# Kinky Machine

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**Kinky Machine** were a 1990s [indie rock](/source/Indie_rock) band with members including [Louis Eliot](/source/Louis_Eliot) and Johnny Bull who went on to form [Rialto](/source/Rialto_(band)), and [Julian Fenton](/source/Julian_Fenton) who later joined [The Lightning Seeds](/source/The_Lightning_Seeds).

## History

The band was formed in West [London](/source/London) in late 1991 by Louis Eliot (vocals, guitar) and Julian Fenton (drums), adding Johnny Bull (guitar), and Malcolm Pardon (bass guitar).[1][2] After signing to the Lemon label and releasing two singles in 1992, both hits on the [UK Independent Chart](/source/UK_Independent_Chart),[2] third single "Supernatural Giver" was a minor hit, and they were signed to [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records) offshoot Oxygen.[1] 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followed with "Shockaholic", which preceded their eponymous debut album, "Going Out With God", by which time Pardon had been replaced by Nick Powell, and "10 Second Bionic Man", before their second album, *Bent*, was released in 1994.[1] They toured with [Ned's Atomic Dustbin](/source/Ned's_Atomic_Dustbin) and [Manic Street Preachers](/source/Manic_Street_Preachers), and drew comparisons with [Pulp](/source/Pulp_(band)) and [Mott the Hoople](/source/Mott_the_Hoople), with [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) identifying influences from [glam rock](/source/Glam_rock), [punk rock](/source/Punk_rock), and *[Sergeant Pepper](/source/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band)*-era [Beatles](/source/The_Beatles), and *The Encyclopedia of Popular Music* author Colin Larkin also comparing the band to [The Only Ones](/source/The_Only_Ones).[1][2][3] They moved on to [East West Records](/source/East_West_Records) for a final single, "London Crawling", before splitting up in 1995 after Fenton had joined The Lightning Seeds, to be briefly replaced by Anthony Christmas.[1][2] They had become disillusioned with the [Britpop](/source/Britpop) sound, with several of the bands that had supported them in the past (including [Supergrass](/source/Supergrass) and [Elastica](/source/Elastica)[4]) 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."[5][6] Eliot and Bull re-emerged in 1996 with Rialto, with Eliot later recording with a new band, the Embers.

## Discography

### Albums

- *Kinky Machine* (1993), MCA/Oxygen
- *Bent* (1994), MCA/Oxygen

### Singles and EPs

- "Going Out With God" (1992), Lemon
- "Swivelhead" (1992), Lemon
- "Supernatural Giver" (1993), Lemon - [UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) No. 70[7]
- "Shockaholic" (1993), MCA/Oxygen - UK No. 70[7]
- "Going Out With God" (1993), MCA/Oxygen - UK No. 74[7]
- *The Mark Goodier Sessions* (1993), MCA/Oxygen
- "10 Second Bionic Man" (1994), MCA/Oxygen - UK No. 66[7]
- "Cut It Down" (1994), MCA/Oxygen
- "London Crawling" (1995), East West

## References

1. Strong, Martin C. (2003) *The Great Indie Discography*, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 943

1. Larkin, Colin (1998) *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave*, Virgin Books, ISBN 978-0-7535-0231-0, p. 237

1. Parisien, Roch "[ *Kinky Machine* Review]", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic), retrieved 2010-11-15

1. ["Elastica's Early Days"](https://web.archive.org/web/19990218125521/http://www.stutter.demon.co.uk/elastica/chron.html). *www.stutter.demon.co.uk*. Archived from [the original](http://www.stutter.demon.co.uk/elastica/chron.html) on 18 February 1999. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

1. McCormick, Neil (1998) "[It's only rock'n'roll but I like it](https://web.archive.org/web/20120530055941/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4712889/Its-only-rocknroll-but-I-like-it.html)", *[Daily Telegraph](/source/Daily_Telegraph)*, 28 March 1998, retrieved 2010-11-15

1. Reece, Doug & Pride, Dominic (1998) "[Rialto Gets a 2nd Shot at 'Monday' on China](https://books.google.com/books?id=EwoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22kinky+machine%22&pg=PA14)", *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*, 15 August 1998, retrieved 2010-11-15

1. "[Kinky Machine](https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/)", Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-11-15

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