instal the new version for android My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life

After, solidifying their line-up, Beatrix Kiddo began to spread like wildfire and landed a gig on this year’s Warped Tour.

Anyway, joining Jimmy is rhythm guitarist Anthony Santora, bassist Max Schultz, and drummer Matt Kondratyk. Right before the summer started, Kiddo emerged with a new, strong, and solid line-up with lead singer and lead guitarist Jimmy Forest, whom I found out later was the son of a member of the band Push whom I used to see at Studio One in Newark, NJ, back in the day, but now I’m showing my age. Earlier this year, the band hit a personnel snag, and changes had to be made for the better of the band.

They formed in 2007 and practiced their asses off well into 2008, which helped them win a Monmouth County Battle Of the Bands.

So retro that even Steve Brown from Trixter, who also played at this event, turned to me and said that these guys reminded him of Trixter when they were kids and new on the club scene, and he also commented about the way the kids were dressed, saying “I can’t believe it’s back! The look is back!”īeatrix Kiddo is a very young South Jersey-based metal/rock band with a unique attitude and sound that was formulated from their idols that ranged from bands like Atreyu to Bullets For My Valentine to Mötley Crüe (Yes, this made them a shoe-in to be my feature band of the week!). I’ve seen a lot of bands in my years writing this column, but this band had something special! Everyone in the club pretty much stopped to watch these kids who had teased-up hair and wore eyeliner. It’s about the band that went on after mine! They were amazing! The name of the band was Beatrix Kiddo! Kiddo was the right word for this band! They were young, they had the look, and they were great musicians. The benefit was a lot of fun, but that’s not what my feature is about this week. Turns out, Anthony suffered from the same disease as The Elephant Man. My band, Mean Venus, recently performed at an amazing benefit at Tiki Stadium in Keansburg, NJ, to remember the life of a great guy named Anthony DiGrigorio.

Instal the new version for android My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life