Welcome to Kingston's Site
(YOU NEED FLASH PLAYER TO LISTEN TO OUR SONGS ABOVE)
Kingston is a three-piece band from Glasgow, which formed in July 2005 and had started gigging by November that year - playing the cream of our mix of poppy rock, indie and quiet acoustic tunes, inspired by the likes of, well... see the "influences" box...
The band had been quite a long time in the making...
Jamie had been writing songs and gradually improving (on both songwriting and guitar) for a few years before he actually decided to do something. I became the drummer, since I could play drumkit, I was his sister, and it made sense.
But we lacked some things - such as our own drumkit, and a third member, who was female and could sing (to fill in female parts that I had previously done), play bass and guitar.
We did our best in the meantime - overdubbing on cassettes on a karaoke machine, and visiting studios to make recordings of our songs with reasonable sound quality. My brother also purchased a drumkit.
And by a stroke of luck, the vacant position was filled last summer when my brother had mates at his house and approached a girl he knew played guitar. Rather than accept his offer, the girl referred my brother to her twin sister, who was better at guitar, she said.
Jamie then met with Cheryl sometime before our first practice together and told me that she fitted the bill perfectly. And he was right.
Cheryl is a talented guitarist with a great voice, who despite having little experience on the bass guitar before joining us, had very little problem at all with it. She also writes her own songs, which are of course good, and add more diversity to our repertoire.
And that's about it. I think I've said it all...
If you want any more info, or have any comments or ideas - email us at [email protected]
Heather. (Drummer) ..