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STORY OF THE GROUP (KINGSTON 10) 1.
STORY OF THE GROUP (KINGSTON 10), SINCE THE BEGINNING UP TO
THE PRESENT Kingston 10 was a ska band that was started by a male singer that, from what the original K10 members tell me, wasn't all that great. The original Kingston 10 kicked-out the singer and merged with a band called The Skamadors. This is when K10 took form. In that merger, Amador (keyboards - original K10) was joined by most of the members that are in the group today. I discovered Kingston 10 one night when I went to go see a local band Mobtown. I had been looking for another traditional ska band to join since I left The Dynamics, and Kingston 10 was just what I was looking for. 2. WHAT ARE THE MEMBERS? DISCOGRAPHY? Drums
- Korey Kingston 3. ORIGIN OF BAND'S NAME? Kingston 10 is an address that some of the guys in the band are familiar with. 4.
COULD YOU DEFINE KINGSTON 10 AS A SKA BAND? DO YOU PLAY K10 plays straight-up, primarily minor-key traditional ska. We favor the Don Drummond sounding tougher-sounding instrumentals. We also play instrumental organ-driven skinhead reggae, and rock steady. We have 2 girl vocalists that sound great with great harmonies. 5. YOU PLAY MORE SUNG TRACKS THAN INSTRUMENTALS? IS IT A REAL CHOICE? We probably play about half instrumental, half vocal. Of course, the instrumental stuff is much easier to learn because there's typically less changes and no lyrics to learn. We have core vocal tracks that we play live, and we normally rotate the instrumentals that we play at each show. 6.
HOW MANY TRACKS FOR KINGSTON 10? DO YOU PLAY A LOT OF K10 could probably play about 30 songs or so at any time if need be. The majority of those tunes are covers, but we typically play at least 5-6 or so in a 11-12 song set. The lyrical content of our originals deal with racism or relationships, among other things. 7.
BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF KINGSTON 10, DID THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS
PLAY IN Yes, a ton. Korey Kingston (drums) does a lot of session-work with other bands. He is currently playing for The Rhythm Doctors, Seespot, and The Aggro-lites, and another unnamed project. Jon (bass) and Dex (trombone) both play in The Arrogants and The Loose. Amador (keyboards) played with The Irie Beats, Robert (guitar) play s with the Irie Beats and used to play in The Allentons with Eitan. Eitan (trumpet) plays in his own project, Full Spectrum. 8.
TWO MEMBERS OF KINGSTON 10 PLAY IN OTHER BANDS (DRUMS &
TROMBONE). IT Well, as listed above, many members of K10 play in many different bands and projects. Yes, it is very difficult. The most difficult task for the band to accomplish is recording, as it requires extended blocks of time. Other than that, we try and make do. 9.
COULD YOU GIVE US SOME NEWS OF THE BAND SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF THIS NEW RECORDINGS,
NEW TRACKS .)? 10.
WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY OF YOUR GIGS? ARE YOU PLAYING ONLY IN
SOUTHERN Our
shows range from once every two months to several a month. Again,
it is very difficult to get everybody together. 12.
DID THE COMPILATION "PRIMO SONIC RHYTHMS VOL. 1",
BRING YOU SOMETHING, This compilation did a lot to expose Kingston 10 to other parts of the world. Again, not having any albums released and being a live band, people have to get-off of their sofa and come see us play. So, this comp. was a good teaser in that respect. 13.
IN YOUR FORMATION, ARE THE MEMBERS: SKINHEADS, SKIN GIRLS, RUDE
BOYS, Korey and Amador are hardcore scooterist. I'll call those guys and they're always working on their scooters before the rallies. Other than that, we're not a skinhead band or anything. We all just love the music, and checked-in our titles years ago. K10 is here to entertain and keep live traditional ska alive. 14.
PROJECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
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