Kittie, Mind War Symphony, Ill Nino & Drykill Logic

Crazy. Utterly fucking crazy. I must first admit that I went to the show not knowing much about Kittie; I’d only heard a few of their songs on the radio. Furthermore, I had never even heard of Mind War Symphony, Ill Nino or Drykill Logic. Though now, I wish I had. With the hundreds of screaming fans, young and old, they’re obviously all doing something right.
As herds of people, thick with make-up and stylish clothes flocked to the scene, Kittie’s bassist, Talena, was kind enough to sit down with me in the tour bus for an interview. Surprisingly, she was very soft-spoken and up there with the nicest people I’ve ever met. Speaking, generally for herself and the rest of the band as well, it was clear to me that all three women are quite intelligent. All of my questions for the London, Ontario native was answered while her followers looked up with wide-eyes at the bus to catch as many glimpses as possible of their aspiring idols. This in itself became a question. I asked her how she and the other girls were handling the new fame and attention.
She simply replied, “We’re just people, like everyone else. We get tired like everyone else, we have our own interests, we all do what we have to do.” They all met “back home” in Ontario, Canada—Morgan, the lead singer, and Mercedes, the drummer, are sisters.
At some point I put the notepad away and had the pleasure of just talking to Talena, human to human. I found her personal and musical inspirations to be quite interesting as they range in a broad scale; she “loves” AC/DC, Moby, Kiss, Sarah McLachlan, White Zombie and even Van Halen.
From there, I went in to catch the start of the show. As Gordy, lead singer of Mind War Symphony, told me in a separate interview, “nobody had even heard of” them, “but they still went fucking crazy;” that certainly was the case. Mind War Symphony was the perfect opener for a four-band concert, not as heavy as Kittie, but just right for the crowd. In conversation and with singing, Gordy is as honest as a person can be and Chico ate it up.
The night seemed to upgrade in excitement with each band. Dry Kill Logic raised the roof and Ill Nino raised it a little more.
Then, in the show’s last break, everyone rushed the stage and the stragglers filled the upstairs of The Brick Works. They began chanting, “Kittie, Kittie, Kittie.” Screaming, cheering, a sea of bodies writhing and flying around each other…that didn’t stop until Kittie ended with a long, ear-piercing “Brackish.” Although “Paper Doll” and “Charlotte” were two of the biggest crowd pleasers, personally, I fell in love with their rather violent cover of Pink Floyd’s “Run Like Hell.” The girls have plenty of tour dates left to fulfill; I suggest you catch at least one and enjoy your animal nature.
–Andy Harvey
–Photo by Myles Stenger

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