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Biography
About|the British band|the stage character Kenickie|Grease (musical)refimprove|date=March 2007Infobox musical artist| | name = Kenickie| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Tyne and Wear , England | genre = Alternative rock Punk rock Britpop | years_active = 1994–1998| label = Fierce Panda EMI EMI Disc| current_members = Lauren Laverne Marie du Santiago Emmy-Kate Montrose Pete Gofton|Johnny X Kenickie were a four-piece rock band from Tyne and Wear , Tyne and Wear, England. The band were formed in 1994 and consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Lauren Laverne (b. Lauren Gofton), drummer Johnny X (real name Pete Gofton , Lauren's brother), lead guitarist and occasional vocalist Marie du Santiago (b. Marie Nixon) and bass guitarist Emmy-Kate Montrose (b. Emma Jackson). The band's name comes from their favourite character in the 1970s film Grease (film)|Grease .
History
Kenickie originally worked with Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle Punk rock|punk label Slampt before signing to Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne 's EMI subsidiary, EMIDisc. Kenickie registered in the UK Singles Chart , their highest position being #24 with the single "In Your Car", which opened Top of the Pops on the 10 January 1997 edition. Their debut album At The Club , peaked at #9 in the UK Albums Chart in May 1997. In the summer of 1997, Kenickie were scheduled to play Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury ; their set was postponed, due to rain, but took place later on the scheduled day.
After meeting them in New York, Courtney Love said:
They're a big bunch of sex, that band Kenickie. They're a big, raw-boned bunch of fucking sex& nbsp;— all three of them and the boy. I hope they get good. I hope we're a good example to them, I hope this record's huge and then the big labels will start sniffing around and then those big fucking raw-boned sexy Newcastle girls will be huge and have Number Ones and there will be an Amazons|Amazon planet the way I want it.Citation needed|date=February 2007
The band's second album, Get In (album)|Get In appeared in 1998. It was generally less well-received than its predecessor in the music press (although Melody Maker rated it 8/10), and sold less well. Johnny X, who now referred to himself as Pete X, moved to guitar, with the live band augmented by Graham Christie (later of Data Panik ) on drums and Dot Allen on keyboards.
Kenickie disbanded on 15 October 1998 after a London Astoria gig, where Lauren closed the night by saying "We were Kenickie ... a bunch of fuckwits".
After Kenickie
Du Santiago and Montrose went on to form a new band called Rosita (band)|Rosita , and released two singles before splitting up. Du Santiago is now a member of The Cornshed Sisters and head of communications for the Northern region of the Arts Council.cite web|last=Davies |first=Hannah |url= http://www.journallive.co.uk/lifestyle-news/newcastle-features/2011/08/03/marie-nixon-on-life-after-girl-band-kenickie-61634-29165642/ |title=Marie Nixon on life after girl band Kenickie - Features - Lifestyle |publisher=JournalLive |date=2011-08-03 |accessdate=2012-04-02 Johnny X went on to record under the name J Xaverre . He toured with Peter Brewis of Field Music 's new project 'The Week That Was' and went onto play in Frankie & The Heartstrings . The band's one-time touring keyboard player Tony O'Neill (known in the band as Elvis Wesley) is now an author, living in the United States . Montrose completed a PhD in sociology in 2010 and is now a post-doctoral fellow at King's College London.cite web|url= http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/geography/people/researchstaff/JacksonEmma.aspx |title=King's College London - Emma Jackson |publisher=Kcl.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-04-02
Lauren Laverne released one solo Extended play|EP , and sang on the 2000 Mint Royale single, " Don't Falter ", which reached #15 in the UK chart.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 369 Laverne also was an uncredited vocalist on The Divine Comedy 's 2004 single "Come Home Billy Bird" which reached #25 in the same chart.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 158 Since then she has presented various radio shows on radio station Xfm , most notably the breakfast show, before quitting in April 2007. She has also moved into television, originally as a guest on early episodes of music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks . She earned her own weekly spot on Channel 4 music show Planet Pop and became presenter, with Myleene Klass , of ITV music programme cd:uk in 2005, and hosted Channel 4's music show Transmission (TV series)|Transmission with Steve Jones (presenter)|Steve Jones in 2006 and 2007. She is currently lead host of BBC 2 's The Culture Show and has her own daily radio show on BBC 6 Music , as well as occasionally deputising for holidaying presenters on BBC Radio 2 . She now co-hosts Channel 4 show, '' 10 O'Clock Live , with David Mitchell (actor)|David Mitchell , Jimmy Carr and Charlie Brooker .
Discography
Albums
Title
Release date
Label
UK Albums Chart cite book
At the Club
1997
EMIdisc
9
Get In (album)
1998
EMIdisc
32
The John Peel Sessions
2000
Strange Fruit Records
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Singles and EPs
Info
Track listing
valign="top" Catsuit City EP Year: 1995 Format: 7" Label: Slampt
# "Punka"# "Lights out in a Provincial Town"# "Waste You"
CD two
# "Punka (album version)"# "We Can Dream"# "Brighter Shade of Blue"
valign="top""I Would Fix You" Year: 1998 Format: 7" / 2xCD / Cassette Label: Emi Disc UK Chart Position: #36
Produced by Adrian Bushby, Peter Gofton, and Andy Carpenter
7"
# "I Would Fix You (Radio Edit)"# "Rough Boys and Modern Girls"
CD one
# "I Would Fix You (Radio Edit)"# "Packed In"# "I Would Fix You ( Mint Royale Remix)"
CD two
# "I Would Fix You (Full Length)"# "Rough Boys and Modern Girls"# "I Would Fix You (DJ Downfall mix)"
valign="top""Stay In The Sun" Year: 1998 Format: 2xCD / Cassette / 12" Label: Emi Disc UK Chart Position: #43
7"
# "Stay In The Sun"# "Hooray For Everything"
CD one
# "Stay In The Sun (Radio Edit)" (remix by Dave Bascombe)# "Hooray For Everything"# "Stay In The Sun ( Fridge (band)|Fridge Remix)"
CD two
# "Stay In The Sun (Album Version)"# "Save Your Kisses for Me" ( Brotherhood of Man cover)# "Stay In The Sun (Maxwell Implosion Influenza remix)"
Promo 12"
# "Stay In The Sun (Club Mix)"# "Stay In The Sun (Club Instrumental)"# "Stay In The Sun (Bangkok Ladyboy Mix)"# "Stay In The Sun (Bangkok Ladyboy Instrumental)"
Other releases
"Walrus" (demo) (on Signal Vs Noise compilation - 1994)
"Hey, Punka" (on Laugh Hard at the Absurdly Evil compilation - 1995)
"Rebel Assault" (on Elastic Jet Mission compilation - 1995)
"Gary II" (on the Camden Crawl compilation - 1995)
"Come Out 2Nite" (live) (on Phoenix The Album compilation - 1997)
"It Started With a Kiss" (feat. Errol Brown) (on Come Again compilation - 1997)
Miscellaneous songs
Other songs performed on radio sessions included:
Un-named Acoustic Song
"Letter To Memphis" ( Cover version|cover of a Pixies track)
Music videos
"In Your Car" Directed by Dani Jacobs
"Punka" Directed by Dani Jacobs
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/k/kenickie/ BBC radio1/johnpeel kenickie page
