Wednesday, March 31, 2010

New KILROY song - GIVE IT TO ME


A new song from American-based rock band KILROY: Give It To Me. Watch it played live for the first time ever at The Shack, Mililani. Doyle Purdy (vocals), Levi Purdy (filling in on bass), Claude Paddock (drums) and Richard Barber (guitar) belt out this simple, catchy rock song to a great audience here on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

At the time, Richard's main guitar - Ibanez RG - was in the repair shop at Dan's Guitars so he used Doyle's backup guitar, a lovely Fender Stratocaster. It's a real workhorse of a guitar, but belts out a very decent, solid body sound! If you're into catchy, hard rock then check out Give It To Me at KILROY's next gig.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Hawaii Army Weekly - Kilroy creates melodies with local military musicians

This Hawaii Army Weekly article focuses on the current military members Claude (drums, Air Force) and Doyle (vocals, Navy) as well as former military member Todd (bass, ex Army).

Lacey Justinger, Pau Hana editor, contributed to
Hawaii Navy News Contributing Writer Blair Martin's article on Kilroy's formation, practice, scheduling, gigging and immediate plans for the future.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Fender Promotion Day at Easy Music Center

Oahu based original music rock band KILROY teamed up with local music store Easy Music Center on St King St (Mar 06 2010), Honolulu for a 1 hour Fender Promotion gig.

Doyle Purdy (vocals), Todd Anthony (bass), Claude Paddock (drums) and Richard Barber (guitar) played over an hour of non-stop original rock from their upcoming debut CD. The set list included:

* Asian Girls
* When It's Over
* Brake Baby
* She's A Freak
* Break My Heart
* Salary Slut
* Damned If You Do
* Obscenities
* Deception
* Love Don't Hate
* Don't Hate Me
* Lonely Lonely Days
* Hobart, Tasmania
* If I Had My Way
* Just Another Office Job

Richard changed Fender guitars for each and every song and each of the 7 Stratocasters and Telecasters got played a couple of times. Surprisingly, the $499 Strat was the smoothest to play and had great tone.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Hard Rock Band KILROY Showcases Musical Talents of Military Musicians


Navy News' Blair Martin kindly wrote an article on KILROY, the band and the artists.

Covering the group's formation in Oahu, Hawaii, the feature describes how military members Doyle Purdy (vocals - Navy), Claude Paddock (drums - Air Force) and Todd Anthony (bass - ex Army) - as well as non-military member Richard Barber - juggle their work commitments with playing in a rock band.

Current activities and future plans are covered, including releasing KILROY's debut CD and gigging as much as possible, including - hopefully - at local military installations such as Army Schofield Barracks, Marine Corps Base Hawaii and the enlisted club at Hickam Air Force Base.

Stay tuned.