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Kenickie were a punk-indie band from Sunderland, United Kingdom that formed in 1994 at the height of the britpop era. Championed by the British DJ John Peel, two of their singles were voted into the Festive Fifty of 1996, with “Punka” coming in at number 4, and “Come Out 2Nite” being placed at number 1. 1997 saw three UK Top 40 chart singles (“In Your Car”, “Nightlife” and a re-release of “Punka”) and their debut album, “At The Club”, made the UK Top 10. The follow-up, “Get In”, was less successful, and the group famously disbanded following a show in 1998, when lead singer Lauren Laverne declared, “We were Kenickie … a bunch of fuckwits.”

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Lauren Laverne
Marie du Santiago
Emmy-Kate Montrose
Johnny X

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1	Punka	92
2	In Your Car	89
3	Millionaire Sweeper	63
4	How I Was Made	54
5	People We Want	53
6	Robot Song	52
7	Classy	51
8	Come Out 2Nite	45
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10	Brother John	37
11	Spies	27
12	Acetone	23
12	I Would Fix You	23
14	P.V.C.	21
15	I Never Complain	20

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slippymusic wrote:
9 days ago

Laverne = indie boy's dream (and this older, suited and professional ex indie-boy's too).

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timahall wrote:
last month

Are Rosita any cop?

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Lord_Krichian wrote:
October 2009

at the club is cool

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The-CalicoCat wrote:
August 2009

documentary on Kenickie's last tour - its kinda sad though!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFqzOXFEhkM

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mattcgx wrote:
August 2009

@thirdprofile - I've seen it go for £60 or so in the last few months, but maybe I shouldn't tell you that. On another note, I was lucky enough to come across mp3s of demos - Uglification, The Janet Ellis Conspiracy and Glamour For The Criminally Insane - anyone know where these originated from? Barely anyone on last.fm seems to have listened to them, and I'd never heard of them until recently.

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christiemalry wrote:
August 2009

<clicks on motorfid's profile and is entirely unsurprised to find that it's full of tiresomely blokey rock bands>

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motorfid wrote:
July 2009

God I hate Laverne, and after finding out she was In this band,illustrates the point I continuously screamed for the duration of orange unsigned act which was "WHO THE F**k ARE YOU TO SAY WHAT GOOD MUSIC IS" seriously, the woman has atrocious taste in music

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RachelAPP wrote:
June 2009

Check out my Britpop crossword and let me know what you think!

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thirdprofile wrote:
May 2009

and you know i've just wasted ninety-five fucking quid! catusit city ep is their best by a billion miles

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marksplace2008 wrote:
May 2009

Loved them, At The Club is a great album which i'm listening to now via spotify.

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inphanta wrote:
March 2009

I used to have 'At The Club' on cassette years ago. Was a decent album...

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mattcgx wrote:
March 2009

Ahh I miss them even now. Lovely to see Lauren's done so well for herself. Does anyone have copies of It Started With A Kiss/Letter To Memphis? I can't rest happy until my collection is complete!

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lofichic wrote:
February 2009

Emmy-Kate is doing a doctorate in sociology or the like. There's an excellent paper she's done on Kenickie floating around. God bless Kenickie...

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disco-boy wrote:
February 2009

I still miss them : ( Shame Lauren didn't continue with her solo career, her EP was just as good as Kenickie's stuff

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timahall wrote:
January 2009

I'm so addicted I Would Fix You right now. What a gorgeous song.

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robbritton wrote:
December 2008

Bloody marvellous.

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trackaghost wrote:
December 2008

I remember seeing them play The Garage and John Peel proudly introduced them. They were so shambolic, fun, talkative and funny, it endeared them to me forever. I'm sad that they spilt, I'm sad Lauren didn't continue her solo career and Rosita never took off. Anyone know what happened to Marie and Emmy-Kate?

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poorshakes wrote:
November 2008

'Get In' is a really impressive album, I especially like the run of songs from 'Magnatron' to '411'

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BadgerGravling wrote:
November 2008

Still miss them. 1st album was a great punk debut. 2nd album was a great pop record. Two completely different sounds, and both brilliant...we'll never see their like again.

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timahall wrote:
November 2008

Is their second album any cop? I read it's v.different from At The Club, which I love.

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