- Kenneth Higney
Kenneth Higney is a rock musician whose only album, "
Attic Demonstration ", became a cult favourite amongst record collectors. It was recorded in 1976 as a means of selling his songwriting services to other musicians, but was released as a commercial prospect."
Attic Demonstration " featured Higney on vocals and electric guitar, with an ad-hoc band consisting of Higney's personal friends Gordon Gaines (guitars, drums), John Duva (bass guitar), and Mark Volpe (guitar, percussion). It had a limited release of 500 copies in September 1976, and earned a favourable review inTrouser Press magazine, but was not a commercial success. Nonetheless, it became a cult item amongst record collectors over subsequent years. It was re-mastered and re-released by Higney's own label,Kebrutney Records , in 2003.The remaster also included Higney's only other commercial release, the 1980 7 inch single "I Wanna be the King", b/w "Funky Kinky". The former song was a tribute to
New York Dolls guitarist and punk legendJohnny Thunders , and contained the line "I'm gonna be a star / I hate the sissy music ofJohn Denver ", whilst the latter was a foray into the world ofdisco . Both songs were written by Higney, and featured Gordon Gaines and Mark Volpe, plus John Lynch (bass guitar). Gaines died in 1997. [http://www.bobbyshred.com/gordongaines.html]Today Higney works as the vice-president of copyright and licensing for the
ARC Music Group . [http://www.arcmusic.com/allb/M001.htm]External links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hvfixqlaldke Kenneth Higney at the AMG]
* [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1554 A review of his album at Dusted.com]
* [http://www.showandtellmusic.com/pages/galleries/gallery_c/higney.html Another review, at Showandtellrecords.com, with sound sample]
* [http://www.cdbaby.com/group/kebrutney Kebrutney Records]
* [http://www.foreignfrequency.com/ff_news.html Official Vinyl Reissue of Attic Demonstration]
* [http://www.bobbyshred.com/gordongaines.html BobbyShred's Gordon Gaines Tribute Page]
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