The Florida Kilos a.k.a. Florida Keys a.k.a FL KILOS were started on a boat in Florida in 2010 in an effort to capture a sound and feeling of the echoes of leftover pop and garage and beachy tourist trash from Florida. The band released their first EP "Clearwater Blues" with the B Side "Gaytona" "Daytona" on vinyl 45s that immmediately sold out.
After being asked to tour with other trendsetters such as the Growlers, the Night Beats, and Broncho, the band returned to Florida to discover they had kicked off a scene and sound. Disgusted, at the unintented echoes in their wake; the group gave away their second vinyl pressing for free and decided to persue other more fringe interests. Recently interest in the band by many and high profile fans such as Lana Del Rey has made the band decide to continue writing songs pressing limited vinyls for collectors of 60's garage and psych sounds.
MEMBERS:
Pryscila Loren on Drums / Katherine Kelly on Guitars and Vocals / Shawn Kyle on Bass and Vocals
BIO:
Pryscila while working as a lifeguard saved Shawn from drowning (true story). Katherine grew up on the beach, and made friends on the road. They all met, fell in love and got sunburns and a van together (true story). It was decided that their mutual love of rock and roll music, AM stations on transistor radios and sunburns was no mistake.They started a band to play the sort of music they loved ... Just for the hell of it. They picked up 60's Fender guitars and old tube reverb amplifiers and see-thru drumkits that light up, because those sorts of things grow on trees in sunny Florida. Pryscila wrote a letter to Hal Blaine (of the Wrecking Crew) and asked how to tune her drumkit and he replied back with encouragement. Shawn contacts Carol Kaye (of the Wrecking Crew) about bass lessons. Katherine learned to surf via listening to Dick Dale and gets a blue skull tatooed on her chest. They wrote some songs in the garage and then ...
Their first show was withHe's My Brother She's My Sister. Their second was opened byHundred Watersand Levek. Their third was with the Night Beats. Then they met even more bands & friends & fans of music that offered encouragement and support, and the shows become sock hops.
Currently the group is preparing for their September - October tour with theGrowlers(Midwest) andBroncho(Southeast). The band still loves eachother, and look forward to bringing their sounds of sun and vacational excess to everyone.
Upcoming 4 song vinyl 7＂ EP to be released Fall 2012, recorded and mixed by Drew Vandeberg (Toro Y Moi, Deerhunter, Camper Van Beethoven)
Released about a week ago, Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence album came out on June 13, 2014. And a bonus track on the album is “Florida Kilos” (embed is located below) which is inspired by legendary Miami based doc, Cocaine Cowboys by Rakontur. Here’s what Lana said about the track’s inspiration:
“I was inspired by a documentary called Cocaine Cowboys speaking of traffickers in Miami in the 70s. I attract those who use illegal methods to get what they want. When I was a kid I thought I had the right to have whatever I wanted at any cost. I like the idea of getting to the top with your method, it is legal or illegal.”
Cocaine Cowboys is a 2006 documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur. The film explores the rise of cocaine and resulting crime epidemic that swept the American city of Miami, Florida, in the 1970s and 1980s. The producers of Cocaine Cowboys use interviews with law enforcement,journalists, lawyers, former drug smugglers and gang members to provide a first-hand perspective of the Miami drug war.
Cocaine Cowboys is a 2006 documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur. The film explores the rise of cocaine and resulting crime epidemic that swept the American city of Miami, Florida, in the 1970s and 1980s. The producers of Cocaine Cowboys use interviews with law enforcement,journalists, lawyers, former drug smugglers and gang members to provide a first-hand perspective of the Miami drug war.
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Cocaine Cowboys is a 2006 documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur. The film explores the rise of cocaine and resulting crime epidemic that swept the American city of Miami, Florida, in the 1970s and 1980s. The producers of Cocaine Cowboys use interviews with law enforcement,journalists, lawyers, former drug smugglers and gang members to provide a first-hand perspective of the Miami drug war.
Rating: Rated R for disturbing graphic crime images, drug material and language (re-rating) (2014)
MSRP: $29.98, but Amazon has it for $22.96
Running Time: 152 minutes
What’s Going On?
Official Synopsis:
Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of the how Miami became the drug, murder, and cash capital of the United States. But it isn’t the whole story. Cocaine Cowboys has been Reloaded: packed with footage and stories that have never been told about the Griselda Blanco, the Medellin Cartel, and Miami’s Cocaine Wars, with firsthand accounts by hit man Jorge “Rivi” Avala, cocaine trafficker Jon Roberts, smuggler Mickey Munday, and others.
2014年這部紀錄片又出了一部幕後故事。美國人真是有閒心拍這種東西。
歌手介紹
拉娜·德雷（Lana Del Rey）本名Elizabeth Grant[1]，1986年6月21日出生於美國紐約州，美國女歌手、詞曲創作者、模特。
