- Next of Kin (band)
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Next of Kin Origin Braintree, Essex, England Genres Pop, rock Years active 1998–present Labels Universal Members Nathan Bass
Mark Bass
Kieran BassNext of Kin are an English boy band from Braintree, Essex, comprising brothers Nathan (drums), Mark (guitar) and Kieran Bass (bass guitar).[1][2][3][4]
History
They were discovered after former Young Guitarist of the Year Mark Bass played a guitar in the Musical Exchanges music shop in Birmingham, the brothers visiting the shop because an event that they had planned to attend at the nearby NEC had been cancelled, prompting shop owner Gary Chapman to put them in touch with manager Ian Allen.[2][4][5] They were signed by Allen and to former Spice Girls-manager Simon Fuller's 19 Productions, and signed a record deal with Universal Records.[6] They played on the Smash Hits tour in 1998 and supported Boyzone on their UK tour in 1999.[3][7] Their most notable single was "24 Hours From You", which was co-written by Gary Stevenson of Go West,[5] and helped by a promotional video shot in South Africa,[8] and an appearance on the ITV television show Mad For It.[9] It reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1999, and their follow-up release, "More Love", peaked at number 33 in June that year.[10][11]
At the time of their first single they received comparisons with Hanson, with their ages ranging from 13 to 18 when they broke through in 1999.[1][3][4][7]
In 2009 their song "Transform" became the theme for the UK Transformers convention Auto Assembly 2009, at which they performed live.[12]
Discography
- 1999 "24 Hours From You" - Universal Records - UK #13
- 1999 "More Love" - Universal - UK #33
References
- ^ a b Wright, Matthew (1999) "Matthew Wright Column: Check Out Next Of Kin", Daily Mirror, 19 January 1999
- ^ a b "Single of the Week", Birmingham Evening Mail, 9 February 1999
- ^ a b c "Mega Mirror: Kin will be the Next big thing", Daily Mirror, 30 January 1999
- ^ a b c Barnes, Anthony (1998) "Ex-Spice manager lines up the next generation", The Scotsman, 26 December 1998, p. 4
- ^ a b Coleman, Andy (1999) "Stardom", Birmingham Mail, 12 January 1999, p. 12
- ^ Somerville, Colin (1999) "Are these the girls to spice up your life", Scotland on Sunday, 16 May 1999, p. 4
- ^ a b Young, Graham (1999) "Pet Shop Brum!", Birmingham Mail, 15 June 1999, p. 28
- ^ "The hotshots to watch in 99", Birmingham Mail, 5 January 1999
- ^ "Wednesday TV", Daily Record, 30 January 1999
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 394. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Next of Kin, Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-04-03
- ^ Auto Assembly
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- Music from Essex
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