Pink Kodiak

What started two years ago as one man playing some music in a bedroom studio quickly evolved into a man and an image of a bear forging ahead to create the genre of Death Pop.

Pink Kodiak isn’t suicidal, just on a mission to put the ‘Do’ back in world domination. Full of infectious melodies, fuzzed-out bass and wit, Pink Kodiak’s Death Pop style isn’t sad, just a friendly, humorous reminder of mortality packaged in a way that will keep your foot tapping in time with the rhythm.

Hilbert’s love of music began while singing along with Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” and the man knows the importance of a regularly placed snare, and well-timed cymbal crash. His vocals, however, abandon the Boss’s deep, salt-of-the-earth moan in exchange for a high tenor that is more reminiscent of Gary Newman than blue collar New Jersey. It’s all part of the foundation of his Death Pop style.

The VH1 Behind the Music about the origins of Pink Kodiak and Death Pop will one day tell a tale of self-reliance. After the break up of his band, Jeremy Hilbert aka Pink Kodiak didn’t want to stop making music, so he locked himself in his apartment with a digital 8-track, a drum machine, a Casio keyboard and a guitar, fully believing that after he wrote some songs, he’d recruit a band to play the other parts. After finishing a couple of tracks, he quickly realized he liked it too much to let anyone else be a part of it and set out to play shows as an anonymous solo act.

Pink Kodiak was born—a mix of the Americana-rich pink Cadillac and an astrological image of a bear connected to the Big Dipper. His debut release, the Dr. Death EP, is an introductory course in Hilbert’s new genre—four tracks of simple pop wonder that will leave even the most hardened listener harkening back to sweeter times and begging for more. Having already shared stages with acts ranging from the manic folk of Daniel Johnston to the experimental metal magic of GAM, Pink Kodiak is out to prove that everyone needs a little death pop in their lives.