My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (TKK) is an electronic industrial band based out of Chicago, Illinois. Along with Ministry, Revolting Cocks and KMFDM, they are considered

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (TKK) is an electronic industrial band based out of Chicago, Illinois. Along with Ministry, Revolting Cocks and KMFDM, they are considered one of the original leaders of the American industrial music scene born in the late 1980s. They attracted the attention of Al Jourgensen of Ministry and were signed to the Chicago recording label Wax Trax! in 1987, releasing their first album I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits in 1988 which became an instant hit on goth-industrial dancefloors and college radio stations.

The band's name was originally derived off the title of uncompleted autobiographical art and noise movie called Hammerhead Housewife and the Thrill Kill Kult, chronicling the true-life adventures of founding members Franke Nardiello (aka Groovie Mann) and Marston Daley (aka Buzz McCoy). In 1988, Nardiello and Daley eventually teamed up with Thomas Thorn (aka Buck Ryder) who played keyboards and administered samples on the band's first tour. Thorn parted ways in 1993 to form his own group Electric Hellfire Club. Other contributors have included Goth chanteuse Lydia Lunch, and a great number of artists, sound technicians, musicians, and filmmakers. TKK's backup singers (who are not all female) are called "The Bomb Gang Girlz."