Kiki & Herb CD Release Party Dec. 16th at 7:30 PM

Kenny Mellman (Kiki & Herb) with friends & fans Jane Adams, Sandra Bernhard, Michael Cavadias, Victoria Leacock, Monica Lewinsky, Isaac Mizrahi and Molly Ringwald invite you to celebrate the upcoming live album of KIKI & HERB WILL DIE FOR YOU (to be released February 1), recorded at the duo¹s September 2004 sold-out, smash-success performance at Carnegie Hall. Join in the fun and festivities at Herb¹s Unholy Night holiday extravaganza, with exclusive play of the upcoming CD, surprise performances and NO COVER CHARGE. A limited amount of preview CDs will be available for purchase. Herb¹s Unholy Night will take place at the Knitting Factory (74 Leonard Street bet. Broadway & Church) on Thursday, December 16th at 7:30 PM.

Kiki & Herb are the creation of Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman, respectively. Obie-winning performer Justin Bond received a BFA in Theatre Arts from Adelphi University and trained at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has appeared in NY with Hidden: A Gender (P.S. 122), Theatre Couture, the Tiny Mythic Theatre Co., Big Art and Tweed. He was nominated for a Bay Area Critics Circle Award for Dixie McCall¹s Patterns for Living, and has received numerous honors and accolades for work on Kiki and Herb around the world. Recently in NY, Justin Bond Uncorked!, an evening of songs by, for and about Trannies, Hustlers and Drug Addicts, played at Ars Nova. Since late September, Justin is pursuing an MA in Scenography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. Kenny Mellman studied music composition at UC Berkeley and poetry at San Francisco State University. In addition to his collaboration with Justin Bond, Mellman has performed with artist John Kelly on the West Coast and in England. He has appeared in NY in Underground Goddess (HERE) and at the Nuyorican Poets Theatre and shared the stage or recorded with artists including Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar) and The Magnetic Fields side project The Three Tenors, among others. Recently he musical directed At Least It¹s Pink with Bridget Everett at Ars Nova.

The NO COVER event Herb¹s Unholy Night will feature musical surprises, performances and an opportunity for a sneak-listen of the hotly anticipated upcoming CD KIKI & HERB WILL DIE FOR