Los Angeles based Hear Kitty Kitty is the Right Meow!
answer to iconic predecessor bands like the Distillers, AC/DC, Hole, Joan Jett, Paramore & No Doubt.
Hear Kitty Kitty (HKK) is the dynamic duo formed around femme fatale Nikita "Kitty" La Tijera + Cordell Crockett (Jonny Kat) of Ugly Kid Joe.
The band has both a national + international following after playing the Download festival in the UK at Donnington Castle featuring Jack Slade on drums.
A few other bands on the bill included In this Moment, 30 Seconds to Mars, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach + Motorhead
The band has toured the US many times with the largest venues being the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton and the Pharr events center in Pharr TX, with Faster Pussycat, Bullet Boys and Quiet Riot. Kitty did not have a hard time holding her own as the only female on the bill.
Their first LP, "Tails From The Alley" featured guest appearances by various artists including Tommy Stinson (The Replacements, Guns N Roses) John Dolmayan (System of a Down) Gina Schock (The Go-Go’s) Kim Fowley (The Runaways, KISS), Chris Vrenna (NIN) and of course, Mr. Cordell Crockett.
Kitty was fortunate enough to pen 27 songs with Kim Fowley.
Two of these songs, Summer Waves and Til the Moon turns Blue appear on Hear Kitty Kitty’s first LP-
'Tails from The Alley.’ Another of these songs, Raw Surprise, is featured on the bands upcoming sophomore LP; ‘Sacrifice."
One track off ‘Sacrifice', Lift Off, was co-written with Golden
Globe winner Jimmy Harry (Madonna, Santana, Pink). This song was featured over 25 weeks on Los Angeles's own, KROQ on the Rodney on the Roq show, including Rodney's finale show. He also featured another new track on Sacrifice, called The Beat Goes On on his new Sirius FM show, the Underground Garage.
Another track off 'Sacrifice', For Better Or For Worse, cowritten
by Shaun Kama, (Damnation, Kings of the Wild Frontier)
was featured as video of the week in Revolver Underground.
Both Lift Off and For Better or For Worse have been featured in weekly rotation on 76.1 InterFM, in Tokyo & Nagoya, Japan 'Lift Off’ sat at #1 for 16 weeks and is still in the top 50 in all of California on the Numberonemusic.com alternative chart.
Hear Kitty Kitty is endorsed by Jackson Guitars, ESP Guitars, Pickworld Picks, Jet City Amps, Tres Sietes Tequila, Surreal Make Up & Cyndeez Mechanical, LLC.
