Keenwild

Infobox musical artist
Name = Keenwild
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Temecula, California
Genre = Indie Acoustic Pop Folk
Years_active = 2002 to present
Label = Full Value Entertainment Local Punks Records
Associated_acts = Superdank, Funk Project, Serpent Underground
URL = www.Keenwild.com
Current_members = Bill Gould and Jeney Kingsbury
Past_members = Devin Sanchez, Jason Walker, Peter, Gilbert, EC, JS Free, Artistic Propaganda
Notable_instruments = Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drum Loops, MC's

Keenwild is a duo formed by Jeney Keenwild and Bill Keenwild in the fall of 2002 that has been performing all across the western United States. Bringing the songwriting talent of Bill to the vocal purity of Jeney the band has created some amazing songs like the melancholy 'Rivers', the party anthem 'Mr. Pete' and the dark 'Suicide Note'.

Group Formation

Keenwild formed from the ashes of Superdank, a band featuring Jason Walker on Guitar. Superdank broke up in the spring of 2002 after a wild show in Hemet, California at The Wheelhouse that had Bill signing as he fell off the stage into the crowd. Jason would move on to play guitar in the Heavy Metal band Serpent Underground after leaving Keenwild. [http://localpunks.net/press/interviews/buieinterview.htm] Bill had been writing songs that were not at all in the style of Superdank in the spring of 2002. When he met Jeney in the fall of 2001 through a message board on the website of now defunct radio station 92.1 in San Diego the two became fast friends. On the way home from a Superdank show in February 2002 at Brick by Brick in San Diego, Bill heard Jeney singing to the radio in the back seat and was instantly hooked and knew he had found the new lead singer for his untitled new project.

Finding a Name

After beginning to write new songs together, Bill and Jeney knew that the name Superdank was not the correct one for this new and different project. While driving to one of Bill's favorite hiking locations in Idyllwild, California the pair were writing down random ideas when they drove past an area of the forest named 'Keenwild' and wrote down that name as well. After much deliberation and research into the various names they had pondered the two settled on the name Keenwild.

uccess

In late 2004 the Keenwild song 'Mr Pete' went to #1 on the Australian MP3.com.au charts [http://archive.fullvaluereview.com/music/concerts/111904madlins.htm] . The song 'Rivers' made it to the top 10 in the spring of 2005. Keenwild enjoyed playing the grand opening of the Temecula Dippin' Dots store that was headlined by A Change Of Pace [http://www.menifee247.com/labels/Dippin-Dots.htm] , during the show Bill played with a broken hand until his cast broke all of the strings making it impossible to perform further.

The band, thru extensive touring, has played some of the finest venues such as Modified Arts (phoenix, az), The Electric Theater (st. george, Utah), The Rainbow Room (hollywood, ca), Ridglea Theater (ft worth, tx), 51 Buckingham (pomona, ca), The Alley (Las Vegas, nv), Chasers (scottsdale, az), Java Joz (murrieta, ca), Madlins (temecula, ca), Temecula CRC (temecula, ca), Water Canyon Coffee (yucca, ca), Beatnik Cafe (joshua tree, ca), Zia Records (tempe, az), Santa Fe Cafe (fullerton, ca) The Dirt (las cruces, nm) and The Boondocks (cedar city, ut) [http://media.www.suujournal.com/media/storage/paper951/news/2005/04/20/News/Two-Music.Venues.Open-2023325.shtml] .

In the spring of 2005 Keenwild played a sold out show in St George Utah at the Electric Theater with bands A Thorn For Every Heart and Brown Eyed Deception who later changed their name to YouInSeries after this show.

Keenwild have had the honor of playing shows with some of today's best bands like Meg and Dia, HelloGoodbye, Steel Train, A Change Of Pace, YouInSeries, D.O.R.K./Animo, Halifax, Socratic, An Angle and Limbeck. The band has also been fortunate enough to have played great events like Temecula Arts Festival, Earth Day at Lake Skinner, Redlands Race for the Cure, Temecula Tractor Race, Think Pink - a Breast Cancer Benefit, Temecula Music Fest, and Rancho Damicitas Group Home Kids Concert.

Other Adventures

Bill and Jeney began promoting shows in the Temecula area in 2004 at various local venues as a way to entertain high school kids. [http://www.pe.com/localnews/southwest/stories/PE_News_Local_D_gould05.58bc4.html] The shows have been very successful and have led to them starting the Temecula Music Fest and a weekly concert series at the local theater, The Merc. [http://www.myvalleynews.com/story.php?story_id=30057]

After all the success in hosting live music and playing shows across the country with Keenwild, Bill Gould decided to run for elected office in the fall of 2007. In his first campaign and running against a former District Trustee, Bill won the election and now sits on the Romoland School Board as a Trustee. [http://www.pe.com/localnews/southwestarea/schools/stories/PE_News_Local_H_romoland08.3d0f43a.html]

Line-up

*Jeney Kingsbury: vocals, keyboards
*Bill Gould: Guitar, Bass, Programming

Other Live Contributors

*Devin Sanchez: drums, percussion
*Jason Walker: guitar, bass, percussion
*Artistic Propaganda: laptop
*EC: MC
*JS Free: MC
*Gilbert: drums
*Peter: Bass

Discography

tudio albums

*"The long road home" (2005)
*"Dievercity" (2003)

Demos

*"Closer" (2002 CD single)

References

External links

* [http://www.Keenwild.com Official website with shows and songs]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/keenwild PureVolume]