Kids in the Kitchen
| Kids in the Kitchen | |
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| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Pop, funk, new wave |
| Years active | 1983–1988 |
| Labels | White/Mushroom/Festival |
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Kids in the Kitchen were an Australian pop, funk and new wave band which formed in 1983. They enjoyed chart success with four top 20 hits on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, "Change in Mood" (1983), "Bitter Desire" (1984), "Something That You Said" and "Current Stand" (both 1985). The related album, Shine (20 May 1985), reached No. 9 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart and was the 16th biggest selling album of 1985 in Australia. A second album, Terrain, followed in August 1987 but did not chart and the group disbanded in 1988.
Kids in the Kitchen formed early in 1983 in Melbourne with the line up of Scott Carne on lead vocals, Bruce Curnow on drums, Greg Dorman on lead guitar, Craig Harnath on bass guitar, and Greg Woodhead on keyboards. The group played live for eight months before signing with Mushroom Records' White label. Australian musicologist described how they had "attracted a great deal of attention. [They] had the right sound (contemporary synth pop with a dash of funk inspired by the likes of Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Chic), the right looks and plenty of youthful appeal to make a grab for the charts".
The band's debut single, "Change in Mood", (produced by Ricky Fataar and Tim Kramer) reached No. 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in October 1983. It was co-written by Dorman, Carne, Harnath, Curnow and Woodhead. The group toured nationally, initially as a support to Models, then as headliners. Kids in the Kitchen appeared regularly on Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV's pop music series, Countdown, with Carne often guesting as co-host, he was also a "popular cover boy" for the related Countdown magazine.
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