Music Style Emotional/rock/funk/metal

Artist History K.I.A. - a history K.I.A. first got together on a cold winters night in 1964. Back then when there was no such thing as electricity, the only form of entertainment was to play cards and shoot bears. So thats what everyone did. Then in 1999 with the invention of music, Tim Fox had finished hibernating for the winter, and thought about starting a band. By coincidence, some chap called Alasdair Melville was walking past at this point, and Tim stopped him and said "oi bitch, wanna be in a BAND?" To which Mr. Melville said "yeah alright, but I want to be the drummer". And so it was. K.I.A. was born to a dyslexic tiger in Outer Mongolia. At the same time, Tim and Al formed their band, also later to be called K.I.A. what are the chances of that, eh? Anyway not much happened till the year 2001, when Tom Fox, Tims little brother, was found by Tim hiding in a cave not too far away from Bournemouth. Tom was brought back to health, and eventually decided to play the bass guitar. Toms progression with the instrument was monitored closely by some monkeys, and eventually Tom could play many tunes, including "I like cake", later to be a K.I.A. song, and was played at the band's first gig at the pioneer in 2001. So Tom was approached by Tim to join his "band" - Tim decided that this new fangled "music" business was getting interesting, so he wanted to make sure he was gonna be the BEST. Anyway, later that evening the band entered the studio to record a cover of Metallica's "Enter Sandman". This was just fab, was released in many countries as a single, but didnt get anywhere cos Tim was singing. So they investigated the possibilty of getting a new vocalist, and by chance they found this girl called Kate, who was found nursing a family of racoons back to health. Kate was already known for her singing voice, as she had appeared in many things, including the 2000/2001 St. Georges School House Music Competition. And so Kate joined the band. Then they practiced loads cos they wanted to, and cos they had just received confirmation of a gig in St. Albans on the 11th May 2001. So they went to this, and played a stormer, but Toms bass blew up or something during their cover of "Enter Sandman", so that was gay. But the band whipped up a nice mosh pit with lots of people, and went down a success. What does the future hold for K.I.A.? Well, not much really. By chance the band members all attended the same school, but now Tim is leaving for pastures new in September, so the band will have to either die, or get a new guitarist. Or something else, who knows? But in the meantime, they will be playing lots of gigs and stuff, and who knows, maybe they'll enter the recording studio and get some material released. It'd better be good, otherwise there'll be trouble. By Sir Phillius Greenius III

Group Members Tim Fox - Guitars Kate Mullins - Vocals Al Mellville - Drums Tom Fox - Bass

Instruments guitars, drums, bass

Press Reviews Review: KIA had the honour of closing a memorable night of great music. In this case the coveted closing role was a sort of of disadvantage, due to many people leaving early as the event was running late. This didn't stop KIA closing the night with a great set. KIA played well to all that had stayed to see them, and all that stayed to see them seemed to think they were worth the wait. With their mix of metal, funk and strong female vocals they stood out from alot of the bands who had played the heats and even the final. With good, catchy songs and great stage pressence, they pushed VD and Firstborn all the way and made the judges decision very hard. Overall, KIA played a great gig and could have won, but for the quality of Firstborn. When a band as good as KIA finishes 3rd in the competition you can only see the quality of the local scene.

Location Harpenden, Hertfordshire - United Kingdom

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