Happy Paddy’s Day! Thanks to everyone who came out last night to make another great celebration. See you at the parade! Photos @peteolsenphotography Lighting AntiShadows Lighting Design @antishadows

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to celebrate New Year’s Eve (GMT) with us! There was a lot of love in the room that night. photos by @photosbyseeger

photo by @m.o.d.mediaproductions

Irish New Year! We play 5-7pm, countdown at 6pm which is midnight in Ireland. Home and in bed by 9pm. 🤘

Quite simply, without Shane MacGowan there would be no Kissers. We started off as a Pogues cover band after all. But his influence went beyond that. There was the ethos behind his songwriting: write about the places you know, the people you meet, the issues that are important to you, your history. That's why so many Kissers songs are not about Shane’s homeland of Ireland, but about Wisconsin and the US. American Folk Song was my attempt to write Sally MacLennane. And celebrate the uncelebrated. The downtrodden, the addicts, the homeless, the ones society rejects lifted up in song, immortalized in verse. Because "we" in this world includes everyone. And for Shane it was seamless because it was honest, it was his life. He used the language of the streets, of the brothels, of the prisons. HIs lyrics were full of cursing and matter of fact descriptions of drug use, debauchery, and torment. They're firsthand accounts spoken in the native tongue of a glorious awful hurt. He was right there with them, us, everyone in brutal truth and stayed right there at the height of his fame and forever after. When we listen to Shane's music we are all celebrated. There is no act you can commit that excludes you from this revery. His music is universal in the absolute truth of the human condition. We owe a hell of a lot to you Shane. You were a god damn force. Still are. "I'm sad to say I must be on my way So buy me beer and whiskey cos I'm going far away I'd like to think I'll be returning when I can To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane"

Recording in the master gardener’s basement

Five years ago this Saturday, November 11 was the debut performance of The Greatest War. We will mark the occasion with a show AND a new song! For the show come to Tyranena - The Fharmacy Public House in downtown Lake Mills, 7-10pm. To hear the song click on the link in profile.

New music coming soon! We are releasing The Foe and the Fallen: Songs from The Greatest War in spring of 2024. However, we will release the first track on November 11, 2023 to everyone on our mailing list. http://eepurl.com/4VtGf

Young William Patrick Courtenay sporting his first Kissers record

Those of us who work in music often find ourselves joining strangers in very intimate moments of their lives such as weddings and funerals. This year and years past we have had the honor of performing at Agrace Hospice amidst the many beautiful souls preparing for the end of life. As one employee told us: this is likely the last live music these people will hear. #gratitude