Let me tell you somethin’ right now. You think you’ve heard political punk? You haven’t heard SHIT until you’ve spun “War Killer” by ReeToxA. This Melbourne outfit, led by former Royal Australian Navy sailor Jason Mckee, just dropped a grenade that’ll rattle your teeth loose and leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about peace, politics, and punk rock.
Here’s the deal. Mckee—the man who literally drove himself to the hospital after a six-month creative bender fueled by coffee, cigs, and ham-and-cheese croissants—wrote this thing during Melbourne’s soul-crushing lockdown. And get this: the track almost didn’t make the cut from a ridiculous 1800 songs. Yeah, you read that right. Eighteen hundred.
So what’s “War Killer” actually about? Picture this. A navy vet who spent ten years on seagoing vessels being drilled that North Korea was this unstoppable nightmare flips on the telly during a rare break. And there he sees Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un walking together. Peacefully. Mckee was gobsmacked. This song is that moment, raw and unapologetic, cranked to eleven.
Recorded at The Avenue Studio in suburban Cheltenham, the magic happened during the band’s first take after a beer-and-tequila break. Producer Simon Moro and Mckee both looked at each other and knew—this was either gonna be a hit or get ’em both cancelled. Maybe both.
And here’s the kicker—this track’s already a fan favourite with zero promotion. Zero. That doesn’t happen by accident.
Love him or hate him, Trump gets people thinkin’. And Mckee? He don’t know much about politics. He just believes in peace. And sometimes, that’s exactly what punk rock needs.
Stream it. Feel it. Don’t overthink it. ReeToxA just woke something up.