Kyle Pfeiffer

Kyle Pfeiffer is the lead singer of Blacklite District.

Early life
He was born on the 9th of June, 1990. His parents where Tina Pfeiffer (mother) and George Balac (father). Both of his parents struggled with drug abuse so he was raised by his grandparents. He moved from suburban California to South Dakota with his grandparents in 1997.

On May 3, 1999, his mother passed away from a heroin overdose at the age of 27. Shortly after, Pfeiffer began discovering and listening to artists like Ozzy Osbourne, as an escape from the trauma of losing a parent at such a young age. He claims Ozzy Osbourne as his biggest musical influence and for getting him started on the path to a career in music.

During his teenage years, Pfeiffer attended Spearfish Middle School and High School, where he graduated from in the class of 2009. At the age of 13, Pfeiffer started his first band with local friends and began playing shows locally in the Black Hills area.

Career
While the name Blacklite District started as a band, Pfeiffer decided to use it as his official stage name after his song "Cold As Ice" went viral on YouTube. In an interview, Pfeiffer stated that many "fans thought that it was my name as a solo artist, so I just went with it."

As a group, Blacklite District released the song "With Me Now" in 2013, and it went Top 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and sold over 100,000 digital downloads. The band went on tour with Saving Abel in 2014, and did an interview and performance at SiriusXM early that year. Following a summer tour with Another Lost Year, Pfeiffer decided to take the band off the road amid a lawsuit with his former manager and label in Florida.

In 2016, Pfeiffer released "We Are The Danger" as the lead single from his indie project, To Whom It May Concern, which was released in October of that year. "The Struggle" was released in August and went viral online, getting over a million views on YouTube in its first month. The following year, the song had a spike with the release of a Minecraft themed music video, and got over 50 million combined streams.

In January and February 2017, Pfeiffer released "Living In A Nightmare" (featuring R8eDR), and "Cold As Ice" respectively, as the leads singles from his Instant Gratification indie project. "Cold As Ice' had a long build through the summer on YouTube, and eventually got over 100 million streams after the release of another Minecraft animated music video, which was trending worldwide the week of release. The album debuted in the Top 10 on Amazon Music.

As a solo artist, Pfeiffer released "Hard Pill To Swallow", which was premiered by Billboard in October 2018. The song went on to get over 10 million combined streams. In January 2019, "1 of a kind" was released as the second single from Pfeiffer's "Through The Ages' project, which included 18 tracks.

In January 2020, Pfeiffer announced he would officially release his debut album later in the year, and released "Over This", "Falling", and "Wishing Dead", as the first three singles from the album, and announced a tour supporting Adelitas Way, which was postponed until the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Music style
Pfeiffer is known for his wide range of music styles and genres in his music. He grew up on hard rock acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, and Guns N' Roses. He later got into newer acts at the time like Avenged Sevenfold and Linkin Park. In later years, he got into new age rap music and cites artists like Juice WRLD, Post Malone, and XXXTentacion as influences on his sound.

Pfeiffer uses auto-tune as an effect on a lot of his songs, and sometimes none at all. The sound of Blacklite District has been characterized as rock, pop, alternative rock, hip hop, trap, antiviral pop, and more.

Albums

 * Worldwide Controversy
 * To whom it may concern
 * Instant gratification
 * You're welcome
 * Souled Out


 * Through the ages