Rock Kills Kid is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California that consists of Jeff Tucker (guitar and vocals), Shawn Dailey (bass), Sean Stopnik (guitar), Reed Calhoun (keyboards/vocals), and Mike Balboa (drums). Their music often draws comparison to The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen and U2, as well as new bands such as The Killers and Franz Ferdinand. They were named one of Rolling Stone magazine's "10 Artists to Watch in 2006."

To put it lightly, the upbringing of Jeff Tucker is noted (even on RKK’s Web-site) as unambitious. It’s said that song writing saved his angst-ridden soul; which employed a sullen disposition alike his favorite 80s bands whom were developing a tinge of rock and mixing it with progressively negative lyrical style (see: The Cure). In 2000, Fearless Records recorded a self-titled EP that met release in 2001, introducing to an enduring public 5 songs of solemn disenchantment. This was when the b