Aim at the Kid

Location: Venice/Nokomis/Orlando

Years Active: 2004- Present
Website: www.myspace.com/greatfriendofmine

An eccentric bunch for sure, Aim at the Kid cannot be confined with the simple label of a "hardcore" band. Hell, they technically aren't even an Orlando band. However, after several members relocated from the dead end bedroom communities of Venice and Nokomis, Florida to attend college in Orlando, they are now very much an active presence in the current hardcore community here. With a style not easily classifiable, Aim at the Kid has played shows with everyone from Fired Up, Die Young, and Hostage Calm to xAFBx, Catherine, and Endwell. The following is what Yugoslav-born Marko Kurtovic (guitar) had to write about his experiences with the band:

There really weren't any bands in our area where we were growing up. Sure a pop punk band here and there, but I think we were an angrier bunch. We were fifteen and sixteen when we started this "past time" which now has grown into one of our strongest bonds between the four of us. We grew up together through this band and learned together through this band. I know that we will create music together for as long as we have the joy to. We never really played any shows with "popular/important" bands, but we have played many shows with bands that are now important to us. We have never been acknowledged by highly ranked scensters nor have we ever cared to be, but we have made a lot of friends with just a thirty minute set. My high point in this band isn't necessarly sticking around longer than most successful hardcore bands, but it is that we have brought a scene to a small town that was left to rot. We really don't have any cool stories or scenarios to brag about to these fellow readers. We are four friends that create music, play shows, and tell lame jokes. This band isn't meant to be dried out with extensive touring like most these days. This band isn't meant to settle in one genre and keep the same listeners. This band is meant to progress, challange our creativity and question everything that life throws at us.

- Marko