KEVIN K BAND PROMO PHOTO Road Vultures Old School New York City Punk Band

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- Fantastic vintage KEVIN K BAND PROMO PHOTO!!!
- The artist label added name sticker. That's not a modification. It's how the label sent out the photo.
- Authentic original publicity/press pack photograph provided by the record label.
- From the files of a defunct music magazine.
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Kevin K's early years were spent outside of Buffalo in Upstate New York growing up listening to Alice Cooper, the Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. Though no single artist compelled him to become a musician, he does attribute his childhood music interests, the CBGBs artists (like the Ramones, Johnny Thunders, and Dead Boys) along with other artists like Paul Westerberg for heavily influencing his musical direction. Kevin first learned to play guitar, though he drummed and sang in bands with his brother Alan (Grimm Reaper, Aunt Helen and The Toys [later New Toys]), because they couldn't find a drummer that had the style they sought. The Toys were one of Buffalo's leaders of the late 70s punk movement. Garnishing much adulation, not only from their fans, but from critics, they, "played every piss and beer stained bar covering Upstate New York and Southern Canada," states Kevin. Reaching their pinnacle in late 1980/early 1981, having opened up for bands like The Ramones, The Babys, Pat Benatar, The Romantics, Eddie Money, Squeeze, the Dead Boys, and The Tourists (later The Eurythmics), they were no longer satisfied being a big fish in a little pond. As the punk scene died and many of the era's bands along with it, the band reinvented itself and their musical stylings. The out-of-control antics and sounds of Kevin Rat, Rocky Starr, Meat Cleaver and Mick Tyler matured and adapted to the oncoming of the power-pop era. Having changed their name, now New Toys, their sound, their management (now managing themselves) and a bass player (Meat Cleaver being replaced by Peter Cain in July 1982), they set out to conquer the larger cities of Chicago, Detroit and the Big Apple. In December of 1982 the band relocated to the New York Borough Of Staten Island, became friends with artists like Dirty Looks and Johnny Thunders, and were playing regularly at clubs like CBGBs and Gildersleeve's. By 1983 the guitarist (Doug Tyler) quit. But again out of the ashes rises the Phoenix in the form of a trio known as Lone Cowboys, who would go onto having even more success, charting number 20 on Sweden's independent music chart with a remake of the Debbie Boone classic, "You Light Up My Life," which in turn got them signed to Caroline Records. By late 1989 the two K brothers would reinvent themselves again as the Road Vultures, this time with Kevin playing guitar alongside his brother Alan. It wasn't long after the new formation that that former New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain and ex-Heartbreaker Jerry Nolan and asked them to open a show at the Continental Divide (NYC). This was the first public performance by the Road Vultures. One show turned into 15 straight weekends. More shows followed with friends like Dee Dee Ramone, The Waldos, and Cheetah Chrome. Road Vultures quickly attained a large underground Rock 'n' Roll following not only in New York City, but up and down the mid-atlantic coast and the LA/Hollywood scene. After two albums on Circumstantial Records, Kevin decided on a solo career, releasing his debut album Nightlife on the Circumstantial label under the name Kevin K Band. Signing to 13th Street Entertainment in late January of 1996, Mr. K released Never Enough (a live cassette only), a combination of live shows and rehearsal sessions. Many more releases have followed, not only on the 13th Street label, but AOK Recordings, Australia's Vicious Kitten Records...
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