The Kooks Lyrics

The Kooks Info:

From:
Brighton, United Kingdom

Genres:
Indie rock, britpop, alternative rock, indie pop

Years active:
2004-present

Name Origin:
They took their name from David Bowie's song Kooks, off the album Hunky Dory.

Members:
Luke Pritchard -
lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2004-present)

Hugh Harris -
lead guitar, keys, piano, backing vocals
(2004-present)

Peter Denton -
bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
(2008-present)

Alexis Nunez -
drums and percussion (2012-present)

Past Members:
Max Rafferty -
bass, backing vocals (2004-2008)

Paul Garred -
drums and percussion (2004-2012)

Band Formation:
The original members all met as students at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music in 2002. The inspiration to form a band came to Pritchard as he and Garred were out shopping for clothes one day in Primark as a joke.

The Kooks Quotes:
"We had this vision on how we wanted the band to look and stuff—so we bought some clothes and these hats, it was fun."
-Paul Garred

"So we went in to get a gig, we don't have a demo burnt, and this guy told us, 'Well, you can't get a gig if you don't have a demo, but I like your hats, so I'm going to give you a gig'"
-Paul Garred

"It's just like an idea, like a chorus, and then we just jam on it - it happens in loads of different ways. The best songs I find always come from the subconscious, like when you don't think. Not to be pretentious about it, but usually songs just blurt out rather than thinking about it. I never write lyrics and then do a song, I find that really hard - that's like a real skill."
-Pritchard on The Kooks' song-writing

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