Color Killer - Michael Doesn't Like Me (Review By J Prozac)

 

  Color killer are an up and coming young punk band that are making quite a name for themselves due to A) their age and more importantly B) their talent. When I was their age I'd not even heard of punk rock (though to be fair I think even Malcolm Mclaren was only just noticing it register on his radar). To be able to get up on stage and put on a show that wows mature audiences and to be able to release as an accomplished an album as Generation Z suggests that an extremely bright future is ahead of them. I became aware of the band due to Jay from The Prozacs posting about them on his Facebook feed. He's been a big help to the guys so it was a given that I'd ask him to do the honours of writing this Just Some Punk Songs update.

  You can check out the album here :   https://music.colorkillerband.com/releases and find more info here :   https://www.facebook.com/ColorKillerBand/


  And now over to Jay....

They have a combined age that is about as old as I am... and each member weighs less than the gear they play through...but boy can these pint sized punkers bring the noise and attitude. Let me introduce Massachusetts (USA) based pop punk band Color Killer! The band formed in mid 2017 around then 8 year old Lincoln Zinzola, who was already getting noticed in the world of YouTube and Facebook videos playing guitar/vocal covers of bands like Green Day & Blink 182 and busking in the streets of Boston. Over the past year, Lincoln (9), Matt (10), Nate (12) and Dylan (12) with the help and support from thier families, area musicians, teachers and local band friends like The Prozacs, After The Blackout and Marko & The Bruisers, have covered much ground. These kids have performed dozens of shows, including a slot on Vans Warped Tour, events for the Boston Redsox, playing the famed Gilman Street, playing with Mighty Mighty Bosstones, making regular guest appearances with my band The Prozacs, playing on live radio and more. They have managed to meet and/or gain attention from people like Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Dicky Barrett of Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Joe Queer, Mike Herrera of MXPX, Teenage Bottlerocket, i Heart Radio, AP Magazine and more. On top of all that, they've been followed around for months by the award winning Ironbound Films for an upcoming documentary titled "Color Killer Save Punk." Oh...yeah, they also wrote (with help from myself & Dirty Walter of After The Blackouts) recorded and released thier debut album "Generation Z"...which was mixed and mastered by Jaimie McMann, who's credits include several Fat Wreck Chords releases. So these kids are the real deal. I can tell you from first hand experience. They work hard, practice often, respect the bands, promotors and venues they work with, whine like babies when they're cold or tired, get grounded when they act like brats and can be sloppy little punks. Yup...a regular bunch of Elementary/Middle school kids! 3 of them live on the same street. They have a tune on their album about a school bully that lives on the same street. It's called Michael Doesn't Like Me. Check it out! Hell, check out the whole album! I'm excited to see what these kids are doing when they've all hit puberty!

This is Michael Doesn't Like Me...