Artist description Good artists borrow. Great artists steal. Kevin checks stuff out of the library and forgets to return it. Kevin was/is the driving force behind alternative darlings u.n.i, also found right here on mp3.

Music Style a heady mix of rock, pop, pop-rock, power pop and mime

Musical Influences Beatles, XTC, Todd Rundgren, Robyn Hitchcock, Elvis Costello

Similar Artists XTC, Ben Folds, Crowded House, Prefab Sprout, Jellyfish, Jason Falkner

Artist History Songwriter/singer Kevin Moore is originally from Chicago, where it gets cold. After testing the musical waters of Florida, Colorado and New Jersey, he settled in Nashville, where it doesn’t get cold, but people wear lots of hats anyway. His first serious band was the late 80’s no-hit wonders Anti-M, whose Elvis Costello-inflected power pop failed to win them any fans of legal drinking age. Moving on, he founded Fluffy Gun, a more mainstream “alternative” ensemble that “nearly got signed”. After that, he fronted the power trio The Browbeats, which didn’t nearly get signed, but got some very constructive feedback from some lawyers. Having heard that Nashville was a town on the verge of having a “big power pop scene”, he relocated and put together more., whose debut (and final) ep is still available on Not Lame Records. Currently, he is putting the finishing touches on “What the Hell Happened?”, a “career” “retrospective” culled from hundreds of hours of illicit recording sessions. So what makes Kevin Moore tick? So what? Well, love of music, as cheesy as that may sound. “Loving music is like loving a very popular girl, who goes out ‘til all hours and comes home with her shirt on inside out,” he says. “You just have to wear your shoes on your hands and drink Drano. I mean keep an open mind and stay optimistic.” Kevin's shaky grip on reality started when his mom brought home a copy of the new Beatles album, "Abbey Road". He was hooked instantly. Since then he has worn out copies of nearly every Beatles, Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello, Todd Rundgren and XTC record, and then had to replace them all on CD. Needless to say, he is not thrilled about DVD. After learning piano, organ, guitar, bass, mandolin, saxophone, clarinet and spoons, he chose songwriting as the hook to hang his musical coat on. Since that time he has written (literally) hundreds of hook-filled tunes in such diverse genres as pop, rock, pop-rock, power-pop, folk-rock, power-folk, and the salacious mambo. Kevin Moore. Big ideas. Big words. Do these things belong in modern songwriting? We think so. See for yourself why literally dozens of people wonder why Kevin remains one of pop music’s undiscovered gems.

Group Members Kevin Moore-writes 'em, plays guitar and keyboards on 'em, and tries to sing 'em. What he can't play, he either fakes or hires someone else to.

Instruments guitar, piano, organ, and stuff that looks or plays like guitar, piano and organ

Albums What the Hell Happened?, more.

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Location Nashville, TN - USA

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