Killing Time (American band)

Killing Time
Origin	New York City, United States
Genres	Hardcore punk, heavy hardcore
Years active	1988–1989 (as Raw Deal) 1989–1998 2001–2005 (reunions)
Labels	In Effect Records Lost & Found (reissue) Victory Records (reissue) Blackout Records
Website	www.killingtimenyhc.com
Members	Anthony Comunale Anthony Drago Rich McLoughlin Christopher Skowronski Carl Porcaro
Past members	Sean O'Brien Dave Franklin Alex Gopian Mike Sentkiewitz Lars Weiss

Killing Time is an influential New York Hardcore band. From their beginnings in 1988, under the name Raw Deal, they went on to record two full-length albums and several EPs, singles, and compilation tracks. The band went through three hiatus before formally disbanding in 1998. However, the band re-formed in 2006 and has been touring/playing since. Work on their third full-length album was completed in March 2009.

Raw Deal was formed in 1988 by Carl Porcaro, Rich McLoughlin, and Anthony Drago after their former band, Breakdown – another New York hardcore band – split through personal differences. While Breakdown continued as a band without them, Anthony Comunale – formerly of Token Entry – was recruited on vocals and Mike Sentkiewitz – formerly of Sick Of It All – on guitar to round out the Raw Deal line-up.

The band then recorded a demo cassette and set about playing at various venues in New York City – most notably at CBGB's which was home to many hardcore punk acts at the time, including Agnostic Front, Warzone, Sick Of It All, Gorilla Biscuits, and Murphy's Law. They also created a second demo which remained uncirculated because, after a show at the Ritz Theatre in New York City, they were signed to the In Effect Records label – a part of Relativity Records – with a view to recording their first full-length album.

Mike Sentkiewitz left the band and they were forced to change their name to Killing Time after legal action was threatened by a heavy metal band of the same name. They entered the Normandy Sound studio in Warren, Rhode Island with famed hardcore producer, Tom Soares – he had previously been involved with recording Cro-Mags' Best Wishes and Gang Green's Older... Budweiser to name but a few. The band performed as a four-piece and re-recorded some of the tracks from their first demo and a few new ones which resulted in the Brightside album being released in November, 1989.

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