KLONDIKE KATE! Biography

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BIOGRAPHY
The story of KLONDIKE KATE! is a fairly interesting one.
You could say Kate stole Jeff from another rock band,
...but in the NW music scene, that's a familiar story.

The band was formed in early 2010, after Kate happened
upon a Tacoma house party. After walking through the
door, Kate noticed a long-haired Timbales player (Jeff)
pounding out Americana punk for the band,
The Fun Police.

After the show, the two began to talk & really hit it off.
Kate shared that she wanted to start a band & Jeff shared
that he played a MEAN GUITAR. They both agreed that
was enough reason to start jamming immediately.
Thus began KLONDIKE KATE!

Kate first learned to play drums from punk drummer,
Bob Bulgrien, a early member of the NW punk band,
Seaweed. She grew up in the Seattle-Tacoma music
scene, working at Tacoma's Community World Theatre,
just before Seattle hit its zenith as the mecca of 'Grunge'
music - when Non-NW bands were repackaged as 'Seattle'
bands & locals were left to grow mushrooms in their soggy
backyards...but that's another story, for which
you'll have to ask Kate about, after a show.

Jeff Millar started banging at his guitar as a kid in Suburbia
Illinois. After high school, he moved to Lake Worth,
Florida, giving himself up to the sun & surf and hanging
out at a rock club called, Respectables. In 2008, he moved
to the rain-soaked NW to care for his mother
& to play rock & roll.

In the spring of 2010, Jeff & Kate began jamming in her
converted chicken shed complete with soundproofing,
twinkling lights, & walls covered by band flyers.

By the summer of 2010, they'd created a set of songs.
On August 10th, 2010, they made their debut
at the famous rock & roll club, Hell's Kitchen, in Tacoma.
While perhaps not their most notable performance, it
kicked off a string of shows located at venues throughout
the Northwest...continuing to date.

During the summer of 2011, Jose Sanchez, the bass
player for the Foxhole Whores, joined the band after
watching the duo play live at a Tacoma Pyrate Punx house
party. The three musicians holed-up in Jose's jam space
for a week of marathon band practices before hitting the
stage at The New Frontier Lounge in Tacoma
on August 5th, 2011.

In Dec. 2011, Jeff, Kate, Betty Bass, and Go Go
participated in a music video shoot, directed by Cameron
Couch, on December 26, '11. It took place at The Worlds
Famous Java Jive venue, (a roadside attraction shaped
like a teapot) for the song, Wonder Woman.

During December to February 2012, other musicians
played with the band. Betty Bass played bass for two
shows, and rhythm guitarist, Ashley, and bassist Phaedrus,
played three shows. Rebekah Rosand, (Go Go Dancer)
joined the band.

In February 2012, original bassist, Jose Sanchez, came
back to the band, bringing back the original magic that
makes the band fun! Go Go also stayed on...becoming the
forth permanent musician in the band.

February 25th, 2012
8-track EP "Claim Jumper" was released.

View Klondike Kate! music videos are on youtube.
Go to MrCCPerrin's channel HERE.

Booking/Promo here.

Cool Shreds:

February 2012
8 track EP "Claim Jumper" released!

February 2011:
5 song EP, Psychobilly Express released;
engineered by Scott Mass & mixed by Debbi Needham.

March 2011,
Facebook Junkie & Cherry Bomb,
recorded at Hourglass Records in WA.

April-May 2011
Music Videos for Poison Ideas & Facebook Junkie
released. The latter directed by Cameron Couch.

May 2011
Jeff & Kate were interviewed by
The RockIn Chair TV Program in May 2011.

Throughout 2011
Popular songs, Alien Invasion, Poison Ideas,
& Facebook Junkie air on radio stations around the USA.

Summer 2011
Jose Sanchez (Foxhole Whores) joins the band playing
bass.The trio debuts at the New Frontier Lounge
on Aug. 5th, 2011. The band play venues throughout the
Northwest & recorded full length album, Claim Jumper.

Winter 2011
Jose left the band, and Betty Bass and Go Go Dancer
joined, recording a music video & playing their first show.

KLONDIKE KATE!'s 5-Track EP, Psychobilly Express is
available at Rocket Records in Tacoma. Its available for
digital download right now at CD BABY & ReverbNa tion.

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