Killola

Killola
Killola at The Roxy
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Indie Power pop Alternative rock Post-punk revival
Years active	2003–present
Website	www.killola.com
Members	Lisa Rieffel Johnny Dunn Dan Grody Steven "Sven" Shenar

Killola is an independent American alternative rock band from Los Angeles consisting of Lisa Rieffel (lead vocals), Dan Grody (drums) and Johnny Dunn (bass, guitar). The band's varied musical style is primarily 'Garage Pop' with punk and pop/electronica influences. Many of their songs make integrated use of layered vocal harmonies and synthesizers. The band possesses a notable DIY work ethic, and maintains a widespread, global fanbase thanks to multiple self-produced releases, free downloads and heavy internet presence.

The band was awarded "Best Use of Emerging Technologies, 2010" by the NYC-based music blog WAMM, alongside OK Go and Ben Folds.

Killola fans from all over the world submit photos of their band-related tattoos via the group's social networking sites. Tattooed fans are granted free-admission to shows, when the band is able to accommodate. Rieffel is also an actress, appearing in the 2014 feature musical Girltrash: All Night Long. She was also an original cast member of the The King of Queens.

The group formed in 2003 in Los Angeles. They recorded and released a free 4-song EP on stencil-screened CD-Rs, packaged in hand-painted sleeves. The band frequently dropped stacks of the free EPs at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, and at various stores, bars, coffee shops and venues around Los Angeles.

The first formal Killola record "Louder, Louder!" was released in January 2006. They recorded the album with friends at locations all over Los Angeles, spending close to zero on the entire production itself. This 8-song CD sold steadily and heavily over the internet and at live shows, with strong internet-orders coming from England. This led to a May 2007 tour of the United Kingdom, actually preempting the band's first United States tour. Barrel of Donkeys, the opening track of Louder, Louder!, was released as a limited-print 7" vinyl single by England-based label Kerascene Recordings.