Nim Vind
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Vancouver, Canada |
| Labels | FiendForce Silverdust BEEF Nv Music |
| Website | www |
| Members | Nim Vind–Vocals and Guitars Anthony Kilz–Drums and Vocals Other Members Robbie K–Bass and Guitar Howie Wowie–Bass Ian Josephson–Bass Joseph Blood–Bass and Guitar |
| Nim Vind discography | |
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| Studio albums | 2 |
| Singles | 2 |
Nim Vind (born Chris Kirkham) is a Canadian solo musician/artist and songwriter. He describes his sound as "Music for Outsiders".
His music and art has no specific genre but is sometimes referred to as Horror punk. Nim is often compared to Social Distortion and Volbeat in press.
He has released three albums, The Fashion of Fear (2005) on Fiendforce Records and Nv Music, and The Stillness Illness (2009) on Silverdust Records and BEEF Records Inc/Nv Music, and recently a brand new album Saturday Night Seance Songs on House of Vind with distribution by Allegro USA. Seance features mixes from Jay Ruston and the legendary Todd Rundgren. Nim is currently managed by Jonny Zazula (Crazed Management, USA).
Nim Vind is a made up name out of a combination of sounds and symbols. Specifically it is to be thought of as a character's name. A definition of "Nim Vind" is freedom by insanity. "Nim" borrows symbolism from the acronym for the National Institute of Mental Health or N.I.M.H. "Vind" borrows symbolism from the word "vindication", representing justification against denial or censure. Another definition is "aNIMal VINDication". The idea is that the animal mind only recognizes a primal rule and isn't bound to, nor aware of social rule created by humans nor their law or command or conjecture.
Chris Kirkham recorded the first Nim Vind album The Fashion of Fear and signed with Germany's Fiendforce Records in 2005. He has been successfully touring annually since then in Europe, USA and Canada. His biggest show to date was "Pain Stage" at Summer Breeze Germany 2009 to a sold out audience of 25,000.
Nim has appeared twice at the world-famous WGT Festival in Leipzig Germany, as well as Euro festivals such as Endless Summer, Sundown Festival, Wilwarin Festival, Undercover of Darkness, Rock My Ass and more. He was a headliner at Fiendfest Los Angeles USA, Ghouls Night Out New Jersey USA, plus appeared at Tiger Army's October Flame Festival Anaheim USA and more. He has toured and shared stages with Gary Numan, The 69 Eyes, Christian Death, Green Jelly, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, Tiger Army, Balzac, The Misfits, Steel Panther, Filter, Skid Row, Peter Murphy of Bauhaus, Michale Graves, Demented Are Go, New Model Army, Todd Kerns from Slash's band and Age of Electric, Blitzkid, and many others.
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