Kill the Drive (Hebrew: קיל דה דרייב) is an Israeli four-piece punk rock band, formed in Haifa, Israel in 2005.
The band started as a skate punk trio and gained their first recognition releasing their third album Lady Karma on Broken English Records, in 2012.
The band was formed in the summer of 2005, in Haifa, Israel, as a skate/hardcore punk trio, with Eyal Reiner on lead vocals and bass, Yuval Segal on guitar, and Gideon Berger (younger brother of Useless ID's Ishay Berger) on drums and percussion, under the name Increase, though not long after formation, guitarist Yuval Segal decided to leave the band and was replaced with Lavy Josephson.
The band then continued playing many shows throughout Israel, mainly Tel Aviv and Haifa, though then guitarist Lavy Josephson has decided to quit, and was replaced by Gal Pearlman.
[2] In January 2009, the band was signed by Japanese label Radtone Music, who set a release date for their second album A Postcard from Hell, in May 2009, though only in Japan.
[citation needed] In February 2012, the band was signed by US label Broken English Records (Just Surrender, Asteria), making their third album Lady Karma available for the first time in the US, Canada and South America.
[8] On March 6, 2012, it was announced that the band was signed by European label Fond of Life Records (This Is a Standoff, Failsafe) to release Lady Karma in Europe.
[12] On December 29, 2012, the band played their final show for 2012, and last one with lead guitarist Or Yaakov, before his move to the United States, at the Wunderbar in Haifa, along with Kids Insane and Magnolia.
[13] On October 25, 2013, the band played their first show in almost a year, and their first with guitarist Roman Mishko of Chains of Past Decisions, who replaced Or Yaakov who was still out of the country.