Amanda) and The Hemi Charger E.P. (also with Super Amanda on vocals) as well as recording the original movie soundtrack for Hot Rod Girls Save The World. Sebasstian also released the third D.A. Sebasstian & The Inner Demons disc entitled "House Party" (with Super Amanda on backing vocals). Sebasstian's film Hot Rod Girls Save The World was completed on October 31, 2008 with its first private screening held November 15, 2008, to a sold out audience at the 911 Media Arts Center
911 Media Arts Center
911 Media Arts Center is a non-profit media arts and access center located in Seattle, Washington. 911 Media Arts Center was incorporated on August 14, 1984 to support the expressive use of media tools through training, equipment and access grants. The organization also provides a forum and venue...
in Seattle, WA.
Hot Rod Girls Save The World (2008 - Present)
Hot Rod Girls Save The World came out on DVD November 2008 and the Original Movie Soundtrack (on Go-Kustom Rekords) was available early 2009. Said Sebasstian, "The hardest part of creating an original score for Hot Rod Girls Save The WorldHot Rod Girls Save The World
Hot Rod Girls Save The World is a 2008 B-Movie written and directed by D.A. Sebasstian.-Production:Made on a small budget, the film features hot rods, aliens and zombies...
, was musically creating a collision between old rockabilly styles representative of the townsfolk of Anywhere, Washington and the high tech soundscapes for the aliens from the planet Moosha Maa. I came up with several recurring themes that were woven between the two musical genres and then culminate in the end theme for the film. The idea is the old meets the new, both visually and musically."
Hot Rod Girls Save The World premiered in Seattle at 911 Media Arts November 2008. The films East Coast premiere was at the Seventh Annual Backseat Film Festival
Backseat Film Festival
The Backseat Film Festival is an independent film festival organized by Doug Sakmann, Nick Esposito, and Zafer Ulkucu.Beginning in Park City, UT during the winter of 2003 as one of many alternatives to the Sundance Film Festival it quickly transformed into a touring festival that continues to the...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
on March 6, 2009. Also screening at the festival were Sex Galaxy and a film by Bam Margera
Bam Margera
Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera is an American professional skateboarder, television and radio personality, actor and daredevil. He released a series of videos under the CKY banner and came to prominence after being drafted into MTV's Jackass crew...
entitled Minghags: The Movie
Minghags: The Movie
Minghags, previously known as Kiss a Good Man's Ass is the title of a film by director/skater Bam Margera.-Plot:Trailer trash rockers Lenny and Ponce have vowed revenge, on billionaire scum-bag Rut Ru and his bloated sidekick Dominick who have heisted Ponce's cool invention, the Garbage...
.
Midway through 2009, Portland, Oregon's DJ Prophetnoise remixed the Hot Rod Girls Save The World Title Theme in a Dubstep style single entitled "Hot Rod Girls Save The World Theme (Prophetnoise Dubstep Remix)." Sebasstian also made a special movie mix video to go with the song that is featured on the special features disc of the Hot Rod Girls Save The World (Kustom Edition) DVD, that was released in 2010. Sebasstian also Premiered his second feature film Rat Rod Rockers! at the Historic Everett Theater in Everett Washington, on November 13, 2010 to over 400 patrons. Although Sebasstian did the films soundtrack himself, he did not credit it as KsK (like he did with Hot Rod Girls Save The World), but rather as D.A. Sebasstian & The Inner Demons.
Discography - Albums
- Kill Switch...Klick, 1991, Tape
- Beat it to Fit, Paint it to Match, 1993, Tape
- Beat it to Fit, Paint it to Match, 1995, CD
- Oddities and Versions, 1995, CD
- deGenerate, 1997, CD (reissued in 2006)
- ALT., 1997, CD (reissued in 2006)
- Organica, 1999, CD
- Milkin' It For All It's Worth, 2001, CD
- Almost Ambient Collection Vol. One, 2002, CD (reissued in 2006)
- Mechanoid Collection, 2006, CD
- Killing Machine E.P., 2007, CD
- Hemi Charger E.P., 2008, CD
- Sterile, 2008, CD
- It & All, 2008, CD (7 Disc Box Set)
- Ugly.Noises, 2008, CD
- Nominal, 2008, CD
- Hot Rod Girls Save The World (Original Movie Soundtrack), 2009, CD
- Hot Rod Girls Save The World (Soundtrack & Incidental Music), 2009, CD (2 Disc Set)
Discography - Compilation Appearances
- Urge Ltd. Sampler (song Big Dub - 1993 Urge Ltd. Recordings)
- Contents Under Pressure (song Follow Me - 1994 NEC Recordings- cassette)
- Contents Under Pressure Ver. 02 (songs The Hobble, So Happy- 1995 NEC Recordings- cassette)
- Ghost Of A White Faced Clown; A Tribute To Gary Numan (song Are Friends Electric?*- 1995 NEC Recordings- cassette)
- Masked Beauty In A Sea Of Sadness (song follow Me original version- 1994 Gothic Industry Records)
- Enchantments (song deCanonized- 1995 Cleopatra Records)
- Built For Stomping (song Celebrate The Misery- 1995 Cleopatra/ Re-Constriction Records)
- Indie-Gestion Volume 6 (song Follow Me- 1995 AP Magazine Promotional CD)
- Elektro-Industrial Sounds Of The Northwest (song Go Man, Go Klaustrophobik Mix - 1995 Cleopatra Records)
- The Passion Of Covers; A Tribute To Bauhaus (song Dark Entries- 1996 Cleopatra Records)
