RAISING THE STAKES

Raising The Stakes by East Bay Ray and The Killer Smiles - Legendary Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray has collaborated with bandmate Skip McSkipster, current vocalist for Dead Kennedys as well as The Wynona Riders, to create an exciting new group named The Killer Smiles. Steve Wilson, who backed t.A.T.u., and Greg Reeves, who has played with Hanni El Khatib, round out the lineup. For the band's members, the name The Killer Smiles evokes images of wolves in sheep's clothing and silver-tongued phonies; those masks people wear to hide their true intentions and con others.