Kinnar

Indie / Alternative / Rock

Billerica, MA

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About

Both our albums are here for free downloading, and the next three will be here soon.

BA- guitar, vocals, keyboards

Eric - guitar, vocals

Spanky - bass, occasional backup vocals

Pear - drums, some live keyboards, harmonicas, backup vocals

"Kinnar is the scrappiest of the bunch. This Billerica band of brothers, explodes with powderkeg energy" - The Lowell Sun

"Successfully skirting the fringes of rock, metal, and punk, Kinnar has a sound and style that is completely their own." - Metronome Magazine

"The beauty of Kinnar is that everyone can enjoy them, from the person walking by the bar they are playing in, to the rabid fan that attends every show they play. There is something to be said for a band with such well crafted and well performed songs"- Performer Magazine

"With the richly blended influences of '80/'90s alternative mainstays, Kinnar is on the threshold of forging a unique sound." - The Noise

Some facts about Kinnar: a work in regress

If you think you are champ material at any 8-bit Nintendo game, just know that between the 4 of us we have them all covered and could kick the ass out of you and send you back to the minors.

Selling music is bad. We're all about free music. If you want one of our CDs, just send us a message and we'll find a way to get it to you.

If you want to use our music for any artistic purposes of your own, we only ask that you let us know in advance.

We have recently written 3 new albums, and are in the beginning stages of recording them.

We don't "network" or promote or any of that shit.

Our reviews, whether good or bad, have always made me want to choke the shit out of the reviewer.

Spanky has always had a spot on his hand that repels dirt and oil, and resembles Abraham Lincoln. No matter what kind of filth he puts those mitts in, Abe comes peeking out.

Eric was star baseball player in his youth, until he witnessed his brother get beaned in the head during a game, spurring him to leave the sport behind him.

Aside from our duties in Kinnar, Pear plays drums for a band called Ichabod, and I play drums in Audrey Can't Die. Check them out on our friend list.

3 out of the 4 of us have OCD.

There are also some serious anxiety and alcohol problems thrown in the mix too.

Spanky and I have watched the movie UHF well over 1,000 times. No exaggeration...3 times a week for over ten years...do the math.

You know that thing where you're not supposed to be able to eat 2 slices of white bread in under a minute without water? Eric can eat almost the whole loaf.

At the tender age of 13, Eric once checked Pear into some bushes during an intense pick-up hockey game. Pear has never fully forgiven him.

Speaking of hockey....We have had an inner-band argument for years about the proper lineup to use in NES Ice Hockey. I prefer to go with 1-skinny, 2- medium, 3-fat, 4-another fat. That way you have the skinny speed up front, with some moderate strength from the medium to back him up, and the ripping slapshots at the point from the fat asses. What's your lineup?

Pear and I once witnessed a drive by.

Spanky's father was a dancer on American Bandstand for a while.

Eric and I have run from the police multiple times where the police turned out to be imaginary. (Except for the few times they weren't, in which case all the previous running came in handy.)

We have released two albums thus far, 2003's self-titled album, and 2005's Looking Forward to Looking Back. Our self-titled blows, but if we re-recorded it now I'd like it a lot.

We broke up for over a half a year once. I won't point fingers, but it was Eric's fault.

Our mothers say we're going to be handsome.

I have an anxiety disorder where I randomly become unable to breathe and my limbs become numb. The only quick cure I have discovered, is to sit at a piano, pick up a guitar, or pass out.

Also, I have the anxiety attacks that I described above whenever I find that I have left my apartment without a notebook somewhere on my person.

We are looking to enter into a demolition derby, which we will film and use for a video.

Send us your own facts if you have any you would like to submit.
--BA

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Feb 6, 2008

Hello Party People,

Due to the unfortunate and inevitable absence of Spanky on the Kinnar front we have been unable to start recording just yet. However, Eric, Pear, and myself have been entering the studio all sleepy-eyed at 8AM on Saturdays so we can keep making progress of some kind. …