Kinky Machine were a 1990s indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band with members including Louis Eliot

Louis Eliot

Louis Robert Eliot is an English singer, songwriter and former guitarist of the now defunct bands Kinky Machine and Rialto. In 2002, he released his first solo EP, Everybody Loves You When You're Dead, and in 2004, he released his first solo album, The Long Way Round...

 and Johnny Bull who went on to form Rialto

Rialto (band)

Rialto were a Britpop band of the late 1990s. They released their self-titled debut album in 1998, and Night on Earth in 2002. Their most famous single was their debut, "Monday Morning 5:19", however "Untouchable" charted higher at number 20 in the UK Singles Chart.-Band members:* Louis Eliot -...

, and Julian Fenton

Julian Fenton

Julian Fenton is a drummer and was a member of English band Mansun during 1996. Ex "Kinky Machine", Fenton was a temporary drummer filling in between Hib’s departure and Andie Rathbone's recruitment...

 who later joined The Lightning Seeds.

History

The band was formed in West London

London

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 in late 1991 by Louis Eliot (vocals, guitar) and Julian Fenton (drums), adding Johnny Bull (guitar), and Malcolm Pardon (bass guitar). After signing to the Lemon label and releasing two singles in 1992, both hits on the UK Independent Chart, third single "Supernatural Giver" was a minor hit, and they were signed to MCA Records

MCA Records

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 offshoot Oxygen. Further minor hits followed with "Shockaholic", which preceded their eponymous debut album, "Going Out With God", by which time Pardon had been replaced by Nick Powell, and "10 Second Bionic Man", before their second album, Bent, was released in 1994. They toured with Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English rock band formed in Stourbridge in West Midlands in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of The Goon Show. The band were unusual for using two bass players in their lineup: Alex Griffin played melody lines high up on one bass, and Mat Cheslin...

 and Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

, and drew comparisons with Pulp

Pulp (band)

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 and Mott the Hoople

Mott the Hoople

Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...

, with Allmusic identifying influences from glam rock

Glam rock

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, punk rock

Punk rock

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, and Sergeant Pepper

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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-era Beatles

The Beatles

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, and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music author Colin Larkin also comparing the band to The Only Ones

The Only Ones

The Only Ones are an English rock band. They were initially active in the late 1970s and were associated with punk rock, yet straddled the musical territory in between punk, power pop and hard rock, with noticeable influences from psychedelia...

. They moved on to East West Records

East West Records

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 for a final single, "London Crawling", before splitting up in 1995 after Fenton had joined The Lightning Seeds, to be briefly replaced by Anthony. They had become disillusioned with the Britpop

Britpop

Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...

 sound, with several of the bands that had supported them in the past (including Supergrass

Supergrass

Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....

 and Elastica

Elastica

Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...

) overtaking them and becoming prime movers in the scene, Eliot explaining "When we started, we were delving into British pop music for influences, from the Kinks and the Jam and Clash to the Beatles. All that Britpop became very boring." Eliot and Bull re-emerged in 1996 with Rialto, with Eliot later recording with a new band, the Embers.

Singles, EPs

• "Going Out With God" (1992), Lemon
• "Swivelhead" (1992), Lemon
• "Supernatural Giver" (1993), Lemon - UK
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  #70
• "Shockaholic" (1993), MCA/Oxygen - UK #70
• "Going Out With God" (1993), MCA/Oxygen - UK #74
• The Mark Goodier Sessions (1993), MCA/Oxygen
• "10 Second Bionic Man" (1994), MCA/Oxygen - UK #66
• "Cut It Down" (1994), MCA/Oxygen
• "London Crawling" (1995), East West