Style
Art/noise rock

Listen
Bandcamp

Years active
1997–2004

Members
Kenny Johnson – guitar, keyboards, and vocals
Vonda McLeod – bass, keyboards, samples, and voice
Glenn Grant – drums, samples, and keyboards

Overview
Ed Kemper Trio was a rock band based in Montgomery, Alabama, formed in 1997. EK3’s sound featured short asymmetrical song structures, volume, and odd meters. They played hundreds of shows, including four Southern/East Coast/Midwest tours and released recordings on Tulsa’s Yawn Records and Atlanta’s Moodswing. The band was also the focus of the 2004 independently produced documentary “People Will Eat Anything” directed by Shane Gillis.

Discography
Ding Dong School (1998)
Evil (1999)
How to Win a Sword Fight (2002)
Hack (2003)
Like a Legless Baby… Dragging (2004)
Pain in Sound Experiment (2011)
Live on WREK (2013)
Hack Demos (2013)
Demos 2004 (2019)

Compilations
“Jose! Ha!” on Chicken Ranch Round Up 4 (1999) – Chicken Ranch Records
“Next to You” on Many Miles Away: a tribute to The Police (2001) – Solarmanite Records
“Windshear” on Digging Out The Switch Again: a tribute to the Dazzling Killmen (2002) – Subversive Workshop
“Even Burns Underwater” on The Five Sounds (2002) – WMFT