The Kooks are an English indie rock band formed in 2004 in Brighton. The current lineup consists of Luke Pritchard on vocals and guitar, Hugh Harris on bass, guitar, and synthesiser and Alexis Nuñez on drums and percussion.
real name: The Kooks
members: Luke Pritchard, Max Rafferty, Paul Garred, Hugh Harris, Dan Logan, Peter Denton, Alexis Nunez
formed in: Brighton
labels: Virgin Records, EMI Records
genres: alternative rock, indie rock, Britpop, indie pop, post-punk revival
influenced by: British Invasion
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The three members – Garred, Pritchard and Harris – of the Kooks all met as students at the BRIT School in Croydon, all three moving further south to join BIMM British and Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM), where they met Rafferty – who was from Bridgnorth – 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. Speaking to MTV Garred said, "we had a vision on how we wanted the band to look and stuff—so we bought some clothes and these hats, it was fun." Sharing a love of the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Police and David Bowie, Pritchard got Harris and Rafferty involved under the guise of a school music project. Pritchard himself said "We got together just...
The Kooks have mentioned drawing on a number of varied sources to create their sound, listing the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Chris de Burgh among influences on songwriting style and musical presentation over the course of their four albums.
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"Ooh La" is a song by British indie rock band the Kooks. It was the sixth single from their debut studio album Inside In/Inside Out and was released on 23 October 2006.
The song is an alleged dedication to late model Audrey Lindvall. It was featured in the Torchwood episode "Small Worlds" and was an iTunes Single of the Week.
"She Moves in Her Own Way" is a song by British band the Kooks from their debut studio album, Inside In / Inside Out (2006). It was released 26 June 2006 as the fifth single from that album, charting at number seven on the UK Singles Chart.
The music video features the band in Tijuana, Mexico.