Why The Kills Remastered 2 of Their Songs Specifically for Dive Bar Jukeboxes

The indie rock band collaborated with Seagram's 7 Crown

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When indie rock duo The Kills were getting their start, dive bars were often where they got their inspiration—and their earliest audiences.

While recording their first three records in rural Michigan, singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince didn’t have a lot of options for where to hang outside of the studio. According to Hince, they would cycle around to places like the Silver Dollar Bar Restaurant to write and talk and “get our ideas together.”

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