Speed Date With The Mercy Kills

1.Your Profile

We like a bit of dirt. We like a bit of sleaze. We love to kick it out live.

2.Keeping Busy

We have been so flat out. Recording our latest EP titled Paradise Motel and supporting Courtney Love for her Australian tour has been amazing. We love getting our hands dirty, creating our own merchandise, screen printing t-shirts, making earrings, badges and other cool stuff. It keeps us busy when we’re not out playing shows. We’ve got a new video clip coming out soon and we’re always writing. Looking forward to getting out there and gigging lots over summer.

3.Best Gig Ever

It’s hard to pick out the ‘best’ single show as we have played with many amazing bands. Sharing the stage with bands that have influenced us such as Misfits, Killing Joke and Courtney Love always feels like the best gig we have ever played. If we had to name one, the Enmore Theatre supporting Courtney Love was certainly a standout show: a killer crowd in an amazing venue.

4.Current Playlist

We are listening to DZ Deathrays, The Wildhearts, Bleeding Knees Club, Nine Inch Nails, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Jen is stuck in the ’80s with INXS and The B-52s. Currently we are listening to the guy in the next hotel room singing in the shower… We have been to some great gigs in the past few weeks; we have some pretty amazing bands in Australia.

5.Your Ultimate Rider

Well, we all have different needs. A masseuse for Nathalie, Slurpee machine for Josh, Jen requests Steve Tyler as barman, and Mark E. wants a little of everything. We actually have a lyric in ‘Don’t Give It Up’ that says, “Tyler on the rider,” because Jen wants to shag him and Josh wants to shag his rider [laughs].