Kid Creole & The Coconuts
August Darnell was born in New York's Bronx on 12 August 1950. For years the background he invented for his Kid Creole alter-ego had...
Kids In The Kitchen
Melbourne band Kids In The Kitchen reached #10 on the Australian national charts with their debut single, Change In Mood, in November 1983.
A second single, Bitter Desire (May 1984),...
Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee had been making records since the Sixties, but her career didn't really get going until Elton John signed her to his Rocket...
Kilburn and The High Roads
Kilburn and The High Roads formed at Canterbury College of Art in 1970 when lecturer Ian Dury let his inner Gene Vincent fan take...
Killing Floor
Named after the blues standard covered by everyone from Howlin' Wolf to Mike Bloomfield, Killing Floor was fronted by the much under-appreciated guitarist Mick Clarke.
They...
Killing Joke
Formed in the post-Sex Pistols melee of the late 70s, Killing Joke formed in London when South London punk Martin Glover (more commonly known...
Kim Fowley
Six and a half feet tall and uglier than he could be, Kim Fowley was born - in the Philippines - on the day...
Kim Weston
Kim Weston was born Agatha Natalie Weston on 30 December 1939, in Detroit, Michigan, and started singing in the church at the age of...
Kim Wilde
In the late 70's, veteran rocker Marty Wilde had the idea of co-writing songs with his failed pop star son, Ricky, for his not-unattractive daughter Kim.
Kim...
King Crimson
Formed in 1969 and led by charismatic guitarist Robert Fripp, King Crimson quickly earned an underground reputation which led to a record deal with...
King Kurt
Formed in 1983, this crazed psychobilly sextet immediately hit pay dirt with the Top 40 single Destination Zululand.
Made infamous by notorious live shows in which...
Kingsmen, The
On Louie Louie (1963), this Portland, Oregon, garage band was terribly recorded, could barely keep the beat and got lost mid-way through the song - and...
Kingston Trio, The
A fluke #1 hit with Tom Dooley sparked off a folk music boom, and a deluge of replica groups appeared.
The Kingston Trio's debut album topped the...
Kinks, The
The Kinks - from London's Muswell Hill district - began their career in a similar way to hundreds of other groups, playing R&B and...
Kippington Lodge
Kippington Lodge released five excellent singles on Parlophone Records between 1967 and 1969, yet they remain one of the least known English pop groups...
Kirsty MacColl
Born on 10 October 1959, Kirsty was the daughter of celebrated folk singer Ewan MacColl, although her father actually left the family home in...
Kiss
The KISS story began when Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons decided to create heavy metal's answer to The Beatles in the early 1970's.
They discovered guitarist Ace Frehley...
Klaatu
Canadian trio Klaatu are remembered for two things: being mistaken for The Beatles, and the song Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft - a melodic, slow-moving and ludicrous...
KLF
Shrouded in mystery and occultist imagery, The KLF were the biggest selling British singles act of 1991.
Formed as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu...
Knack, The
The Knack exemplified American New Wave - a short haired, 60s-influenced band playing straight-ahead pop-rock while sporting skinny ties and modish suits.
Charting worldwide in 1979 with...
