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Brighton, England, United Kingdom (2004 – present)

There are two musical groups with the name The Kooks:

1. British indie rock band - formed in Brighton, England, United Kingdom in 2004. The band currently consists of Luke Pritchard (vocals, guitar), Hugh Harris (guitar), Peter Denton (bass) and Nick Millard (drums). Nick is currently filling in for Paul Garred due to a recent arm injury. They have released three studio albums; their 2006 debut Inside In/Inside Out peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, and their 2008 follow up Konk reached number one. The Junk Of The Heart (Happy) Songfacts reports that Pritchard found himself writing lyrics containing a lot of emotional drama for their third album and the phrase ‘junk of the heart’ kept coming back to him. Junk Of The Heart was released September 12, 2011.

The Kooks formed at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music, where they were all students. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Luke Pritchard, got bassist Max Rafferty involved in a college project, which formed the base of the band. After getting lead guitarist Hugh Harris and drummer Paul Garred involved, they took their name from the song Kooks on the 1971 David Bowie album Hunky Dory. When they tried to trademark the name, they found that in the late/mid 1990s a Swedish band by the same name released an album in Sweden called Too Much Is Not Enough.

The Kooks released a debut EP and played gigs around Brighton, where they were based at the time. They were signed to Virgin Records.

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1		Naïve			11,303
2		She Moves In Her Own Way			8,135
3		Seaside			8,042
4		Ooh La			8,029
5		Junk of the Heart (Happy)			7,666
6		Always Where I Need To Be			6,250
7		Sofa Song			5,237
8		Sway			4,817
9		You Don't Love Me			4,672
10		See The World			4,481
11		Do You Wanna			4,252
12		Eddie's Gun			4,009
13		See The Sun			3,932
14		Shine On			3,887
15		Matchbox			3,841

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