Kinski

USA

Formed: 1998

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock

Styles: Experimental Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental, Post-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Space Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

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While debating the merits of analog vs. digital recording in a Seattle pub, guitarist Chris Martin and bassist Lucy Atkinson were interrupted by the bartender, drummer Dave Weeks. He said, definitively, that analog was superior; thus Kinski came into being. This same spontaneity would come to define their multi-layered noise-rock, reminiscent of Sonic Youth at their most experimental. Kinski began playing live in 1998. By the summer of 1999, the trio had released its first record, Space Launch for Frenchie. With six songs clocking in at 45 minu...

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