There are two bands named “Kinski”.

1) A rock band from Seattle, Was… Read Full Bio ↴There are two bands named “Kinski”.

1) A rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States.
2) A Danish rap group

1) Kinski is a four-piece rock band from Seattle, WA.

History:
They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also shared mutual musical interests, and hence agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an expansive, experimental sound.

Near the end of 1999, guitarist/keyboardist/flautist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie earlier that same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band went on their first US tour with Mainliner from Japan, where they befriended Kawabata Makoto, also of Acid Mothers Temple.

Tours throughout the US would follow the next two years with such bands as Hovercraft, Silkworm, and Primordial Undermind. Their second album, Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle, came out on Pacifico in 2001. The band also toured Japan with Acid Mothers Temple in late 2001.

In early 2002, after the band finished recording their third album, Weeks left and later went on to join Seattle band Black Panties. That summer, Barrett Wilke took over on drums. The band at this time signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. The album Airs Above Your Station finally came out in 2003.

Later in 2003, Sub Pop issued a split album with Kinski and Acid Mothers Temple. Each band contributed their own material for this release, along with two collaborative pieces that were recorded during their earlier tour of Japan. Finally, the three-way "triptych" split, Crickets and Fireflies, was released by the Music Fellowship label with the bands Paik & Surface of Eceon.

Around the time that Weeks left the band, the remaining members began performing as an improvisational threesome under the name Herzog. An album, Don't Climb on and Take the Holy Water, was issued in 2004 by the Strange Attractors Audio House label consisting of live recordings from Herzog performances. The band also contributed a track to the Franco Battiato tribute album, What's Your Function. A brief west coast tour with Mission of Burma rounded out the year.

In 2005, the band came back with Alpine Static, their sixth album overall and third on Sub Pop. Tours throughout the US, Europe, and Japan followed, stopping in London for a session with Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1.

Kinski was the opening act during the spring 2007 leg of Tool's 10,000 Days tour. Just before leaving for this tour, they finished their seventh album, Down Below It's Chaos with a scheduled Sub Pop release date of August 21, 2007.

Their song Hot Stenographer was featured in 2K Sports' video game title NHL 2K7.

Kinski are poised to release a new album on legendary Northwest indie label Kill Rock Stars in 2013.

2) A Danish group formed in 2008 by the, according to some, best danish freestyle rapper ever Per Vers, the three times DMC-winning DJ Turkman Souljah and rap/spoken word-artist Ole Omkvæd. Their debutalbum "Vi Taler Dansk!" (="We Speak Danish!") can be downloaded for free at their website: www.kinski.dk . This group is also named after German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991).

Their first single is called Tal pænt.

Newport
Kinski Lyrics

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Run
To the beach-house
Stay there
'Til you get my phone-call

Lie low
Don't do anything
If we get out of this mess

It'll be a godsend

Overall Meaning

Upon first listen, Kinski’s “Newport” could be easily misinterpreted as a beachy, carefree tune. However, beneath the catchy surf-rock guitar riffs and crooning vocals lies a darker message. The song begins with the singer telling someone to run to a beach house and wait for a phone call. It quickly becomes clear that this person is in trouble and needs to lay low. The singer tells them to not do anything and wait for further instructions. The line “If we get out of this mess, it’ll be a godsend” implies that there has been a wrongdoing that the two need to escape from.

Line by Line Meaning

Run
Hurry up and leave your current location

To the beach-house
Go to a specific location, likely a beach-house

Stay there
Remain at the indicated location

'Til you get my phone-call
Wait at the beach-house for a call from the artist

Lie low
Avoid drawing attention to yourself

Don't do anything
Remain passive and avoid action

If we get out of this mess
Expresses doubt regarding a positive outcome for a difficult situation

It'll be a godsend
Achieving a positive outcome will be a stroke of luck or fortune

Writer(s): Christopher Alan Martin

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