Artist description Crushing guitars, power-charged vocals, and an unstoppable rhythm section wrap around thoughtful lyrics and upbeat melodies.

Music Style Alternative pop-rock

Musical Influences Catherine Wheel, The Jam, The Pretenders

Similar Artists non-ska No Doubt ,sweet Lemonheads, hardened Cranberries, dyed-in the black Blondie

Artist History CAPTIVATING the D.C. scene with crushing guitars, power-charged vocals, and an unstoppable rhythm section are rockers Rubin Kinkaid: Debbie Cohen on lead vocals and guitar, Chris Macica on lead guitar, Ed Morrissey on bass, and Pete Nuwayser on drums. INFLUENCES ranging from Catherine Wheel, The Jam and The Pretenders. WASHINGTON D.C.'s very own Rubin Kinkaid delivers alternative power-pop with grated perfection. CHECK out the Press Reviews!! ..........RUBIN Kinkaid writes and performs original music in some of the area's most coveted venues. REPEAT bookings at Mr. Smiths of Georgetown, Luna Park Grille, Zigs Bar and Grill, Rhodeside Grill, and Lewies has established Rubin Kinkaid as a musical force in the D.C.Metro area. Highlights include opening for Capital Recording Artists The Figgs at the famed Metro Café, performing at Felix in support of the annual Washington D.C. Aids Ride, and in 2001 being selected as the featured band for the annual Avon Breast Cancer Walk-a-Thon Fundraiser. FRESH from the DON'T ASK studio sessions, Rubin Kinkaid is gearing up for a great 2003 show schedule! RECORDED by Drew Mazurek (Jawbox, Dog Fashion Disco), the EP is slated for release in May 2003. Meanwhile, their 2001 release of PINK ELEPHANT continues to inhabit the cd trays of listeners throughout the DC Metro Area. PINK Elephant's title track gives voice to the trash no one wants to talk about, while the sonic ear candy of Nightmare offers up swirling guitars and beckoning lyrics. APATHY and Guilt for Nothing finds breathy vocals giving way to powerhouse calls of angst amid layered guitars, melodic bass lines and energy-off the wall drumming. RK are currently in the studio completing the finishing touches on their latest cd, due out May 2003!!!

Group Members Rubin Kinkaid is: Deb Cohen (Vocals & Guitar), Chris Macica (Lead Guitar), Ed Morrissey (Bass), and Pete Nuwayser (Drums)

Albums Pink Elephant (2001), Don't Ask (2003)

Press Reviews LIVE! A recent issue of Rolling Stone, dedicated to women in rock, drew fire for its emphasis on pop babes with great bellies, but little experience in playing or songwriting. Should the magazine choose to make amends, it couldn't do much better than these two local acts: singer-songwriter Jessi Canning and the female-fronted quartet Rubin Kinkaid. Both create catchy alternative pop. As a member of the pop-rock quintet Vapor, Jessi Canning spent a little more than two years performing, writing and acting as a tireless cheerleader for local talent. She appeared in, and often organized, the songwriter's showcase series at Vienna's Jammin' Java coffee house. Now a solo act, Canning signed with indie Yawn Records late last year and plans to release her first full-length CD, "A Little Mint," this year. You can get a taste of her sound -- she calls it "sparkle pop" (think Lisa Loeb) -- at www.yawnrecords.com. Fans of TV trivia will recognize Rubin Kinkaid as the character name of the manager on "The Partridge Family." But these four musicians are not related; they don't ride in a multicolored bus; and lead vocalist and songwriter Debbie Cohen is way hipper than Shirley Jones. Rubin Kinkaid performs power pop with a sharp edge, mixing melancholy lyrics with upbeat melodies. Thanks to Cohen's strong vocals, the band often recalls '80s acts such as Pat Benatar and Blondie and contemporary bands such as No Doubt. Though a D.C.-area band in its origins, the group's members met on the upstate New York music scene. Cohen was a post-graduate student...and knew fellow musicians Ed Morrissey (bass) and Chris Macica (guitar) through friends.After graduation, Cohen relocated to the Washington area for a federal job, reluctantly giving up an acoustic rock band she'd spent six years building. Cohen bumped into Morrissey one night at the Rhodeside Grill and discovered he'd moved to the area. Macica was in town working as a construction manager. The members played their first gig, a benefit for the Washington AIDSRide, in May 2000 as an acoustic show because they still were auditioning drummers. ...After a long run with Scott Evans, the group recently added a new skins man, Pete Nuwayser. An EP, "Apathy," came out in 2000, and the full-length "Pink Elephant" followed in 2001. The band hopes an album of new material will be ready by late spring or early summer. You can hear sound samples at www.rkband.com. Rubin Kinkaid...is a perennial favorite at venues that support area talent, such as Mr. Smith's of Georgetown, Zig's Bar and Grill and the Shark Club. Luna Park Grille is a frequent stop for the band, so expect the joint to rock with a friendly, at-home vibe. -- Marianne Meyer Washington Post, February 6, 2003, p.VA09........................................................................................ The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs roll Derek Simmonsen THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published 3/21/2002 Anyone who likes to frequent ..clubs in the D.C. area has probably come across Rubin Kinkaid . The band ... has frequented the Metro Cafe, Mr. Smith's, Zig's Bar and Grill and a handful of other, popular venues that tend to nurture local talent.... In true D.C. fashion, the members of Rubin Kinkaid actually knew each other from the upstate New York music scene, before separately transplanting themselves to the District. When bassist Ed Morrissey and singer-guitarist Debbie Cohen stumbled into each other at a club one night, without knowing either was in the area, they made plans to form a band. Several years later, Rubin Kinkaid (its name comes from the fictional manager on "The Partridge Family") has grown larger in reputation than any of its members anticipated. A short EP, "Apathy," gained local attention back in 2000, and last year's "Pink Elephant" has helped them draw a following in the area. The group is rounded out by guitarist Chris Macica and drummer Scott Evans. "The more we play out, the more we realize how powerful this music is," Miss Cohen says by phone. "Just watching people respond to it has made us want to write more." "Pink Elephant" opens with the title track, a driving number that showcases Miss Cohen's melodic vocals and the somewhat crunchy guitar sound of Mr. Macica, along with the punchy drums of Mr. Evans. The band's sound owes its debt to the grunge era, but Miss Cohen's vocals often recall '80s acts like Pat Benatar and Blondie. "People who have been following us since we started say that we have become a little more raw and edgy and a little heavier, actually," says Mr. Morrissey on a conference call.... "It's not fluff," Miss Cohen says of the music. "There's a groove there that's edgy and melodic."

Location Arlington, Va - USA

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