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Camden Crawl Tickets Lineup Kenickie were a four-piece punk band from Sunderland, UK. The band were formed in 1994 and consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Lauren Laverne (b. Lauren Gofton), drummer Johnny X (real name Pete Gofton, Lauren's brother), lead guitarist and occasional vocalist Marie du Santiago (b. Marie Nixon) and bass guitarist Emmy-Kate Montrose (b. Emma Jackson). The band's name comes from their favourite character in the 1970s film Grease.

Kenickie originally worked with Newcastle punk label Slampt before signing to Saint Etienne's EMI subsidiary, EMIDisc. Kenickie registered in the UK singles chart in the high 20s, their highest position being 24 with the single In Your Car, which opened Top of the Pops on the 10 January 1997 edition, and gained cult appeal after a well-received first album At The Club, which charted at 9 in May 1997. In the summer of 1997, Kenickie were scheduled to play Glastonbury but their set was cancelled due to rain.

After meeting them in New York, Courtney Love said:

They're a big bunch of sex, that band Kenickie. They're a big, raw-boned bunch of sex all three of them and the boy. I hope they get good. I hope we're a good example to them, I hope this record's huge and then the big labels will start sniffing around and then those big raw-boned sexy Newcastle [sic] girls will be huge and have Number Ones and there will be an Amazon planet the way I want it.

The band's second album, Get In appeared in 1998. It was generally less well-received than its predecessor in the music press (although Melody Maker rated it 8/10), and sold less well. The album showcased a change in direction, away from punk pop to a lounge music sound reminiscent of groups like Saint Etienne and Stereolab. Johnny X, who now referred to himself as Pete X, moved to guitar, with the live band augmented by Graham Christie (later of Data Panik) on drums and Dot Allen on keyboards.

Walrus (demo) (on "Signal Vs Noise" compilation - 1994)

Hey, Punka (on "Laugh Hard at the Absurdly Evil compilation - 1995)

Rebel Assault (on "Elastic Jet Mission" compilation - 1995)

Gary II (on The "Camden Crawl" compilation - 1995)

Come Out 2Nite (live) (on "Phoenix The Album" compilation - 1997)

It Started With a Kiss (feat. Errol Brown) (on "Come Again" compilation - 1997)

Other songs performed on radio sessions include:

Un-named Acoustic Song

Letter To Memphis (Pixies cover)

Marie and Emmy-Kate went on to form a new band called Rosita, and released two singles before splitting up. Marie is now a member of The Cornshed Sisters.Johnny X went on to record under the name J Xaverre. Pete Gofton (Johnny X) is currently touring with Peter Brewis of Field Music's new project 'The Week That Was'. The band's one-time touring keyboard player Tony O'Neill (known in the band as Elvis Wesley) is now an author, living in the United States.

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