Ben Kenney
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Ben Kenney performing live with Incubus in Madrid.
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| Background information | |
| Born |
March 12, 1977 Brielle, New Jersey, US |
| Genres | Alternative rock, alternative hip hop |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, drums |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Labels | Ghetto Crush Industries |
| Associated acts | Incubus, The Roots, Time Lapse Consortium, The Division Group, Supergrub |
| Website | benkenney |
Benjamin Lee "Ben" Kenney, Sr. (born March 12, 1977) is a musician from Brielle, New Jersey, United States. He is the bass guitarist for the band Incubus.
Kenney played guitar for the hip-hop group The Roots before he joined Incubus in 2003 after the departure of the bass guitarist and founding member Alex Katunich (aka Dirk Lance). He had previously played with Incubus members Mike Einziger and Jose Pasillas in Time Lapse Consortium.
Kenney plays at least six different instruments and sometimes plays drum duets with Incubus' drummer Jose Pasillas live on-stage.
He has also done studio work for artists including Justin Timberlake, Faith Evans, Erykah Badu and Blackalicious, and for the producers Timbaland and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
26, Maduro, Distance and Comfort and "Burn the Tapes" were all released by Kenney's own record company, Ghetto Crush Industries. Ghetto Crush has also released music for The Division Group, Aleda and Root Valdez. Kenney helped The Smyrk to produce their EP, New Fiction.
Kenney started in New Jersey band called Racecar in 1994 with Jimmie Muller and Sam Hofman. After this, he and Chuck Treece started a musical duo called Supergrub in 1996, with three CDs released: Norma & Thurselle, Communicator and Challenger.
He has five solo albums, 26 released on December 1, 2004, Maduro released on March 1, 2006, Distance and Comfort released on January 15, 2008, Burn The Tapes released on October 1, 2010, and Leave On Your Makeup released on September 17, 2013. Kenney plays guitar, bass guitar and drums while singing and writing every part on the solo records. When touring to support his solo records he plays guitar and sings, accompanied by Ashley Mendel on bass guitar and vocals and Sekou Lumumba on drums. Recently, Simon Harding from the band Fin has replaced Lumumba.
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