Killingbird was a hard rock/metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2001. They were well-known as a "sleaze rock" band. After going on hiatus in 2009, lead guitarist and songwriter Skyla Talon formed the heavy metal band ModelSaint with former Prong drummer Dan Laudo.

Influenced by a lot of the Sunset Strip rock of the late 1980's and early 1990's like Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, Faster Pussycat, Pretty Boy Floyd, L.A. Guns, and Bang Tango, lead singer Christian and guitarist Skyla Talon played in the band Suicide Circus in the mid 1990's. After moving out to L.A. at different times, and after being a part of different projects, they lacked that chemistry that they had before, and Killingbird came into play.

Said Christian about their first gig: "The place is closed now, but it was at the Coconut Teazer. It was a great place. It was a small, dark room. We begged and had about 60 of our friends there. It was just cool to be on stage playing a show in Hollywood! It was one of those dreams. That first gig was about four or five months after we officially got together. We wrote enough originals to play a set. We love playing live."

The band released their self-titled debut album Killingbird in 2002, featuring a cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven". They would release the follow-up album "Waste Another Yesterday" in 2004, also contributing a track to Metal Sludge's "Hey! That's What I Call Sludge - 1", covering Vain's classic song "Beat The Bullet". The band released their third album "Scar" in 2009, as well as a series of cover albums ("Hooked On Covers").

BAND QUOTES (lead singer Christian in RockConfidental.com interview):

"We're a straight-up rock 'n roll band and we love hanging out with people."

"We're just a dirty rock 'n roll band!"

"The first Wasp record is so scary and great. For me, that was the time. I got into music as a really young kid. I got into Kiss then. When Shout At The Devil and Look What the Cat Dragged In came out, that was my time."

LINKS:

ModelSaint on Myspace

ModelSaint on Facebook

Killingbird on Myspace

Killingbird on iLike

Skyla Talon on Myspace

Suicide Circus on Myspace

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