Formed in early 2020, Killing Aura’s exhilarating brand of supercharged Alternative Rock and chaotic live shows have quickly earned them a reputation as one of the most exciting bands to emerge from the Nottingham rock scene. The bands fresh yet nostalgic sound along with their resonating live performances have quickly helped them make a name for themselves. The group consists of Frontman Chris Gordon, Guitarist Tom Burrows, Bassist Ben Lanckham and Drummer Danny Gage, all of which have been close friends for 15+ years after meeting at a local gig venue/hangout. Their debut single ‘Million’ quickly grasped the attention of rock fans worldwide, achieving over 28,000 Spotify streams alone, from all corners of the globe.
By Kamil Bobin
Discovered via Musosoup
Kamil) Hey Killing Aura, super nice to have the chance to chat with you. What first got you into music?
We've all been into music since we were very young, and we've all been playing our instruments since we were kids. We got into music through watching bands on telly in the 90s, we remember seeing Keith flint jumping around like a mad man on firestarter and thought, that's unreal, we need some of that.
Do you have any hobbies or interests outside of music?
We love football, a few of us spend our Saturdays in the pub watching soccer Saturday waiting for scores to come in. We all generally enjoy the gym too. Chris can't get enough of ping pong either.
Your latest song is 'Limitless'. Can you tell us more about the making of it and if there were any unusual things happening during the process?
Limitless is an interesting one, it's actually an old song to us. We were jamming in rehearsal and the song just came together, Burrows started riffing and limitless was born, it's taken a few turns over the years, the chorus has changed around 3 times, but we finally nailed it.
Can you reveal the recipe for a musical hit?
We will let you know in 2 years.
What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as an artist?
We are constantly writing new music, sending ideas to each other, always looking for inspiration from anything. We will be going on our second tour in March, which is great for experience, we feel that we improve every gig we do. We are getting more confident in our abilities, the more you do something, the better you get, so its important to keep doing what we were born to do.
What inspires you as an artist? Could it be the sea, the weather or something else?
I feel that our inspiration is similar, we like live music, we've all been going to concerts and festivals for years, and we take massive inspiration from this. We've been to some of the biggest music events in history and it is mind blowing. When we were there, we all imagined that it was us on that stage, making the crowd roar, there's no bigger inspiration than that.
What is one message you would give to your fans?
Enjoy our music, enjoy the massive drum and guitar sounds, our singles represent how we sound live, so you would definitely enjoy coming to see us perform.
Do you have a mentor or coach?
No we don't have a mentor but our manager is a good lad.
Do you think it's easy to become established in the music world, or is it difficult?
I think it's tough, our music is buried deep in tons and tons of music on all streaming platforms, it's not easy being found, but you never know, let's see.
What accomplishments do you see yourself achieving in the next five to 10 years?
We want to take this band as far as physically possible, we want to be playing at the biggest and best venues as we can. We will keep releasing better music. This time in 10 years, we will have one hell of a backlog.