Kilgore is an American heavy metal band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 1991. The band is named after the character Kilgore Trout in the Kurt Vonnegut novel Breakfast of Champions. Through a number of band name and line-up changes, Kilgore released two studio albums, Blue Collar Solitude and A Search for Reason. The band landed a slot on the 1998 Ozzfest. They followed with a 1998 national tour with Slayer and Fear Factory and a 1998 European tour with Fear Factory and Spineshank.