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Way back in 1988, during the heyday of NYC hardcore, three guys named Carl, Rich, and Drago departed their band Breakdown to hook up with ex- Token Entry vocalist Anthony Comunale to form Raw Deal. As Raw Deal they released a demo and toured the US and Released a track on the benchmark Blackout! records compilation Where The Wild Things Are.
Forced to change their name to Killing Time (because of legal action brought by a UK band of the same name) the band signed to Relativity Records'' In Effect label and released Brightside. (and currently re-released on Victory Records in 1996) This record is considered by many to be a benchmark in the NYC sound, blending east coast punk riffs with an a-bomb crunch. The band toured heavily on the East Coast and sprinted out to the the West coast with label mates Sick Of It All.
Just as the band was getting ready to record a second album, new material, disaster struck. Fueled by an urban-gang mentality, The New York Hardcore scene exploded into horrible violence. Far from just bare-knuckled brawls of old, guns and weapons became commonplace. Kids stopped showing up to shows, doing zines, buying records. This violence also drove a sharp wedge between the "hardcore" and "punk" scenes.
In 1992, the band moved Rich to guitar and enlisted Alex Gopian as low-end man. They recorded what they considered to be their final EP, Happy Hour for Blackout! Killing Time toured Europe for this release, with Dave from NJHC band Vision substituting for Anthony on vocals. Upon return from this tour the band broke up.
With Anthony back in the fold, Killing Time began playing together again. Not so much because they missed the scene but because they missed each other. They slowly started writing new songs and playing out for the sheer love of doing what they do. In 1996 Victory records re-released their classic Brightside album, enlightening a whole new generation to the KT sound, a few months later Blackout! released a taste of new material, the Unavoidable EP. with Sean O''brien now filling the bass duties.
In 1997, KT returned to form and released a new,18 song album. This album, entitled "The Method" is a relentless, pile-driving tantrum that re-affirms Killing Time''s place in NYHC history.
Soon after the release of this album, and a few shows in favorite old haunts, the men of Killing Time put the band to rest in 1998. The last reunion of the band was at Anthony Comunale''s wedding in 2001.
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