- Industrial Revolution Third Edition (song Fascist Smash Punch Out Mix- 1996 Cleopatra Records)
- Wired Injections (song Follow Me Machine Rock Mix- 1996 Cleopatra Records)
- TV Terror (song Welcome Back Kotter- 1997 Re-Constriction Records)
- Industrial Mix Machine (song Kontorted remixed by And Christ Wept- 1997 Cleopatra Records)
- A Tribute To The Cure: 100 Tears (song Jumping Someone Else's Train- 1997 Cleopatra Records)
- Hymns Of The Warlock: A Tribute To Skinny Puppy (song Addiction- 1998 Cleopatra Records)
- Genre-Fest Volume 1 (song Object Of My Desire 2nd Hand Mix- 1998 Ivy Records)
- Save The Warehouse (song Kontorted Radio Edit- unconfirmed release)
- Americana; A Tribute To Johnny Cash (song Folsum Prison Blues- 1998 Irregular Records)
- Death For Life (song All Things To All People- 1998 Mere Mortal Productions)
- Industrial Madness (song Produkt A- 1998 Cleopatra Records)
- New Waves Goes To Hell (song Mad World- 1998 Cleopatra Records)
- Future Wave (song Konsonent- 1998 Cleopatra Records)
- Dark Noise (song Produkt A- 1999 Cleopatra Records)
- Redeye Music Sampler 2000 (song Go Man, Go III- 2000 Redeye Distribution)
- Goth Oddity 2000- A Tribute To David Bowie (song Suffragette City- 2000 Cleopatra Records)
- Who Cares- A Tribute To The Who (song 5:15- 2000 iRegular)
- This Is Industrial - Limited Edition 3 CD Set (song deCanonized- 2000 Cleopatra Records)
- This Is Goth- 3 CD Box Set (song Memories & Discontent- 2001 Cleopatra Records)
- Cash From Chaos (song Folsum Prison Blues- 2001 Invisible Records)
- Essential Goth Masters- 4 CD Box Set (song Konsonent- 2001 Big Eye Music)
- Essential Industrial Masters- 3 CD Set (song Addiction- 2002 Cleopatra Records)
- Annihilation & Seduction (song Living In Your Hell II- 2003 BLC Productions)
- New Dark Noise (song Follow Me (Sigue Sigue Sputnik Remix) - 2003 Cleopatra Records)
- Electro Cured: An Electro Tribute To The Cure (song Jumping Someone Else's Train- 2004 Cleopatra Records)
- Great Sound Clash Swindle Remixed By Keoki (song Kontorted Keoki Remix- 2004 Hypnotic Records)
- Hot Rod Girls Save The World - Music & Mayhem (song Vikki Lee N.R.F.F. Hacked Mix- 2005 Go-Kustom Rekords)
- Wild Ride! A Hot Rod & Surf Compilation (song Hemi Charger - 2008 Go-Kustom Rekords)
Music In Film & Television
- Headless Body In Topless Bar (song Big Dub in soundtrack)
- MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Real World Chicago (song Eventually - written with Faith & Disease) - MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Made (song Celebrate The Misery) - MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Made UK (songs Celebrate The Misery and One Minute Endless - credited D.A. Sebasstian) - D.I.Y Or Die (DVD version song Monster Monster - credited D.A. Sebasstian in special features)
- Go-Kustom TV Theme and various backing tracks.
- Hot Rod Girls Save The World Original Soundtrack.
Artists Worked With Or Remixed
- Faith & DiseaseFaith & DiseaseFaith & Disease is a Seattle based Ethereal Wave music project formed in the early 1990s and still active. Core members are Eric Cooley and Dara Rosenwasser . The band was signed to Ivy Records and more recently Projekt Records. They have 6 full length albums and dozens of compilation appearances...
- Gary NumanGary NumanGary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music...
- Gene Loves JezebelGene Loves JezebelGene Loves Jezebel are a gothic rock band from the early 1980s, now two separate bands of the same name, founded by identical twin brothers, Michael and Jay Aston .-Early years: 1980-1989:...
- Vanessa Lowe
- How's A Bayou
- Super Amanda
- Diamond Fist Werny
- And Christ Wept
- Sounds of Mass ProductionSounds of Mass ProductionSounds of Mass Production is a cyberpunk/rap/nu metal/Industrial music band from Seattle, WA . The band name is often referred to by the acronym SMP...
- DragStrip Riot
- Wages Of SInWages of SinWages of Sin is the fourth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. It is the first Arch Enemy album to feature the vocals of Angela Gossow...
- The Bad Things
- The AmateursThe AmateursThe Amateurs, originally called The Moguls, is a 2005 comedy film written and directed by Michael Traeger and starring Jeff Bridges. Its story revolves around six friends in a small town in the US who decide to make a full length amateur adult film.The film was released under the title The Moguls...
- Courtney Hudak
- JukeJukeJuke can refer to:* Juke , a harmonica instrumental recorded by Little Walter Jacobs* Juke house, a form of electronic dance music originating from Chicago* Juke joint, an informal establishment featuring blues music, dancing, and alcoholic drinks,...
- Section One
- The Boxcar Tramps
- The Penningtones
- Sciflyer
- OmBilli Troupe
- Billy Dwayne & The Creepers
Artists Who Remixed Kill Switch...Klick
- Sigue Sigue SputnikSigue Sigue SputnikSigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band created in 1982 by the former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band had three UK Top 40 hit singles, including the song "Love Missile F1-11".-Early years:...
- Keoki
- Noxious Emotion
- And Christ Wept
- Spahn Ranch (band)Spahn Ranch (band)Spahn Ranch was an electro-industrial group from Los Angeles. Active from 1992 to 2000, the band was well known in a sub-genre of industrial music for its fusion of electronic dance, industrial and gothic music.-History:...