Kinski

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Seattle, United States (1998 – present)

There are two bands named “Kinski”.

1) A rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States. They are named after the infamous German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991).

They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also shared mutual musical interests, and hence agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an expansive, experimental sound.

Near the end of 1999, guitarist/keyboardist/flautist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie earlier that same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band went on their first US tour with Mainliner from Japan, where they befriended Kawabata Makoto, also of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O..

Tours throughout the US would follow the next two years with such bands as Hovercraft, Silkworm, and Primordial Undermind. Their second album, Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle, came out on Pacifico in 2001. The band also toured Japan with Acid Mothers Temple in late 2001.

In early 2002, after the band finished recording their third album, Weeks left and later went on to join Seattle band Black Panties. That summer, Barrett Wilke took over on drums. The band at this time signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. The album Airs Above Your Station finally came out in 2003.

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Top Tracks

1	Boy, Was I Mad!	99
2	Crybaby Blowout	91
2	Passwords & Alcohol	91
4	Dayroom At Narita Int'l.	80
5	Argentina Turner	74
6	Plan, Steal, Drive	72
7	Child Had To Catch A Train	70
8	Punching Goodbye Out Front	68
9	Silent Biker Type	59
10	The Wives of Artie Shaw	44
11	Semaphore	38
12	New India full track	37
13	Hot Stenographer	33
14	Newport full track	31
15	That Helmut Poe Kid's Weird full track	29

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arsenale wrote:
yesterday morning

i love sooooooooo much this band - but their album art is awful! .

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kekka_fuza wrote:
August 2008

i think i blew it is such a good track as well as that helmut poe kid is weird. i totally rock this on the metro bus rides.

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Endolith wrote:
July 2008

Wow

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Bod1k wrote:
July 2008

great sound

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Rock-A-Rolla wrote:
June 2008

Check out the interview with Kinski in the latest issue of Rock-A-Rolla magazine! Available from www.rock-a-rolla.com

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dbrain0 wrote:
May 2008

Terrific album art.

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ZizziAsFolk wrote:
April 2008

Loved them in London in Feb. But I was sooo hoping for a track from Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle. The last album is great, but BGWWT is the best!

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Vedanta wrote:
April 2008

Saw them open for Tool last year. Wonderful. Doesn't sound like post-rock though. Wtf.

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brahmin63 wrote:
March 2008

if there is a god.. he/she will like this music ;) awesome ... Semaphore is one of their best ...

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136 wrote:
March 2008

I've only heard Down Below It's Chaos and It's a great great album, but It isn't post-rock...

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naliak wrote:
February 2008

A band that once sounded huge on record, doesn't sound much like pushing at anything now. And if there is a below under all this, and its chaos, then why don't i get any hint of that? Set aside Boy, Was I Mad!.

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theberlindoctor wrote:
December 2007

down below is fucking tops guys, congrats!

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carriepants wrote:
November 2007

Yummy.

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h1ma wrote:
November 2007

ну просто ахуительно)

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lucyloves2dance wrote:
October 2007

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Kinski but when oh when will i see them LIVE?!?!? Please tell me when... *sob*

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tyx wrote:
September 2007

I love anything drone related they've done.

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Harisn wrote:
September 2007

New album is prety awesome, eh? I really like it. What I like even more is the free CD that came with it, the soundtrack to Berlin, Symphony Of A City! Freaking great! I would kill to see them live right now.

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TheFriedEgg wrote:
August 2007

rach?

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Entweihung wrote:
August 2007

New album's out in a couple of days, got it pre-ordered. Wonder if it'll differ at all from the one that's leaked.

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rattoe wrote:
August 2007

who gives a fuck if you think they're post-rock or not. That label is come to the point where it's laughable nowadays anyways. They're a fucking rock band. That's all that matters.

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