Take infectious punk-pop hooks, teenage enthusiasm and jaw-dropping musical skills, mix them all together and the result is Kicking Daisies. This 17-and-under four-piece, born in a Milford, Connecticut basement, is already selling out rooms with capacities in the hundreds. Band members Caitlin and Carly Kalafus, Duran Visek and Ben Spremulli are now marching steadfast towards the destiny of their rock-n-roll dream. With hair flying and heads banging, guitars shredding and mind-blowing drum solos, the band has quickly gained a reputation for their energetic live shows, which usually end with the roar of a crowd- wide sing-along. But this is no run-of-the-mill kid band; Kicking Daisies is a fully-realized musical movement. With songs like the hard-driving ""Go,"" an anthemic call to arms encouraging listeners to ""go until you crash and burn,"" to ""Big Bang Theory,"" a tour-de-force of harmonies, to the reflective ballad ""These Days,"" the band shows songwriting maturity way beyond their years. It all begins with 13-year-old guitar prodigy Ben Spremulli, a throwback to the guitar heroes. Ben was eventually introduced to Grammy Award-winning producer Mike Mangini, who's worked with everyone from Joss Stone to the Jonas Brothers. The two hit it off immediately, and began their search for a singer who could keep up with Ben's frenetic pace and skills. Mangini helped find Duran Visek, whose charisma, vocal chops, guitar playing and natural frontman swagger were the perfect complement to Ben's explosive playing..

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