kieskagato has been together since childhood and is as much a family as it is a band. unbeknownst to us, sometime between 1997 and 2007, we crossed over that boundary that keeps rock music neatly confined from the rest of the creative world and became the purveyors of some sort of \'art music\'. we promise that we never planned to do this- apparently something just went wrong somewhere between the kitchens where we spend our days and the propane and beer fueled garage where play music at night .

regardless, kieskagato rolls on, playing with every sort of band from metal to avant-garde jazz to pop to singer-songwriters. we\'ve toured america several times and shared bills with many fantastic folks. we strongly admire the musical accomplishments of mike patton, medeski martin and wood, aacm, frank zappa, charles mingus, miles davis, elvis costello, radiohead, doctor john, and the various artists of thrill jockey, ecm, stax, motown, thirsty ear, ipecac, and impulse records, among others. we play birthday parties.