The name of the band fell from the lips of our good musician friend, Grady Hemm. That was when all we had for open mics was a simple guitar, a kick drum and a floor tom. Grady stated to me that what we should try to bring to our music was a punky, primal beat that makes you twitch, and spit on the stage. Many weeks later in April 2017, Kicking Tom was born. ... more