Live recording from Year of the Fist

Hailing from Oakland, California, garage rock outfit Year of the Fist was formed in 2011 when four friends found themselves in a position to play together in a band instead of in other groups. With varied backgrounds, the members bring influences from a wide range of genres to the table such as blues, punk, dance, country, metal and folk to create their own raucous alternative rock sound.

Over the course of their career they’ve dropped three full length albums, most recently in 2019 with Revive Me released via Heart On Records. Always coming out swinging on stage, their raw live energy has seen them open for a bunch of different acts including L7, Save Ferris, MDC, 88 Fingers Louie, The Vibrators, Legendary Shack Shakers, Zeke and many others.

Capturing their incredible live stage presence, they now bring us a new live recording of their track “Killer on the Road”, recorded live at the Ivy Room. The third single of the band’s DCxPC Live 7″ release, the new live version of the track offers a taste of Year of the Fist on top form, performing in the moment.

Driving distorted guitars and crunching drum work collide to set the backdrop of the sound which is led by the group’s powerful vocal work. With their live recordings, they deliver the very best of Year of the Fist as a band that’s going from strength to strength and keeping rock music alive.

Listen to Killer on the Road (Live at Ivy Room) below