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Kïll Cheerleadër

Canadian rock band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ6453749 ↗
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Kïll Cheerleadër (previously known as Cheerleader 666) was a Canadian rock band whose members formed in 1999 in Toronto. Mainly influenced by punk rock and heavy metal acts such as the Stooges, early-era Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, the Ramones, Girlschool, Joan Jett, and Neil Young, they had crafted their own unique, sleazy style of rock and roll, once being described as "a derailed train hitting a Baptist Church". Lemmy of Motörhead described Kïll Cheerleadër as "the greatest rock'n'roll band since Guns N' Roses".

History

After some 8,000 demo CDs were sold, a German record label licensed one of their unmixed/unmastered recordings and released it as 7-track LP titled Gutter Days, which was rereleased on 10" vinyl in 2003. Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead invited them to open their UK tour and talked about them on SuicideGirls.com and in Playboy, declaring Kïll Cheerleadër as the "greatest rock and roll band since Guns N' Roses".

After travelling to the U.S. West Coast and playing a number of high-profile shows in Los Angeles. Their debut album, All Hail, was released in 2004 through Spinerazor Records.

The band broke up in 2006 on the eve of a major record deal.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kïll Cheerleadër” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.