Killsadie was a post-hardcore band from Minneapolis who were active in the late 90s into the early 2000s. Members of the band were also in Pretty Girls Make Graves, Sharks Keep Moving and These Arms Are Snakes, 97-Shiki and My Lai. Killsadie released one 12"/CD, three 7"s, a 10"/CD, a split 7" with Brand New Unit, a CD and appeared on a few compilations.
The name "Killsadie", according to their bio on Discogs, came from an incident at a party in which founding drummer Erin Tate's brother was "almost killed" by a girl named Sadie. Tate responded with "someone should Kill Sadie". Though there has been some debate over how the name was chosen and from what I can tell this hasn't been confirmed by the band.
Killsadie was fast, frantic and abrasive. Their vocalist's ragged, almost desperate sounding screams along with an intricate cadence carried by their drummer's perfectly executed beats and circled by spiralling, heavy guitar makes for a sound that feels like a crash of noise in the best way.
In their later work (Experiments In Expectation) the band moved to more professional sounding production and began to incorporate some elements of space rock and electronic into their sound but without losing their former frantic energy and ragged shrieks.
Experiments In Expectation 12"/CD 2001 (Dim Mak Records)
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