this is nothing special. a story that could have happened to any other band. just something we don't want to keep back from you. so feel free to read the short history of KENZARI'S MIDDLE KATA.



the band startet in spring 2003 with the following line-up that has not changed until today: josef weizenbeck (drums), helli killermann (bass), hannes wastl (guitar/vocals) and roland hanisch (guitar/vocals). living a bit split up in an hillbilly area about one hour of ride in the east of munich they all knew each other some years before from times when they were playing shows together around south-east germany each in another band (besides, still some of the guys got other bands or take part in other projects like for example MUSIC BORES* or MONDO RAY & THE TAKEAWAYS).
after some time of playing punkrock music and with the rise of bands like AT THE DRIVE-IN (USA), TEN GRAND (USA), NORTH OF AMERICA (CAN) or ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD (USA) - just to name a few - hannes and roland came together and started trying to do some stuff they supposed to be more creative and also more challenging for themselves. soon they got drumming support from josef (who was the only regional possibility all around their rehearsal room in aschau a. inn because no other drummer that would play such music could have been found there anyway - imagine many people around there still are on 80's-heavy-rock or play in cover bands). last but not least helli, who normally is a guitarist, joined the band playing bass.
after spending one year with intensive rehearsing, D.I.Y.-recording a first demo-EP in may 2004 and about twenty concerts around south germany - also with some "big shots" like SMACKDOWN (SWE), STOP IT (USA), REMOVAL (CAN), SOMETREE and others - these four young guys were already called "the darlings of the bavarian post-hardcore scene" (music union, nuremberg) and there were high expectations belonging to their first longplayer.
they had sold out the first three hundred EP's by D.I.Y. and before touring germany for two weeks in march 2005 they put out a second three hundred pieces edition of their EP "when error is the idea" on millipede records (nuremberg) which had signed bands like THE NATIONALE BLUE (USA), SQUAREWELL (USA), THE EUROPEAN TRANSLATION OF and some more before.
so millipede records also signed KENZARI'S MIDDLE KATA's debut album called "black box consciousness" that was released on april 10th, 2006. it is distributed by broken silence, available in stores around germany, austria and switzerland and finally there has also appeared a vinyl version of the new longplayer. there was also an album tour in april 2006 so for two weeks KENZARI'S MIDDLE KATA could be seen live all around germany and also at some shows in austria and switzerland.
besides, one more new song came out on miyagi records (hamburg) in may 2006. it is a four-split 7" inch label sampler with CULM, MERCER and TENLIKE (SWE) and miyagi's first release.
so KENZARI'S MIDDLE KATA went on playing more concerts in summer and also another tour in fall 2006 to promote their new recorded stuff and until the end of the year they had played support shows for JR EWING (NOR), BOYSETSFIRE (USA) and ALARMA MAN (SWE).
the year 2007 was a bit more quiet, but the guys we're just retiring for writing new songs that came out on a split-LP/CD with NIHILISTS from braunschweig in november, and they were very happy to celebrate their close friendship with NIHILISTS with a split and common tour between the years 2007 and 2008. oh, and another thing that meant quite much to them was being invited to support ENVY (holy shit, JAP) in munich.

so far as well, more coming soon as time goes by...