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The Foster Kids

The funniest guys on the ward

About Me

What can I say about the Foster Kids? Two of them are parents now, one of them has got a Double Bass, two of them have been on TV quiz shows, one of them once drilled through his or her thumb, one of them has rockstar dad, three of them have been to Australia and one of them has an allotment. Most of all they've got each other. If you failed to catch them at either of last year's big two festivals (the Mattishall Beer and the Harleston Fringe) what have you been missing? Just about the finest pop ensemble to come out of Earth Studio's rehearsal rooms, the first band to play live on Bernie's future radio show, the country's second sexiest five piece and to top it all they play their own instruments. In 2008 the Foster Kids will only be playing festivals featuring the word tracks. Listen to the selection of musical delights above... And if you haven't got one of these here myspace thingies and you would like to contact us you can do so via [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/30/2006
Band Members: Gillian Ian Jason Keiren Matt
Influences: The Archies, Abba, Betty Boo, Belle and Sebastian, BMX Bandits, Blur, James Burton, The Bay City Rollers, Blondie, Beck, Jacques Brel, The Brunettes, Beachwood Sparks, The Cardigans, Johnny Cash, Graham Coxon, Camera Obscura, The Carpenters, Glen Campbell, Isobel Campbell, The Divine Comedy, Jackie DeShannon, Neil Diamond, Fabienne Delsol, Eels, Freakwater, Flamin Groovies, The Field Mice, Adam Green, Girls Aloud, Richard Hawley, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, Benny Hill, The Housemartins, Hello Saferide, The International Submarine Band, Kenickie, The Kinks, Kris Kristofferson, Kylie, Carole King, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Lemonheads, George Michael, The Monkees, Mike Nesmith, Ricky Nelson, the 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Pet Shop Boys, The Pooh Sticks, Gram Parsons, The Partridge Family, Pink Martini, Bic Runga, The Raveonettes, The Raspberries, Saint Etienne, The Style Council, Super Furry Animals, Scud Mountain Boys, The Shangri-las, Dusty Springfield, The Smiths, Teenage Fanclub, Tracey Ullman, The Velvelettes, The White Stripes, Clarence White, Scott Walker, Wilco, Dionne Warwick, Tammy Wynette and not forgetting Green Day and Nirvana.
Sounds Like: We apparently sound like the Beautiful South, the Monkees, Josh Ritter, Neil Diamond, Alex Chilton, The Smiths, Magnetic Fields, Belle and Sebastian, Pulp, Divine Comedy, The Buzzcocks???, The Byrds (after Gram Parsons left), Madness (this is what other people have said)
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Indietracks CD

Hello there everyone, The good people at make do and mend records have compiled a 2 cd set full of songs from bands that are playing at this year's Indietracks (including us), for a lot less sketchy d...
Posted by The Foster Kids on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:13:00 PST

Eardrumsmusic

It is obviously a momentous occasion when we stick a blog up here so hold on to your proverbial hats! As far as I can gather in Norway there is a guy called Knut who has a music blog and in his wisdom...
Posted by The Foster Kids on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:00:00 PST

The album

Hello everyone, In the merry merry month of May we will be recording an album featuring most of our greatest hits. Do you know anyone who plays an instrument other than a guitar who might like to be o...
Posted by The Foster Kids on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:31:00 PST

The Foster Kids Party

If you want to hear a set of our more exuberant compositions, played and mixed completely live, with all the mistakes and one off pieces of genius (we start getting good after about the third song) go...
Posted by The Foster Kids on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST

Going for a Song

Free actually, As an xmas gift to the world all our songs are downloadable from here until such time as we revert to our natural scrooge type nature!   xxx   The Kids    ...
Posted by The Foster Kids on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:20:00 PST

Six Sixes

As I mentioned in a bulletin the other day. I counted up all the gigs we played in 2007 and apparently apart from any unadvertised guest spots at Go Acoustic and the suchlike we managed 36. Obviously ...
Posted by The Foster Kids on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:11:00 PST

Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues

To our absolute amazement we are the top top friend on Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues' page. They are now our top friend, check them out! xxx The Kids  
Posted by The Foster Kids on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:02:00 PST

Musicians Required

Hello there, Maybe it's time to post another blog entry, our very first blog was regarding a need for extra members, obviously we are all sorted for the rudiments, bass drums, guitars, etc What we had...
Posted by The Foster Kids on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:00:00 PST

It's a boy, his name is Blake

The Baby in the picture has a name now, his name is Blake. We would like to thank the fans for all their suggestions xxx The Kids      
Posted by The Foster Kids on Tue, 01 May 2007 07:31:00 PST

It's a boy!

For those of you who witnessed Gillian's herculean struggle to perform as often as she could over the last few months you will be delighted to hear that on Sat 14th April she gave birth to her fi...
Posted by The Foster Kids on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:03:00 PST