Kes the Band is a band formed in 1998 in Trinidad by brothers Kees (lead vocalist), Jon (Guitar), and Hand Dieffenthaller (Drums), close friend Riad Boochoon (Bass Guitar) and Keithson Cruikshank (Keyboards). They are all alumni of Presentation College in San Fernando, Trinidad where fellow soca artist Machel Montano also attended.
Before becoming famous as Kes the band, the boys formed their first band called Limestone, in order to perform for a local competition in which they disappointedly got placed 11th, but came back the following year stronger and got placed 1st. Because of their determination to win they’d decided that they’re music career was what they wanted to focus on and got noticed by Joey NgWai and joined the band Imij & Co, which meant that they had to focus on the genre soca, which wasn’t their musical focal point. From 2001 till 2005 in which broke from Imij & Co and became Kes the Band where they decided to be known for their music that they liked to play.
They’ve become one of the most well known soca bands to come out of the Caribbean, accomplishing things such as being one of the only featured live acts on the MTV show “The Gauntlett 2” and at the launch of MTV’s network TEMPO. Also they worked with World renowned producer Derek Bramble creating songs such as “The Calling” which has been selected by Electronic Arts Sports (EA Sports) to be on the soundtrack for the highly anticipated football game, FIFA 2006 – World Cup Edition.
In 2006 they released their first album, three Baldheads and a Dread, which featured the song “Stay With Me” which dominated the Toronto website charts remaining at the number 1 spot for 9 weeks, and “Heads High”.
In 2007 they released their second album Lion.
And finally their most recent album On In 5 which came out in 2009 featuring songs such as “Till The Morning” and “Stalker” in which the music video for “Stalker” features a reference to the great music video of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
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