New Beginnings

Dearest Ladyfans,

The rock gods have spoken, and Tony Smokes and The Ladykillers must cease to exist as a band. The decision for this amicable split was not made lightly, but it was made for the good of Dylan Martin and Ally Falconer, who are leaving to pursue other, non-musical endeavors. Meanwhile, in the garage dungeon, Owen Keiter and Kegan Zema will continue their no-frills brand of accessible, yet uncompromising rock and roll under the name The Motor Kicks (including Ally until the end of the summer).

These past two years have bestowed many great experiences for the band, including a full-length album that was released in Bull Moose Music and given favorable reviews, successful gigs, new friends and fans, and a solid collection of rock ‘n’ roll tunes.

The time for Tony Smokes is not quite over yet, however….

We invite you to the final Tony Smokes and The Ladykillers show. The show will take place at 9pm, Saturday, July 25^th at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston, Maine, alongside Honey Clouds, and it will be free and all-ages. We’ve got our biggest, craziest set ever set up for you guys, featuring a lot of surprises. We hope you can make it out to L/A to rock out with us for one more time. We promise that faces will be melted and there will be blood.

Other info:

• Operator will continue in all its glory, with all four of us posting. In fact, we plan on diversifying the sort of posts we’ll be putting up (multimedia posts, probably hosting it soon). It will just be a stand-alone unit, as opposed to a Band Blog.

• The CD will remain available in stores and from us for $6 as long as there’s still demand.

• Keep an eye out for a last, parting gift from us. It’ll be put up on Operator and we promise it’ll be extremely badass.

• We’ll also be trying to have our first show as The Motor Kicks by the end of the summer, so keep an eye out for that.

Lastly, we just want to thank all of you for being so rad over the past couple of years. We’ve had a great time, and feeling the love from all of you guys was a huge part of that. We hope that you’ll continue to dig us in our continued adventures as The Motor Kicks etc, and stay in touch via Operator.

 

Hope to see you on Saturday.

With love,

Tony Smokes and The Ladykillers

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