Kingmaker

Kingmaker were a British indie rock group, founded in Kingston upon Hull in 1990. The group was formed during their gap year by schoolfriends Loz Hardy and Myles Howell. They placed an advertisement for a drummer, and recruited the John Andrew who was an ex-travelling puppeteer, and considerably older. The band began playing and touring, before making their recording debut with "The Celebrated Working Man" EP. After this they signed up to Chrysalis Records and released a second EP, entitled "Waterproof" in 1991. The music press dubbed their music "New Cool Rock". With a fan following building up, and lyrical austerity in their melodic music, they were tipped by some as the "next big thing". Their debut album Eat Yourself Whole was well...