Kids In The Kitchen

Roger Garrod — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:24:05 +0000

About

Kids in the Kitchen was a band from Melbourne, Australia during the 1980s. The band stood squarely within the New Romantic movement that dominated mid-1980s pop, showing influences of “New-Rom” groups such as Ultravox in its use of synthesisers, its angst-ridden lyrics, and the tendency of frontman Scott Carne to pronounce words such as “too” and “do” as if these had two syllables.

This clip is from “Hey Hey it’s Saturday” Australia Day 1985 “Something That She Said”
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History

The band’s original line-up when it formed in 1983 was: Scott Carne (vocals), Greg Dorman (guitar), Craig Harnath (bass), Greg Woodhead (keyboards)and Bruce Curnow (drums).

The band’s first single, “Change In Mood” (produced by Ricky Fataar and Tim Kramer) reached No. 3 on the Australian national charts. After the release of their second single in Australia, “Bitter Desire”, Dorman and Woodhead quit the band and were replaced by Claude Carranza (guitar) and Alistair Coia(keyboards).

Their third single “Current Stand” was a hit overseas as well as in Australia, however the band only released two albums, Shine (1985) and Terrain (1987), before breaking up the next year.

After the group split in 1988, Carne formed a band called Priscilla’s Nightmare who released one self-titled album, then he embarked on a solo career. Carne’s solo single “All I Wanna Do” was a minor hit in 1990. Curnow opened a Billy Hyde music store in Shepparton, Victoria in 2002.

Members

Scott Carne – Vocals
Greg Dorman – Guitar
Craig Harnath – Bass
Greg Woodhead – Keyboards
Bruce Curnow – Drums
Claude Carranza – Guitar
Alistair Coia – Keyboards
Scott Johnson – Drums
Simon Kershaw – Keys
Jason Stonehouse – Drums
Dave Williamson – Sax

Images

Recordings

Shine - 1985
Terrain – 1987