Kids Like Us

There is more than one artist with this name:

- 1) The first band named Kids Like Us was a hardcore band from the West-Norwegian seaport town of Stavanger. Formed in 1997, it rose from the ashes of Frame, a metal-style HxC band from Stavanger which had included three of the four members from Kids Like Us. All the forming band members where between 17 to 24 and all straight edge and vegetarian or vegan at the time. + FROM THE HEART OF HARDCORE STOCKSTON CALLIFORNIA THIS BAND IS THE Hardest band out there now
- + they are influenced by grindcore and metal bands like slipknot and have heart jism and other shit like dat some of you might like em some of u might hate em some of u might love em but one thing about em is true they are a rtock band
- After playing some shows, Kids Like Us recorded a self released demo, entitled "Myself. Friends. Family", in March 1998. The demo was melodic, energetic and fast old school hardcore, inspired by bands like Turning Point, Youth of Today and Atari. The lyrics tried to put a message of positivity and respect through, but at the same time left room for personal interpetations. The demo was very well received and in the spring of 1998, and Commitment Records offered to put out a 7" for them, to which Kids Like Us gladly agreed. +
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- In November 1998 Kids Like Us entered the studio to record 6 songs for a 7" - 4 news song were recorded and some songs of the demo were re-recorded. These songs where released as "Truth Alone Triumphs" on Commitment Records in 1999. +
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- Kids Like Us recorded a self titled 10"/MCD on the Norwegian label Primitive Records in May 2001. Two of these songs were released on a white cover/white label promo split-7" (with The team spirit, also from Norway), to be sold on their first European tour, in the Summer of 2001. +
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- In the spring of 2002, the 10"/MCD on Primitive Records was finally released. In the Summer of 2002, Kids Like Us did a second European tour that bought them all over Europe. +
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- Kids Like Us consisted of Steinar Sirevåg on vocals, Even Score on drums, Kristian Ueland on guitar Thomas and in the beginning of 2002, the band added a second guitar player, Jone. +
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- Due to the other activities of the band members taking up more and more time, and some of them moving to other cities, the band decided to call it quits in the beginning of 2003. Since then, the members have gone on to play in bands such as: Death Is Not Glamorous,Damage Control, Datarock, the first cut, driD and I.O.U. They reunited for a single show in 2007. +
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- 2) The second Kids Like Us started in 2003 when a couple of good friends were bored and decided to goof off and mess around with some cover songs. Those cover songs turned into original songs and that was when the band officially started. Kids Like Us endured about 2-3 member changes before they released a full length CD and a split on Knife or Death Records. After a lot of touring with bands like Donnybrook, Down To Nothing, The Warriors, etc. Kids Like Us really began to come into their own and began writing songs that we truly something special. "The songs are getting better and the tours are getting longer." +
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- Florida's Kids Like Us released their first seven inch, "The 80's are Dead" in 2003 and followed up with a split with Down to Nothing of Richmond, Virginia. Both were released on Knife or Death Records. Their first full length, "Outta Control," came out on Eulogy Recordings in 2005. They are planning on a 7" split with The Mongoloids in early 2008.