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The Kooks confirm: not what you know, but who you know

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 14 comments 16:17 May 9th, 2008
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The Kooks' Luke Pritchard has told 6Music that it's not what you know but who you know that'll crack the stateside market.

Says the singer of the band's relationship with US label Astralwerks:

"It took ages for us to get a record deal out there because Virgin US just sort of turned their nose up at it, (but) it's much better for us that we work with Astralwerks now. They're really good people - it's all about who you work with."

The band's second LP Konk is currently at number 41 in the Billboard 200 and they recently sold some 5,000 tickets in New York. Impressive, impressive. But awful, too.

From the archive

if you had three bullets and four Kooks, which would you save?

I'd probably make them stand behind eachother in a row and go for three massive shots to the head, heart and head.

twee_loser | 9 May '08, 16:22 | Reply | X

i'd save the one who replaced

the smackhead.

because he's ever so slightly less culpable.

Boylie @twee_loser | 9 May '08, 16:44 | Reply | X

Forget the bullets

Just punch them into a bloody pulp.

meandthatarmy @twee_loser | 9 May '08, 16:48 | Reply | X

for website thats supposed hate bands like this

you sure do promote em a lot...

julian_in_public | 9 May '08, 17:51 | Reply | X

Who says I hate them?

I don't.
I'd like to cuddle Luke.

Mike_Diver @julian_in_public | 9 May '08, 17:57 | Reply | X

I'd rather

headbutt them into a fine paste.

DIRTYCraig @meandthatarmy | 9 May '08, 18:07 | Reply | X

it's not fair

that this band 'makes' it over here & has played several times, while tons of other bands i'm dying to see haven't.
)=

phenotypic @Mike_Diver | 9 May '08, 20:31 | Reply | X

yeah..

what's the story there?

GOSSIP please.

vonmusic @Boylie | 10 May '08, 00:18 | Reply | X

but kev clearly does

.

bleepthis @Mike_Diver | 10 May '08, 01:35 | Reply | X

it's not who you know

it's who you blow.

like_eating_glass | 10 May '08, 09:27 | Reply | X

I thought the drummer

seemed like a fairly nice guy when they were on Jools. The music is obviously utter gash, but at least he wasn't doing that "I'm cool though I can't string a sentence together" shtick Pritchard is so keen to adopt...

jeffa79 @Boylie | 12 May '08, 11:08 | Reply | X

Ha

Classic Superhans. I quoted this the other day.

Crackity @like_eating_glass | 12 May '08, 13:00 | Reply | X

He was not a smackhead!!

He just liked a bit of smoke and a line every now and again - the rest of the piss poor entourage were so boring they thought it was too much.

Now then, with regards to the bullets, I would firstly stack them arse first onto huge pole, then fire upwards, thus puncturing every major organ in every Kook. Then, I would lower over a bonfire, and, hopefully still alive, i would COOK THE KOOKS!

Koobab.

yum.

Wombat @Crackity | 12 May '08, 17:11 | Reply | X

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