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THE KODIAKS WERE FORMED IN 1999, AND BY NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR, THE PRESENT LINE-UP HAD ESTABLISHED ITSELF. THEIR SONGS RANGE ACCROSS THE ROCK'n'ROLL SPECTRUM, AS THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF MUSICAL TASTES. DARRYL SINGS LEAD VOCALS AND PLAYS RHYTHM GUITAR, AND HIS PASSION IS FOR EARLY SUN ROCKABILLY. HE CITES ELVIS AS HIS MAIN INFLUENCE. CLIFF PLAYS LEAD GUITAR AND HAS DABBLED IN BLUES, JAZZ AND COUNTRY AS WELL AS ROCK'n'ROLL IN PREVIOUS BANDS. HIS MAIN ROCK'n'ROLL GUITAR |
| INFLUENCES ARE CLIFF GALLUP, SCOTTY MOORE, BRIAN SETZER AND CARL PERKINS. ON SLAP BASS, THERE'S BUDDY, WELL KNOWN FOR BEING THE ORIGINAL BASS PLAYER FOR JOHNNIE FOX AND THE HUNTERS. HIS NAME SAYS IT ALL; HIS ADMIRATION IS FOR BUDDY HOLLY, ALTHOUGH HE HAS A LOVE FOR ALL SIDES OF ROCK'n'ROLL. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE'S SANDY ON DRUMS WHO STARTED PLAYING AS PART OF A BUSKING TRIO 'DICKIE DYNAMITE & THE DETONATORS'. SHE'S WILD ABOUT GENE VINCENT AND LOVES COOL JIVING. THE BAND SAY THEY CHOOSE MATERIAL THAT IS FUN TO PLAY, SO THEIR VARIED AND LIVELY TASTES SHOULD MEAN THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND OVERALL A FUN NIGHT OUT FOR ALL. | |