Kai Stephens

Infobox musical artist


Name = Kai Stephens
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Kai Stephens
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Origin = Staines, Surrey, England
Instrument = Bass Guitar
Genre = Alternative rock, Indie, Punk
Occupation = Bassist
Years_active = 2001 - present
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Associated_acts = Hard-Fi
URL = [http://www.hard-fi.com/ Hard-Fi]
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Kai Stephens plays bass and also sings backing vocals for the band Hard-Fi. He began his career as a pest killer.

His first band was called Twist, which was named after Indio, a character in a spaghetti western film. The band was made up of him and one of his friends. " I grew up in a band, so there were always friends floating around. I’d just got given a guitar, so then my brother decided he wanted to get a drum kit, and a mate over the road could play bass a little bit and we just rushed into forming a band."

One day, when Stephens was in a pawn shop, he decided to pick up a bass and learn to play it, to get the band moving as they could not find a bassist, " The first time I played it, I thought, “Yeah, I can get my hand round this.” It was a Fender Precision, an old beaten-up one. I bought it and haven’t looked back."

Twist played a couple of gigs locally where a lot of friends came down to see them. They played to some busy audiences, "but we were rubbish" says Stephens.

When he used to play guitar he liked to copy chords from bands such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd who are two of his favourite artists along with The Clash and hip-hop acts such as Run DMC and NWA. [cite news |url=http://www.fender.co.uk/news/index.php?display_article=104 |first=Nigel |last=Trimmington |title=A Pint & A Chat With ... Hard Fi |work=Fender News |publisher=Fender.co.uk]

His brother, Ciaran is the lead guitarist of the band called "Satellite State" - http://www.myspace.com/satellitestatemusic . [ [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=44200715 Contempo - Staines, UK - Alternative] ]

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