Kill Hannah signed with Atlantic Records in late 2002. They recorded their Atlantic Records debut For Never and Ever in Los Angeles in the winter of 2003 with producer Sean Beavan (No Doubt, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails) and mixer Tim Palmer (U2, The Cure, Tears For Fears). Through much of 2003 and 2004, Kill Hannah has toured separately with Chevelle, H.I.M., and The Sounds, while also opening for Evanescence, Jane's Addiction, Everclear, Eve 6, The All-American Rejects, Fuel, P.O.D., The Distillers, Story of the Year, Three Days Grace, Alien Ant Farm, The Buzzcocks, Andrew WK, Trapt, and many others. The single "Kennedy" debuted at #2 on modern rock radio, was performed on "Last Call with Carson Daly", and featured on such hit television shows as Jack & Bobby, One Tree Hill, and North Shore.
While producing their second album, drummer Garret Hammond left the band for family reasons, although he still performed all of the percussion on the CD. He is no longer a member of the band.
The ex-girlfriend of lead singer, Mat Devine, is the band's namesake. The two met at a college in Normal, Illinois and dove into an intense and strange relationship, which ended in the same fashion. Hannah Eckberg is believed to now live somewhere in Europe.
Current band members include Mat [Matthieu] Devine (vocals, guitar), Dan Wiese (guitar), Greg Corner (bass), and Elias Mallin (drums), and Michale Maddox playing guitar live with the band.
Kill Hannah released their second major label album, "Until There's Nothing Left Of Us" on August 1st 2006 with the single "Lips Like Morphine". They subsequently toured with acts as diverse as 30 Seconds to Mars, Papa Roach, Strata, Sick Puppies, and Flyleaf, ending up their North American touring cycle in support of the record opening for Alice in Chains and Velvet Revolver in summer 2007. Several short England-only tours followed.
In December 2007, Kill Hannah released a self-produced independent CD entitled "Hope for the Hopeless" which included B-sides, rarities, and several heretofore unreleased demos. The CD was released in conjunction with the band's fifth annual Christmas show in Chicago, New Heart for Xmas 5, which was expanded to two nights in 2007 with a small fan show the first night and a show at the Vic Theater for a larger audience the next night.
In January 2008, the band announced that they had signed to Roadrunner Records, and would be touring with Aiden in support of the European release of "Until There's Nothing Left of Us". They then started their headline tour in Europe in Spring 2008, returning after a short break in Autumn with "Hope For The Hopeless". After contending with a massive tour bus fire that blackened most of their belongings and travel documents in the Alps, the band continued thier tour unharmed and ready to fight.
In December 2008 "New Heart For Xmas 6 or NH4X6" proved a huge success for the band with an audience thousands and unbelieveable support from their fanbase [The Kill Hannah Kollective or KHK]*. In fact, there were so many fans that the band yet again extended the show to spread over two days with a special "VIP's only" show at the Metro where they played through their EP album "Here Are The Young Moderns".
Guitarist Jonny Radtke did not join the band on the Europe leg of their fall 2008 Hope For The Hopeless Tour. Tom Schleiter, the guitarist from Powerspace, joined them in his place. Radtke returned to play the band's yearly 'New Heart For Xmas' show in Chicago (during which the band premiered two new songs - "Snowblind" and "Radio", but bassist Greg Corner later confirmed in a radio interview with Chicago's Q101 that Radtke has in fact left the band to pursue other projects and has not been present in recording their new album. Posts on Radtke's Twitter account refer to his new side project, Polar Moon. On September 11, 2009 he confirmed that he has joined the band Ashes Divide.
Kill hannah's newest album, 'Wake Up the Sleepers' was released in 2009, followed by extensive touring, including opening for Smashing Pumpkins and a headline UK tour. Their final performance was at The Metro in Chicago, IL on December 19, 2015.
Cover songs:
Aplogize - One Republic
Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol [On "Hope for The Hopeless"]
Under the Milky Way - The Church [On the USA's version of "Until There's Nothing Left Of Us"]
Under Pressure - Queen [Used as part of the soundtrack for the movie "The Invisibles"]
DVD's
Welcome to Chicago
Sieze the Days
Music Videos:
Lips Like Morphine
Boys and Girls
Unwanted
Agent Orange Skies
From Now On
Hummingbirds The Size Of Bullets
Hit The Planes Down
Crazy Angel
* The Kill Hannah Kollective [KHK]
The Kill Hannah Kolective is a fanbase brought together by founder Jylane Clark and spread over just about all the countires of the world. This global family is here to promote and offer support to the band and have been thanked for their efforts on the inside cover of "Until There's Nothing Left Of Us" and "Wake Up the Sleepers."
"It's a movement, not a trend" - Mat Devine.
Surreal
Kill Hannah Lyrics
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don't wake up, no don't wake up again
it gets more surreal
so if you seem to be dreaming now
don't wake up, no don't wake up
it gets more surreal that this
because you tend to dissapear when you die
there's nothing but air in your sky
i want you to stop and start starting like me
it's just your always dancing
to see, to say, before you sleep again
it's just air in your sky
i said it's nothing but air in your sky
so if your angels believe in this
you didn't die, did you quit?
'cause when you die you just dissapear
there's no heaven here
and you don't wake up
don't wake up
don't wake up
and you don't wake up
don't wake up
don't wake up
just dissapear
The song "Surreal" by Kill Hannah is about dreaming and the possibility that what we consider to be reality may actually be a dream. The song opens with the lines "if you dream like I dream right now, don't wake up, no don't wake up again, it gets more surreal". The lyrics suggest that being in a dream-like state is preferable to waking up and facing what may be a harsh reality. The chorus repeats the warning not to wake up and the idea that things only get more surreal as one moves further into the dream state.
The lyrics also touch on the idea of death and the afterlife, with the lines "because you tend to disappear when you die, there's nothing but air in your sky". The singer questions the concept of heaven and whether or not it exists. They ask "did you quit?" implying that death may be a choice rather than a natural progression. The verses are written in second person perspective, referencing an unknown "you", perhaps reflecting the universality of the themes of dreaming and existence.
Overall, "Surreal" proposes the idea that the line between dreams and reality might be more ambiguous than we think, and that life and death may be more enigmatic than we can fully comprehend.
Line by Line Meaning
if you dream like i dream right now
If you're having the same dream that I am
don't wake up, no don't wake up again
Don't wake up and end this dream
it gets more surreal
It will become even more strange and dreamlike
so if you seem to be dreaming now
If you feel like you're in a dream
don't wake up, no don't wake up
Don't end the dream yet
it gets more surreal than this
The dream will become even more bizarre and unbelievable
because you tend to disappear when you die
When you die, you vanish from this world
there's nothing but air in your sky
There's nothing left of you
i want you to stop and start starting like me
I want you to live your life like I do
it's just your always dancing
You're always moving and living
to see, to say, before you sleep again
To experience and express yourself before you go to sleep again
i said it's nothing but air in your sky
I'm repeating that there's nothing left of you when you die
so if your angels believe in this
If your guardian angels believe in this disappearing act
you didn't die, did you quit?
You didn't actually die, did you?
'cause when you die you just disappear
Because when you die, you simply vanish
there's no heaven here
There's no afterlife or paradise
and you don't wake up
don't wake up
don't wake up
And don't end the dream yet
just disappear
Just vanish and leave this world
Contributed by Audrey M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.