The Makers (American band)

The Makers are a garage rock/rock-n-roll band from Spokane, Washington, formed in 1991 with releases on Estrus Records, Sub Pop Records and are currently on Kill Rock Stars Records. The bands original members..Timothy Killingsworth left the original band in 1996 to join Seawolf and Ze Krau. Jay Maker, the original drummer left after the record Strange Days. Timothy Killingsworth or Tim Maker was the original creator of the band and songwriter with Link Ray and Billy Childish inspired riffs. The first show was at Mothers pub..on riverside in Spokane WA. now called Garageland records. Timothy Killingsworth, Michael Maker, Don Maker, (brothers) and Jay Maker all met and started the band while in high school at North Central High School. Jamie Jack took Tim Killingsworth place in 1996. Tim Killingsworth after a break toured and continued to write and tour with the band...preferring a more private life and creative freedom exploring writing and gaining critical acclaim with the band Ze Krau. Jamie Jack also plays with the band Silver Treason. Tim Killingsworth was featured in the Film and Documentary Spokanarchy with his band where he plays bass n Ze Krau.

For their first few albums, the members were credited with the surname "Maker", a la the Ramones. They became known for their anarchic performances, travelling between gigs in a 1965 Pontiac hearse. The band's first release was the 10" "Hip-Notic" on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label, the band moving to Estrus Records for their debut album, Howl! (1993). Further releases followed on Estrus, their last album on the label, Psychopathia Sexualis, introducing a retro-glam sound, the band members also adopting new pseudonyms, Michael Machine, Don Virgo, Jay Amerika, and Jamie Jack Frost. 2000 saw the band move to Sub Pop, releasing the Rock Star God album. They moved again in 2004, to Kill Rock Stars. The museum of Pop Culture in Seattle offered 10,000 dollars for their Hearst but the band declined citing they wanted the Hearst on display at all times. Many reviewers called the first albums and performances as garage punk, hoodlums and scoundrels with fans sometimes greeting and starting fights with the band before and after shows . The Makers after Jamie Frost installation to the band chose a more Rock -n -Roll sound after Timothy Killingsworth left the band.

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