Member Since: 1/25/2006
Band Website: theksband.com
Band Members: Daniel Kilian - Singer
Ray Beyda - Guitar
Ian McLaughlin - Debasser
Dave "Soup" Campbell - Drums
Dave Prager - Trombone
Marty Sachs - Tenor Sax
Jon Mossberg - Alto Sax
Influences: Think The Beatles and The Clash. Other touchstones include The Pixies, The Rolling Stones, Spoon, The New Pornographers, Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, The Kinks, X, T-Rex, David Bowie, Late period Elvis Presley, The Band, Aretha Franklin, Belle & Sebastian, Bright Eyes, Al Green, The Shins, The Replacements, Prince, White Stripes, Neil Young, Queen, Talking Heads, Louis Armstrong and The Libertines. James Brown meets Pavement, or more accurately, Stephen Malkmus meets the JBs. Still more influences are Bob Dylan, Thee Headcoats, Tapes 'N Tapes, Frank Black, Johnny Cash, Nirvana, The Buzzcocks (I've been told), Devendra Banhart, Otis Redding, Cheap Trick, The Go Team, The Violent Femmes (I've been told), The Arctic Monkeys, Air (In a hard rocking, American way. Okay, nothing like Air, other than fine compositional skills), Led Zeppelin, Elvis Costello, Eagles of Death Metal (A very misnamed but rocking band), Duke Ellington, Fiery Furnaces, Franz Ferdinand, Grandaddy (Less so, but one day), Hot Hot Heat, Janis Joplin, Scott Joplin (Any Joplin), Chopin, Lyle Lovett, Los Lobos, John Lennon, Van Morrison, The Doors, Thelonious Monk (I've been told about the horn arrangements), McClusky, Paul McCartney (When he's good or a Beatle), Make-Up, Liz Phair, Radiohead (Not so much, though we like that sensibility), Railroad Jerk, Lou Reed, The Ramones, Blondie, Clinic, The Pretenders, Rocket From The Crypt, Steely Dan, Lucinda Williams, Stevie Wonder, X-Ray Specs and The Zombies
Sounds Like: The Beatles, The Clash, The Pixies, The Rolling Stones, Spoon, The New Pornographers, Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, The Kinks, X, T-Rex, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, The Band, Aretha Franklin, Belle & Sebastian, Bright Eyes, Al Green, The Replacements, Prince, White Stripes, Neil Young, Queen, Talking Heads, The Libertines, James Brown, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, The JBs, Bob Dylan, Thee Headcoats, Tapes 'N Tapes, Frank Black, Johnny Cash, Nirvana, The Buzzcocks, Otis Redding, Cheap Trick, The Go Team, The Violent Femmes, The Arctic Monkeys, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Costello, Destroyers, Eagles of Death Metal, Fiery Furnaces, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Hot Heat, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Van Morrison, McClusky, Make-Up, Liz Phair, Leon Redbone, Railroad Jerk, Lou Reed, The Ramones, The Rasperries, Supergrass, Blondie, Marc Bolan, Clinic, Sam & Dave, The Pretenders, Rocket From The Crypt, Steely Dan, The Supremes, Lucinda Williams, Stevie Wonder, X-Ray Specs and The Zombies
Type of Label: None