When the Florida punk Alison Mosshart heard Brit-pop guitarist Jamie Hince's
droning guitar seeping through the ceiling of her London flat, she had to pop
upstairs and investigate. Through a mutual love of scuzzy blues and low-fi punk,
the duo formed The Kills in 2001 and adopted the stance of a garage rock Bonnie
and Clyde: outsiders and lost souls producing dark, sleazy, nocturnal rock
music. Released by Domino Records, The Kills' debut album Keep On Your Mean Side
(2003) earned comparisons to the White Stripes and Velvet Underground with its
garage rock minimalism and art scho...