KILL THE BAND Hosts Theatrical MOCK BOTTOM CD Release Party, 6/28 & 30

KILL THE BAND presents a surreal, multi-media theatrical experience to celebrate the release of their triumphant second comedy rock album, MOCK BOTTOM. Part CD release party, part psychodramedy, MOCK BOTTOM mockuments the farcical cycle of the band's breakdowns and break throughs. A 13-song CD with a 12-page art/lyrics booklet is included in the price of each ticket.

Performances run Thursday June 28th and Saturday June 30th at 10pm at Under St. Marks Theater @ 94 St. Marks St. Tickets are $15 and are available by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.

The show is produced/written/directed by Killy Dwyer, and stars Killy Dwyer, Mike Milazzo, Joe Yoga, Blair Frowner, Nicholas Fox AKA Human Drum Machine and Bill Chambers. Technical Director: Lee Goffin-Bonenfant; Stage Technician, Script Assistant: Bill Chambers.

Dwyer is a mock$tar comedic performance artist and musician. This is Killy's 3rd production with HorseTrade Theater and the second starring KILL THE BAND (the first of which won the Audience Choice Award). Most recently, Killy was named one of the "Top 10 Women Who Rock Comedy" by FunnyNotSlutty.com, starred in the feature film The Crab, successfully toured the west coast with her latest solo show Girl Balls, runs the hugely popular monthly surreal vaudeville show, Alter Ego – Vaudville Surreal at Fontanas Bar on the third Sunday of every month, performed on the main stage at Figment and was honored to be part of the first annual NY Funny Songs Festival. She is thirlled to be releasing Mock Bottom with KILL THE BAND in this full on one-of-a-kind, multimedia theatrical performance. For more information, visit www.KILLYTHEKID.com.

Lee Goffin-Bonenfant (Technical Director) is a longtime theatre junkie, whose interests run the gamut from tech to tap, and scenes to songs. You can find her on a stage or the booth most nights of the week. She is thrilled to be a part of such a badass CD launch extravaganza. Lee is part of the female supergroup The Cloudbusters and is the stage technician for many shows all over NYC including The Skinny http://www.notoriouslee.com.

Bill Chambers (Stage technician, Script Assistant) is a writer, comedian, actor, musician, friend, and adversary, currently living in Queens NYC. His hobbies include writing flippant, dismissive blurbs about himself for various playbills around the city.

Craig Schober (Mockumentarian, Video Editor) wrote, directed, produced and edited his first feature film, die Lucas die in 1999. In 2000, Craig toured throughout Japan with the American grindcore band Discordance Axis as their videographer producing 2 commercial DVDs for the band. In 2008, Craig teamed up with Killer "Killy" Dwyer to provide interactive video projections for Hysteri-KILLY!, an award winning, one woman show in the Frigid Festival, and in 2009, Craig executively produced the dark comedy feature, The Crab, which was an official pick at festivals around the world. Craig is releasing "Jesus FaceTime", a free iPhone App featuring daily videos full of positive affirmations, inspirational ideas and bold personality. For more, visit www.JESUSFACETIME.com (also available on iTunes).

Mike Milazzo (Guitar, Back-ups) is an accomplished songwriter, singer, and guitarist who blends rock, folk, country, and blues into a distinctive yet familiar sound. Songs from The World Outside, Mike’s first CD, receive regular airplay on local and satellite radio. His second CD, The Show, is in production. Mike’s solo career is augmented with extensive collaborative work, reflecting the diversity of his relationship with art & music. For more: http://mikemilazzo.wordpress.com.

Blair Frowner (Saxophone, keyboard, Back-ups) is a musician, arranger and photographer based in the East Village of New York City. He has performed with Aaron Copeland, along with recording as a studio musician with many R&B recording artists and is currently performing with the Downward Dogs and Kill the Band.

Joe Yoga (Bass, Ukulele, Back-ups) is a multiinstrumentalist, stage performer, novelist, found-noise archivist and visual artist from Times Square, NYC. Along with his work in Kill the Band, he also plays guitar in Downward Dogs, who are releasing their debut album in August 2012. Visit http://www.mrjoeyoga.com for more information.

Nicholas Fox AKA Human Drum Machine (Mouth Percussionist, back-ups) Is a corporate raider by day and beatboxer by night. He has been a freelance vocal percussionist in acapella groups, bands and artistic projects throughout NYC for 10 years. Besides anchoring the rhythm section of KTB, he has jammed with bands from Hamburg to Toronto and everywhere in between.