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Seattle, United States (1998 – present)

There are two bands named “Kinski”.

1) A rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States.
2) A Danish rap group

1) They are named after the infamous German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) - because Chris Martin bears an uncanny resemblance to Klaus.

They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also shared mutual musical interests, and hence agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an expansive, experimental sound.

Near the end of 1999, guitarist/keyboardist/flautist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie earlier that same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band went on their first US tour with Mainliner from Japan, where they befriended Kawabata Makoto, also of Acid Mothers Temple.

Tours throughout the US would follow the next two years with such bands as Hovercraft, Silkworm, and Primordial Undermind. Their second album, Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle, came out on Pacifico in 2001. The band also toured Japan with Acid Mothers Temple in late 2001.

In early 2002, after the band finished recording their third album, Weeks left and later went on to join Seattle band Black Panties. That summer, Barrett Wilke took over on drums. The band at this time signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. The album Airs Above Your Station finally came out in 2003.

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A9999A wrote:
last month

saw them 3 times live. well i would say they are under appreciated. under rated. under the sub pop culture trendy bullshit wave going through this country which makes them one of my favs.

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Skimma wrote:
last month

no influence of sonic youth to be found here. both great bands, but kinski does NOT sound like sy, not a bit.

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padraig wrote:
August 2009

Holy moly!

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Endolith wrote:
August 2009

I can listen to this over and over again and not get sick of it

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juizyyy wrote:
July 2009

holy fuck they're good

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mart-the-mod wrote:
July 2009

Got into these guys today, and sound a lot like the stuff i've been playing on guitar recently

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talkloud wrote:
May 2009

I put Ted Leo into Pandora and it spit this out. I don't really hear it but I like it just the same!

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The_choke wrote:
May 2009

Come to Norway please.

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Sthelaw wrote:
April 2009

Come to Greece pls!

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DemonCleaner wrote:
April 2009

Come to the UK please. x 2

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footsteps wrote:
April 2009

Come to the UK please.

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nahthan666 wrote:
April 2009

They're at their best when the songs are 100% instrumental. Nice, warm tones and familiar note choices and transitions, transposed against some excellent time changes and just some killer songwriting and super honest and passionate execution. Chris Martin's vocals and lyrics simplify and pigeonhole the music too much. Much more powerful and mysterious without lyrics.

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jungleface2009 wrote:
April 2009

I saw these guys live. They were awesome.

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jcousteau wrote:
February 2009

Kinski reminds me of Sonic Youth more than any other band. I'm surprised that the yoof ain't even on similar artists. With a track named "Daydream Intonation" it's hard to deny the influence.

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Cetamora wrote:
November 2008

Hm or Kinski? Kinsky is not like the Moogies.

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inwidhlemmas wrote:
November 2008

= Mogwai

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Cetamora wrote:
November 2008

Headphone-music

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lobschta wrote:
November 2008

*waaaaah* - how could it be be that i never heard something of them the last 10 years - what a shame :O

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SpittingHatred wrote:
October 2008

kinski is criminally underrated. great band.

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Ropert wrote:
October 2008

Post rock, smoscht rock. Who give a s*** about genres anyways? As long as you like to listen to it, why care what other people call it?

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