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 Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds's Profile |
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RESPECT THE UNEXPECTED |
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| Location: | Dupont Circle, Washington DC |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 24, 2008 (552 days back) |
About Me |
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| Kid Congo Powers is a legend in the underground. For nearly every cool band that your friends brag about being into before everybody Kid was actually in -- or at least collaborated with -- before everybody. The quick laundry list of his work is indeed impressive: The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Angels of Light, Congo Norvell, Knoxville Girls, Diamanda Galas, Die Haut, et al......................The gigantic tone of Kid Congo Powers’ open-tuned guitar is one of the more readily identifiable sounds in the history of underground rock. Best known for his contribution to the development of the contemporary noise guitar with The Gun Club, The Cramps, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in the 1980s, Kid’s spent the last fifteen years as a sideman (Make-Up, Mark Eitzel, Angels of Light, etc.), as a partner in Congo Norvell and Kid and Khan, a member of garage rock supergroup Knoxville Girls, and, most recently, the leader of Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds. What’s important about Kid’s resume isn’t only that he played with some of the best bands of all time, but that he did so during their finest hours, from The Cramps’ Psychedelic Jungle to Nick Cave’s Tender Prey to Angels of Light’s How I Loved You, Kid’s always had a knack for being with the right people at the right place at the right time. The last five years however, Kid’s gradually quit relying on his luck and taken matters into his own hands, emerged as a world-class songwriter and a distinctive vocalist. ............................................................ ...Jump-starting his career when he and Jeffrey Lee Pierce formed The Gun Club in 1979, Kid Congo Powers left the obscure new band in late 1980 when he was offered the universally coveted gig replacing Bryan Gregory in The Cramps. Though Kid was already a Cramp when The Gun Club recorded their classic debut Fire of Love (1981), a number of songs that he helped write and develop appear on the record. Kid wound up in The Cramps throughout the peak of their popularity, leaving the band in 1984. Psychedelic Jungle (1981), Smell of Female (1984), and Bad Music For Bad People (1984), are among Kid’s souvenirs of the era. After rejoining The Gun Club for a 1984 Australian tour, Kid stayed in the picture for their The Las Vegas Story (1984). When the band fell apart the next year, Kid moved to London and played with The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, The Beasts of Bourbon’s Tex Perkins, and his own band, The Fur Bible. In 1986 he was invited to join Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for the Your Funeral, My Trial tour - moving to Berlin and becoming a full-time member until 1990 - appearing in Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire (1987) and on the albums Tender Prey (1988) and The Good Son (1990). During his German years Kid not only played and recorded with Die Haut, The Butcher Shop, and Barry Adamson, but also embarked upon seven-years of constant recording and touring with The Gun Club.In 1993, Kid Congo Powers made his final appearances with The Gun Club and Die Haut to devote full-time attention to his own project with actress/chanteuse Sally Norvell - Congo Norvell. After the duo released a string of singles, EPs, compilation tracks, and the success of the LP Music To Remember Him By (1994), Priority signed them to record The Dope, The Lies and Vaseline (1996). Falling victim to the dissolution of the alternative division of the label, the two moved to New York and recorded Abnormals Anonymous (1998) for Jet Set. Kid was immediately asked to play with everyone in town - performing, recording, and touring with Jonathan Fire*Eater, Mark Eitzel, The Angels of Light, The Vanity Set, DC’s Make-Up, and a number of others. During this period Kid teamed up with Bob Bert from Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore, Jerry Teal from the Honeymoon Killers and Chrome Cranks, guitar ace Jack Martin, and keyboardist Barry London to form the prolific hard-touring supergroup, Knoxville Girls.After a trio of albums on In the Red, Knoxville Girls imploded in 2001. Not long after the breakup, electro-star Khan invited Kid to appear on his Matador LP No Comprendo (2001). By 2002 the duo forged an official project, Kid & Khan, and began touring the world alone or with Twin Peaks vocalist Julee Cruise................... Around the same time Kid formed his first band of his own, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds. With the release of Kid & Khan’s Bad English and Washing Machine, 2005 was a big year for Mr. Powers. 2006 saw the American release of Philosophy & Underwear and career-spanning compilation Solo Cholo on New York Night Train....................................................... ...2007 has seen Kid taking up the typewriter to pen his wild years from childhood to glam rocker to disco queen to punk rocker to garage rocker to art rocker to queer rocker, drug addict, do gooder, no good dooer, in a world travelled monolouge which take you through all the un-comprimises in music and life from 1959 to the present. It is a memoir he describes as story, sociology and gossip, to be finished this year. Still the hardest working man in showbiz, Kid Congo Powers shows no signs of slowing down - touring and recording regularly with both the Pink Monkey Birds and Kid & Khan.......................... Philosophy and Underwear is a unique fusion of elements - garagy punk, glam, dirty soul, experimental noise, dark balladry, and even abrasive mechanical electro all filtered through The Pink Monkey Birds unique post-no wave aesthetic. This grab-bag of songs from Kids past and present show the guitarist emerging as a mature singer and songwriter. Concentrating mostly on the themes that deal with good lovin’ gone bad, cheap thrills, perversions, and how to make sense of it all, his city of night tackles both the heart of a Saturday night and Sunday morning and I do mean this as a John Rechy, Tom Waits, and Velvet Underground allusion. Kid’s grotesques: drag queens, leather men, and hustlers - turn tricks in 1950s Times Square, explore bondage in contemporary rent-controlled Tompkins Square apartments, and even engage in sexual cannibalism........................ .........................www.kidcongopowers.com............. ................ .............U.S. Booking Contact: Todd Cote at Leafy Green Booking todd@leafygreen.com http://www.leafygreen.com................................... ..........................................................EU Booking Contact: Andrea Scholz at IBD Booking andrea@ibdbooking.de........................................ ................................................... | |
My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 1/26/2005Band Website: kidcongopowers.com Band Members: Kid Congo Powers. vocals/ guitar KiKi Solis Bass Danny Hole Drums Influences: THE GUN CLUB. THE CRAMPS. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS. KNOXVILLE GIRLS. CONGO NORVELL. 1970'S LOU REED ALBUMS. SOUL FINGER BY THE BAR KAYS. FUZZY GARAGE BANDS. RAUNCHY SOUL SHOUTERS. POST PUNK POETS LIKE BARRY WHITE AND LEONARD COHEN................................................ Sounds Like: The Gun Club, The Cramps, The Bad Seeds, Congo Norvell, Knoxville Girls, Kid & Khan Record Label: NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Other / Rock) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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MOJO review of Ghost on The Highway |
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| Walking with the beastThe Gun Club****Ghost On The Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce & the Gun ClubFrench Fan Club Films & Powell Factory FilmsAgainst all odds, the mayhem-packed tragedy of Je... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:23:00 PST |
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SxSW Austin Schedule |
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| Here is the schedule so far for Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds @ SxSW in Austin next week. 03/13/2008 .. Play at 1:00 AM - Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room@ SxSW 323 E. Sixth St., Austin, Texas 787... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:53:00 PST |
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Gun Club Documentary - Message from the Director Kurt Voss! |
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| This is a repost from Kurt Voss! Listen up!GUN CLUB DOCUMENTARY - OUT ON DVD NOW!Kurt Voss here -- director of "Ghost On The Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club."Just wanted to ... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:09:00 PST |
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2/29 .Tonight. Kid Congo Powers solo gig in DC. Black Cat. APES! |
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| Kid Congo Powers almost solo gig in DC Friday Black CatFebruary, 29 2008 at SOLO SHOW AT BLACK CAT14TH ST. NW, WASHINGTON, Washington DCCost : 10.00RECORD RELEASE PARTY FOR APES .This is THE PREMIER, ... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:41:00 PST |
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New York Night Train invades LA/ Part Time Punks |
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| New York Night Train invades LAFebruary, 10 2008 at Part Time Punks at The Echo 1822 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles. Echo Park, California Cost :$5.http://www.myspace.com/parttimepunks /This evening will al... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:39:00 PST |
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Selling Ramones and Blondie early stuff on ebay |
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| I am selling a few of my precious punk pieces on Ebay. A promo Letter Opener /Knife from the RAMONES LEAVE HOME albumand a rare Blondie "Valentine" record sleeve from the first Private Stock album fro... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:54:00 PST |
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WASHINGTON DC! NEW PARTY SUNDAY DEC. 16 |
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| Hello. Thanks to everyone who came out to see me at Savalas in NYC last Friday. Me and Jonathan Toubin had a blast.! I will make my Washington DC DJ public debut this Sunday at a new party hosted by K... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:33:00 PST |
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DJ KID CONGO POWERS TWICE ! NYC Nov 7&8 WED&THURS |
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| HI , I will be DJ in NYC again this week at 2 parties! I will be playing Soul, Garage, 70's Glam, and trashy electro for your trashy pleasure. Please attend. I love you......KIDWEDNESDAY Nov. 7th FONT... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:36:00 PST |
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FRENCH TOUR DIARY |
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| Paris May 22,07 Well this has been a great trip for seeing my music friends and meeting some new people. The day we left NYC from JFK, our plane was delayed for about 3 hrs, which was no big deal to m... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:43:00 PST |
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FRENCH SHOWS IN MAY |
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| FRENCH SHOWS IN MAYHello and thanks to all who bought stuff from my sale in the last few weeks. There are still a few things left, so whatever is still listed on my blog is still around and available.... Posted by Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds on Fri, 04 May 2007 10:31:00 PST |
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