---
title: "I Killed the Prom Queen"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/i-killed-the-prom-queen"
genre: "Metalcore"
country: "Australia"
formed: 2001
disbanded: 2025
---

# I Killed the Prom Queen

**I Killed the Prom Queen** is a metalcore band, from Australia, active 2001 to 2025.

I Killed the Prom Queen are an Australian metalcore band from Adelaide, formed in 2001. They were prominent in the Australian live music scene and toured the US, Japan and Europe several times. They issued three studio albums: When Goodbye Means Forever... (2003), Music for the Recently Deceased (2006) and Beloved (2014). The latter two albums peaked at #27 and #6 on the ARIA Albums Chart respectively.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Killed_the_Prom_Queen

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | I Killed the Prom Queen |
| Genre | Metalcore |
| Parent genre | Metalcore |
| Origin | Adelaide, Australia |
| Formed | 2001 |
| Disbanded | 2025 |
| Releases in catalog | 5 |

## Genres

[Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic) · [Melodic Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-metalcore)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Jona Weinhofen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jona-weinhofen) | Guitar | 2001 to 2017 | Former |
| [Michael Crafter](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-crafter) | Lead vocals | 2001 to 2008 | Former |
| [JJ Peters](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jj-peters) | Drums (drum set) | 2001 to 2013 | Former |
| [Sean Kennedy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sean-kennedy) | Bass guitar | 2003 to 2013 | Former |
| [Ben Coyte](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ben-coyte) | Bass guitar | 2013 to 2017 | Former |
| [Ben Engel](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ben-engel) | Bass guitar | 2001 to 2002 | Former |
| [Ed Butcher](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ed-butcher) | Lead vocals | 2006 to 2007 | Former |
| [Jamie Hope](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jamie-hope) | Lead vocals | 2011 to 2017 | Former |
| [Kevin Cameron](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kevin-cameron) | Guitar | 2002 to 2017 | Former |
| [Leaton Rose](https://themetalnet.com/musician/leaton-rose) | Bass guitar | 2002 to 2003 | Former |
| [Lee Stacy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lee-stacy) | Lead vocals | 2001 to 2002 | Former |
| [Shane O’Brien](https://themetalnet.com/musician/shane-o-brien) | Drums (drum set) | 2013 to 2017 | Former |
| [Simon O’Gorman](https://themetalnet.com/musician/simon-o-gorman) | Guitar | 2001 to 2002 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2002 | [Choose to Love, Live or Die](https://themetalnet.com/album/2afcb48c-9b0a-3fab-b5b7-b52380c4269b) | EP |
| 2003 | [When Goodbye Means Forever](https://themetalnet.com/album/db7a5582-569d-3832-ad3f-d48133dd05c5) | Album |
| 2005 | [Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You](https://themetalnet.com/album/f241fa1e-6126-378d-94e1-2ddc6359b682) | EP |
| 2006 | [Music for the Recently Deceased](https://themetalnet.com/album/0f34daf9-4994-3a09-be7d-5ab4381f23a3) | Album |
| 2014 | [Beloved](https://themetalnet.com/album/64bf2696-278c-43b0-8136-0c4732ef3663) | Album |

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- [August Burns Red](https://themetalnet.com/band/august-burns-red) (listened together)
- [Bullet for My Valentine](https://themetalnet.com/band/bullet-for-my-valentine) (listened together)
- [A Day to Remember](https://themetalnet.com/band/a-day-to-remember) (listened together)
- [Caliban](https://themetalnet.com/band/caliban) (listened together)
- [The Ghost Inside](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-ghost-inside) (listened together)
- [Miss May I](https://themetalnet.com/band/miss-may-i) (listened together)
- [Heaven Shall Burn](https://themetalnet.com/band/heaven-shall-burn) (listened together)
- [Bleeding Through](https://themetalnet.com/band/bleeding-through) (listened together)
- [Slipknot](https://themetalnet.com/band/slipknot) (listened together)
- [Unearth](https://themetalnet.com/band/unearth) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- x: https://twitter.com/iktpqofficial
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DY26PgCL4tKVUPQBtBWei
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/12017
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC0kcRQghTbW770Y6yVX3K0Q
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iktpqofficial/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iktpq
- bandcamp: https://ikilledthepromqueen.bandcamp.com/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/au/artist/160978451
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/I_Killed_the_Prom_Queen/3540485036

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/i-killed-the-prom-queen](https://themetalnet.com/band/i-killed-the-prom-queen). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt