Kid Courageous was a pop punk

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from Australia. The band consists of Mick Anderson (lead vocals, piano), Huw Griffiths (guitar, vocals), Patrick Ricapito (lead guitar), Richie Newman (drums) and Dave Simon (bass guitar). All five members of the band grew up in the

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History

Throughout the mid-2000s Kid Courageous were one of Australia's premiere commercial pop punk acts, with a number of successful charting singles. Prior to being signed to a label, the band released their debut single 'Miss Singleton' (later released on ''Dear Diary'') in 2003. The band were signed to the Australian

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with American producer Rick Will and Australian producer Greg Stace. The band was managed by industry veteran Vicki Gordon and later Mark Burn. "

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and #3 on the Australian Independent charts.. "Life's a Movie", their second single, also achieved success, topping the Australian nightly radio charts for 10 weeks. It peaked at #17 on the ARIA Singles Chart and #1 on the Australian independent charts. " Use Me", their third single, debuted at #24 on the ARIA Singles Chart and #1 on the Australian Independent music charts. "I Want You", their crossover single, was mixed by Greg Stace and was released as an

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-only digital single in 2006. ''Dear Diary'', their debut album, produced by Rick Will (Incubus, Gwen Stefani, Ben Harper), was released on 6 May 2006. Vocalist Mick Anderson was voted 2005 Australian "Spunk of the Year" in ''

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''. Kid Courageous broke up in 2007 not long after recording their self-titled second album, which was issued on iTunes in 2011.

Members

*Mick Anderson – lead vocals, piano *Davie Patience – bass guitar *Huw Griffiths – guitar, vocals *Patrick Ricapito – lead guitar *Laurent Saligne / Richie Newman – drums

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Kid Courageous website
with previews of songs from Untitled Second Album
Nothing ElseBobby DazzlerKid Courageous MySpace
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