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The Kinetiks were a Meteor Award-nominated
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musical ensemble from
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. They were vocalist and guitarist Gaz Harding, guitarist Sean Brennan, bassist Jim McGuire, and drummer Paul Donohoe. On 11 July 2008, they performed their biggest show thus far at
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where they appeared second on the Green Room stage following
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and prior to
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in August 2008 and Hard Working Class Heroes in September 2008.


Formation

The band formed in 2007. They shared influences such as the
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. On first hearing the band's track "A Smile'd Crack Your Face" RTÉ 2fm's producer, Ian Wilson booked the Dubliners for a live session with the station. "A Smile’d Crack Your Face", released on the band's debut EP ''High Horse Olympics'' in summer 2007 became a favourite of RTÉ 2fm DJs
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as well as
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on Today FM and drew the attention of producer
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, who had previous experience working with
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. With Mannix The Kinetiks recorded the singles "Shuffle Your Feet" and "Bite the Bullet", described by ''
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'' as "Kin brilliant." Their ''Aye Aye Aye Aye'' EP is due for release on 6 March, the E.P was recorded in Grouse Lodge Studios, Westmeath, Sun Studios Dublin and Suite Studios Dublin by Marc Carolan (Muse/The Cure) and Gareth Mannix (The Thrills/The Flaws) and an album is forthcoming.


Break Up

In August 2009 Gaz Harding published a blog on the band's Myspace stating that The Kinetiks were no more. "People wanting different things from their lives" was the only reason given in the blog for the band's break-up.


Notable performances

The Kinetiks appeared on ''
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'' on 6 October 2007. They have also sold out the music venue
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of Wexford Street in Dublin, topped the
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airplay chart and have provided support for a range of bands including The Enemy in the Ambassador Theatre,
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. The band have achieved considerable airplay on other radio stations such as
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and
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. At Oxegen 2008, The Kinetiks followed Dirty Epics onto the Green Room stage. In an interview with the ''
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'' beforehand, the band said they relished the prospects of playing in front of their biggest audience to date. Vocalist Gaz Harding (23) said:
"We're not nervous, just looking forward to it. Obviously the tent is massive. We're going to go and do what we do and hope that everyone will be blown away and we can go out and have a great night afterwards."
On 16 January 2009, The Kinetiks featured on
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's '' The Cafe'', performing "Lightbulb" the lead track from their "Aye Aye Aye Aye" EP. In July 2009, they supported the charity music site Music Box For Life.Com by donating some of their music.


Discography


Awards


Meteor Music Awards

The Kinetiks received a nomination in the category "Hope for 2008" at the
2008 Meteor Awards The 2008 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the RDS, Dublin, on Friday, 15 February 2008. Nineteen awards were presented. It was the eighth edition of the Republic of Ireland's national music awards. The event was later broadcast on RTÉ Tw ...
but lost to
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at the ceremony on 15 February 2008. , - , 2008 , , The Kinetiks , , Hope for 2008 , , , -


References


External links


Official site
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