| MERCY:
Compassion and forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within
one's power to punish or harm.
KILLER: A person, animal or thing that kills.
MERCY KILLERS: Craig Fairbaugh (Vocals/Guitar), Sam Soto (Bass/Vocals)
and Colin Berrill (Drums)
CRAIG FAIRBAUGH: It didn't take young Fairbaugh long to figure
out what his calling in life would be. At a young age, picking
up a guitar would set a course that has taken him to almost every
corner of the globe, as well as into the company of Berrill and
Soto. While on tour playing guitar with Transplants, friend and
band-mate Tim Armstrong would tell Fairbaugh of the mysterious
Mr. Soto. He described him as someone Fairbaugh should get in
contact with...
While on tour playing guitar with Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards,
he would meet Berrill in a smokey rock club in Dublin. Now, on
a mission and out for blood, Fairbaugh leads this trio of misanthropes
into the dark and sleepless world of Mercy Killing....
SAM SOTO: Better known to friends (and enemies/victims) as Sampire,
this young man would prove to be the sort of company a Mercy Killer
would be wise in keeping. Soto was a member of Sluts For Hire,
as well as co-founder of the group Original Sinners with Exene
Cervenka of X. A Scorpio, he has an undying appreciation for taxidermy
and a propensity for the macabre that would give Vlad the Impaler
himself the willies. Tonight, in a fearless attempt at keeping
all ends low and all light as quiet as possible, he will prove
himself a victor...
COLIN BERRILL: It took our fearless Mercy Killers to the far reaches
of Ireland to find their rhythmic foundation. Berrill, a long-time
member of punk group 'The Gurriers', was the final piece in forming
this trio. Bringing great skill and death-defying stamina from
his hometown of Dundalk, this young Irishman would become Fairbaugh
and Soto's backbone. The demos that Fairbaugh and Soto recorded
to a drum machine would be brought to life in a way that no one
could have never expected...
...which brings us to the debut release of the Mercy Killers self-titled
e.p. on Rancid Records and a subsequent recording deal with Hellcat
Records...
As products of the original "punk" movement, the members
of Mercy Killers carry the torch with the strength of 10 men.
Growing up on bands like The Damned, T.S.O.L., Generation X and
The Clash has provided Fairbaugh and Co. with the inspiration
needed to create something new and refreshing, all the while keeping
in mind the threatening poise and noise of their punk-rock forefathers.
It is evident on their debut release that there is true chemistry
between the members of this clandestine musical society...
...for this society rewards only the strong and shows mercy only
to those deserving. It casts out weakness and cowardice like they
were the plague themselves. It has and will continue to strike
its enemies with the sonic force of the atom bomb. And it embraces
blood and flame like a mother does her new born baby.
Welcome to the brotherhood of the Mercy Killers... |
