The Kooks
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Brighton, England |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Members | Luke Pritchard Hugh Harris Max Rafferty Paul Garred |
| Website | www.thekooks.co.uk |
The Kooks are an Indie band originating from Brighton, England. The Kooks are also known as "The Raisin Boys" in their home town of Brighton.[citation needed]
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 3x Platinum
Singles
| Year | Song | UK Singles Chart | UK Download Chart | Album |
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| 2005 | "Eddie's Gun" | #35 | - | "Inside In/Inside Out" |
| 2005 | "Sofa Song" | #28 | - | |
| 2006 | "You Don't Love Me" | #12 | - | |
| 2006 | "Naïve" | #5 | #2 | |
| 2006 | "She Moves in Her Own Way" | #7 | #8 | |
| 2006 | "Ooh La" | TBR | TBR |
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 Naive, She Moves In Her Own Way, See The World and Seaside in their set at Oxegen Festival in Ireland on 9 July 2006.
- Performed Naive live on BBC Three at Leeds Festival on 25 August 2006.
- Performed Crazy a cover of a Gnarls Barkley song in Paris
External links
- The Kooks Official Website
- The Kooks Forum
- The Kooks Unofficial Website & Forum
- The Kooks interview at musicOMH.com
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Trivia
- The albums Too much is enough (1998) and Verbal Jujitsu (2002) are by another band, a Swedish band apparently also called The Kooks.
- They recorded a cover from Gnarls Barkley hit "Crazy" in a small street in Paris, and also on the Radio 1 Live Lounge.
- The lead singer (Luke Pritchard) is self confessed to be "tone deaf" which he announced to fans on "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" on June 9th 2006. Whether it was a joke or not is still unconfirmed, though evidence suggests that it was not.
- 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 reference's to Luke's ex-girlfriend, Katie Melua.