The Kooks
The Kooks | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin |  Brighton, England |
| Years active | 2004- 2007 |
| Members | Luke Pritchard Hugh Harris Max Rafferty Paul Garred |
| Website | Official Website |
The Kooks are an English indie rock band from Brighton. The Kooks debut album, Inside In - Inside Out, spent more than half of 2006 in the UK Top 20 and has sold more than 1,000,000 copies in the UK.[1] On 11th January 2007, via a myspace bulletin, the band announced they they would split up to pursue other projects after current touring commitments were completed.
NB: They should not be confused with another completely different band from Scandinavia called "The Kooks" who released an album in 1999 called "Too Much Is Not Enough", a follow up called "Verbal Jujitsu", and also various singles.
Members
- Luke Pritchard – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Hugh Harris – lead guitar
- Max Rafferty – bass guitar
- Paul Garred – drums, percussion
Discography
Albums
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Inside In/Inside Out (23 January, 2006) Virgin Records #2 UK 4x Platinum , #32 NZ , #107 FRA
Singles
| Year | Song | UK Singles Chart | UK Download Chart | Dutch Single Chart | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Eddie's Gun" | #35 | - | - | "Inside In/Inside Out" |
| 2005 | "Sofa Song" | #28 | - | - | |
| 2006 | "You Don't Love Me" | #12 | - | - | |
| 2006 | "Naïve" | #5 | #2 | tip | |
| 2006 | "She Moves in Her Own Way" | #7 | #8 | #29 | |
| 2006 | "Ooh La" | #20 | #20 | - |
Misc
- The King & I ; on the charity album Colours Are Brighter - October 2006
Notable live performances
- Performed on The Album Chart Show at midnight on Saturday the 18 March 2006.
- Performed at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Dundee, the largest free festival in Europe (15 May 2006).
- Performed She Moves in Her Own Way on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on 9 June 2006
- Performed at the T In The Park music festival on 8 July 2006.
- Performed Naïve, She Moves In Her Own Way, See The World and Seaside in their set at Oxegen Festival in Ireland on 9 July 2006.
- Performed Naïve live on BBC Three at Leeds Festival on 25 August 2006.
- Performed a cover of the Gnarls Barkley song Crazy in Paris
- Supported the Rolling Stones on their Bigger Bang Tour at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff
- Performed 'Ooh La, Naive & She Moves In Her Own Way' at the 'Jools Holland Annual Hootenanny 2006'
- Performed 'Ooh La, Naive', 'She Moves In Her Own Way', 'Sofa Song', 'Time Awaits' and Louby Lou' for AOL Sessions 2006 at Olympic Studios
Trivia
- In the late/mid 90s a Swedish band with the same name had a hit in Scandinava called Too Much Off Nothing.
- The band refused to be interviewed on Channel 4's Popworld after, in the course of their first interview on the show, Simon Amstell made repeated references to Luke Pritchard's ex-girlfriend, Katie Melua.[citation needed]
- The song Naïve, which catapulted them to stardom was written by Luke Pritchard when he was 16 years old.[citation needed]
- Kooks is a song by David Bowie, which featured on his 1971 album Hunky Dory.
- Hugh Harris and Luke Pritchard are rumored to support Brighton & Hove Albion.[citation needed]
- Luke Pritchard announced in an interview on a French TV show that he went to school with singer Lily Allen[citation needed].
See also
- Virgin Records - the band's record label.
Notes
- ^ Q Magazine, December 2006, indicating Inside In - Inside Out has already spent 38 weeks in the UK Top 20 and had attained triple platinum status.
2. The Kooks were voted best band of 2006 by the listeners of Radio 1
References
- "The Kooks - All Hunky Dory" by Jeremy Lloyd, musicOMH.com, October, 2005, retrieved November 19, 2006.