Kingsland Road (band)
| Kingsland Road | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Kingsland |
| Origin | East London, England |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2012–2015 |
| Labels | Soundcheck |
| Website | kingslandmusic |
| Past members | Matt Cahill Joe (Connor) Conaboy Jay Scott JJ Thompson Josh Zaré |
Kingsland Road (originally Kingsland) were an English rock and roll-style and urban-inspired funk and disco boy band formed in 2012. The band is made up of Matt Cahill, Joe "Connor" Conaboy, JJ Thompson (known by his surname) and Josh Zaré. Originally a five-piece that included Jay Scott, they finished in ninth place on the tenth series of The X Factor in 2013. They describe their sound as a mixture of predominantly 1970s urban of funk and disco with just a drop of reggae and indie pop and new wave with some Oi! of the 1980s that is furnished with 2010s hard rock.
Kingsland Road released their debut single "Dirty Dancer" in August 2014 and it peaked at number 85 on the UK Singles Chart. On 23 October, Scott quit the band due to lack of enjoyment. Their debut album We Are the Young was released in March 2015. The group announced they were splitting up in June 2015.
Kingsland Road was originally made up of Josh Zaré from Maidstone, Joe "Connor" Conaboy from Rugby, Jon James "JJ" Thompson from Coventry (known by his surname), Matt Cahill from Gloucester and Jamie "Jay" Scott from Wolverhampton. Zaré and Conaboy already knew each other from college, and invited Scott, Thompson and Cahill to form a band after seeing them on YouTube. They named themselves "Kingsland" as they lived together on Kingsland Road.
In 2013, Kingsland auditioned for the tenth series of The X Factor. In their room audition they sang "Don't You Worry Child", then "Treasure" at the arena. They performed "For Once in My Life" at bootcamp and at judges' houses they sang "Dance with Me Tonight" (in front of original artist Olly Murs) and "A Thousand Years". On 1 October 2013, a week before the live shows, it was announced that Kingsland had been forced to change their name as there was a band in Canada also called Kingsland, so they became Kingsland Road.
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