King Cobb Steelie
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| King Cobb Steelie | |
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| Origin | Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Raw Energy Records, EMI Canada, Outside Music |
| Website | ? |
| Members | |
| Kevan Byrne Kevin Lynn |
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King Cobb Steelie is a Canadian Indie rock band formed in 1991 from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The band's most successful single was 1997's "Rational", from the album Junior Relaxer. Their music fuses elements of punk, funk, jazz and dance.
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[edit] History
The core of the band consists of singer/songwriter Kevan Byrne and bassist Kevin Lynn. A variety of other collaborators, including the Reverend CinoEvil, Al Okada, Gary Dutch, Geoff Walton, Steve Clarkson, Mike Armstrong, Nathan Lawr, Don Pyle and Michelle McAdorey, have contributed to individual albums.
Percussionist Robin Easton participated as drummer 14 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.
The band played a 20th anniversary benefit show at Lee's Palace in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, April 16, 2011 with proceeds going towards Hands & Voices, an organisation dedicated to supporting families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
[edit] Discography
- King Cobb Steelie (1993)
- Project Twinkle (1994)
- Junior Relaxer (1997)
- Mayday (2000)
- Destroy All Codes (2004)
[edit] See also
- Music of Canada
- Canadian rock
- List of Canadian musicians
- List of bands from Canada
- Category:Canadian musical groups
[edit] External links
- King Cobb Steelie on Myspace
- 77 Boadrum Site Profile Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (Flash)
- Canuckistan Music review of Project Twinkle
- The Ruckus - Audio Interview with Kevin Lynn (of King Cobb Steelie) from December 2008
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