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First Impressions...

Most bands travel to their gigs in beat up old Ford Transits and such like, but what about us?
No we bleedin don't. After the retirement of the infamous Black Chevvy of Death, and now the Ghostly Galaxie, our band transportation is a 1951 Mercury in a ghoulish shade of purple.
As we sail by in the big V8 with its earth tremblin engine rumble and Rocket Ship tail fins blazin a trail through the night, you're damn sure we ain't goin' to no picnic!

Who the hell are Kill Van Helsing?

Kill Van Helsing are:

Gav Lusby - Guitars and Vocals

Gray O'Connor - Guitars and Backing Vocals

Dan Gaisford - Drums

What's released and where do you get it?

The album Alien Hotrod is still available - See the News page for further details

Also, we have a couple of tracks on the compilation Depravity in Zero Gravity - WSRC 001

There may be a few copies of the Vampyromania CD still available, see our Shop for details.

The Pharaohs Revenge appears on Rumble Party Volumes 5 and 6. Fury Records - DAGCD9

I've Been Decapitated by a Manic Fiend appears on The Best of Fury Psychobilly. Fury Records - FCD3053

Hot Rod Bitch appears on the compilation, Psychobilly Freakout. Raucous Records - RAUCD060

Gorilla in a Girl Suit appears on High Voltage Vol.2-3. Black Sky Records - BSCD002

Monster Need Woman appears on Western Star Psychobillies Vol 1 - WSRC 013

Monster Need Woman also appears on Rock in Hell its Halloween. Cherry Red Records - B005R0AUNA

There are also several other tracks on compilation albums. Chances are, if you like the kinda stuff we do, you'll already have at least one of our tracks, so why not buy some more!
Dr. Van Helsing

Where did the name come from?

The vampire hunter character of Abraham Van Helsing first appeared in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
He has since appeared in around 36 films, always on the side of good, battling the forces of evil.
Vampires everywhere would be glad to see him dead.

Just in case you have been locked in a coffin for years, there is a motion picture (film) from Universal called Van Helsing starring Hugh Jackman as the vampire hunter. Check it out - here

The History Lesson...

Kill Van Helsing was formed at the end of 1994 (WOW! that's over 25 years ago) when Gav, Gray and Badger decided to form a garage band. The main influences were The Cramps, The Clash, Johnny Kid and the Pirates and the Stingrays.

Things went well enough over the next couple of years as the band played hundreds of gigs all over the country including Glastonbury Festival in '97, '98, '99 and 2004, had three tracks released on compilation albums and several successful trips to Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.

Unfortunately, Badgers time was increasingly taken up by his other two bands so he left and was replaced with Andy Gray for Glastonbury '98.

The History Lesson...

Andy stayed with us for three years, before hanging up his drum sticks at the end of 2000. The rest of us had a year off in 2001 and started again at the beginning of 2002 with a new line-up including a Bass player Rollin' Loco and a renewed enthusiasm!

At the end of 2002 the curse of the Drummy fell on us again and Dan left to seek his fortune on the mean streets of London. While we wished him luck, we had none in 2003 looking for a new drummer - However, we're still rocking in 2016, although not as often as we used to - and Dan is back playing the drums with us!

Keep an eye on our News page to find out when we are playing near you and drop us an email if you want to say hello...

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