Mercy Killers

Mercy Killers
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Gothic rock, Punk rock
Years active	2004–2008
Labels	Hellcat Records
Past members	Craig Fairbaugh Shane Gallagher Sam Soto Colin Barill

Mercy Killers was an American goth band from Los Angeles, California, United States. It was formed in 2004 by future members of alternative rock band +44 Craig Fairbaugh and Shane Gallagher. Other members were Sam Soto aka Sampire on bass, Colin Barill on drums. They released their album Bloodlove on June 6, 2006. They disbanded in 2008.

Members

• Craig Fairbaugh - lead guitar and vocals. Fairbaugh was the guitarist for the Supergroup, +44, and former member of several other bands including Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, Transplants, Juliette and the Licks, and The Forgotten.
• Sam Soto aka. Sampire - bass and vocals. Co-founder of the band Original Sinners and former member of Sluts for Hire.
• Colin Berrill - drums. Former member of Irish band The Gurriers.
• Shane Gallagher - guitar. also was part of +44, and of The Nervous Return.

Release

The debut release of the Mercy Killers self-titled EP on Rancid Records and a subsequent recording deal with Hellcat Records.

Discography

• Mercy Killers (EP) (2005)
• Bloodlove (2006)

References

• Mercy Killers on allmusic
• Epitaph Records - Artist Info
• Hell cat records
• Mercy Killers on myspace