Kevin K And The Real Kool Kats

Addiction (Lolli35cd)
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The Best Of Kevin K - New York, New York... (ICB14)

I´ve seen Kevin K mentioned quite a few times, along names like Nikki Sudden, Dave Kusworth, Freddy Lynxx and Johnny Thunders. Never gotten into his music though, until I found this in my mail-box. He´s released an impressive bunch of records since he first started playing the New York scene in the late 1970´s, rocking out with the best of the best - Ramones, Dead Boys and New York Dolls´ Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan and Sylvain Sylvain. That´s one hell of a cv if you ask me! Addiction came out last year, with the french The Real Kool Kats backing him up. And it´s a riff-o-rama of a record, loaded with trashy themes from the NYC streets, you can almost smell Avenue D! The Heartbreakers classic, One Track Mind, fits right in, and with female backing vocal, it´s lifted to a new height. As a fan of the afore mentioned bands, Kevin K is highly recommended for all sleazters yearning for a cool melody, excellent song-writing, and just waiting for the tube to the Bowery. 
New York, New York is a best of collection of his solo recordings from 1996 up to 2002, crammed with gems from the class of NYC punk and rock´n roll. This record has been an instant classic from when I first pushed play, and if there was justice in love, justice in the music-biz - New York, New York would´ve been your nighttime soundtrack, baby!
  
Kevin K offical web-site: www.13th-Street.com
http://Kevin.K.RealKoolkats.free.fr
www.chez.com/lollipoprecords

1. march, 2005
**Ringo Kid**