Dave Jenkins
Dave Jenkins | |
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| File:Dave Jenkins jr, soundchecking at Hordern Pavillion, Dec 2012.jpg Jenkins, as part of Reece Mastin Band, sound check at Hordern Pavilion, December 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | ca. 1986 |
| Origin | Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Wonky pop, indie pop, Rock, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Associated acts | Fyna, The Inheritors, Young Romantics, Andy Bull, Reece Mastin |
Dave Jenkins Jr (born ca. 1986) is an Australian musician from Woy Woy. He has worked as the drummer for wonky pop singer Andy Bull and for Reece Mastin, the Australian 2011 The X-Factor winner.[1][2] Besides playing the drums, Jenkins has also provided guitar and vocals for various ensembles including Fyna, The Inheritors, and Young Romantics.
Biography
At the age of nine years old, Dave Jenkins (born ca. 1986),[3] as a drummer, formed a band, Fyna, with his school mates Alex Bennison on vocals and guitar, and Tim John on bass guitar.[3] His father, Dave Jenkins senior, was also a drummer: "every other Sunday we would go watch him play at the local watering holes. For me... he was my first musical influence".[4] In 2002, Jenkins was a student at Brisbane Water Secondary College in Woy Woy. In October, Jenkins and fellow students won seven awards at the New South Wales Kool Skools competition, with Jenkins winning "Best CD Cover" (shared with Laura Baker), "Best Rock-Alternative Song" by his band Fyna (with Bennison and John) and "Best Instrumentalist: Drummer"; while Bennison won "Best Instrumentalist: Guitar" and "Best Male Vocalist", John won "Best Instrumentalist: Bass", and Bennison and John were also members of Noexit which won "Best Rock-Alternative Band".[5]
In 2003 Jenkins completed his Higher School Certificate making the "distinguished achievers list" for his music studies.[3] During early 2004 Fyna signed with Empire Records and travelled to Melbourne's Studio 52 to record tracks over a six-week stint with producers, Trevor Carter and Ben Green.[6][7]
In December 2008, Jenkins was the drummer and vocalist of indie pop band, The Inheritors, in the Central Coast with Bill Burgess on bass guitar and vocals, and Tobias "Tij" Priddle on lead vocals and guitar.[8][9] In January 2009, the group toured in support of Australian rock band, Kisschasy.[8]
By 2010 Jenkins, as lead guitarist and lead singer, formed a new wave group, Young Romantics, in Sydney with Burgess on bass guitar, Ross James on guitar and Lachlan West on drums.[10] The band released a self-titled extended play by July 2011 and they continued playing shows in the Sydney area through 2012.[10] Nick La Rosa at The Orange Press reviewed their EP and felt "At first glance their jangly spacey guitar effects and lead singer Dave Jenkins crooning voice conjured a very familiar feeling and I likened the guys to favs of mine such as The Cure, Joy Division, The Smiths and Echo and The Bunnymen".[4] Jenkins described their sound as "dark melodies, loud guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and mass reverberation".[4]
In March 2011, wonky pop singer and keyboardist Andy Bull asked Jenkins and Bennison (then of Slow Down Honey) to perform with him on a cover version of Tears for Fears' hit "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" for radio station, Triple J's program, Like a Version.[11][12] In November, the track was issued on the related various artists' compilation album, Like a Version Volume Seven.[13] Subsequently Jenkins and Bennison were in Bull's backing band and toured in support of the latter's EP, The Phantom Plains.[1]
From December 2011, Jenkins was part of Reece Mastin's backing band – that year's The X-Factor winner – on the latter's Australia and New Zealand Tour (2011–12) which was followed by The Summer Nights Tour (2012–13), which promoted Mastin's second album, Beautiful Nightmare.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fuamoli, Sosefina (4 September 2011). "Andy Bull + Spring Skier + 20th Century Graduates - Jive (01.09.11)". The [AU] Review. Heath Media & the AU review (Larry Heath). Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Reece Mastin & Christina Parie 'Kids' Video". NME. IPC Media (Time Inc.). Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "College Students Excel in HSC". Peninsula News. Peninsula Community Access Newspaper Inc. 13 January 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 La Rosa, Nick (July 2011). "Q&A: Young Romantics". The Orange Press. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "College Officially a 'Kool Skool'". Peninsula News. Peninsula Community Access Newspaper Inc. 5 November 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ "Fyna puts down commercial album". Peninsula News (87). Peninsula Community Access Newspaper Inc. 9 March 2004. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ "Fyna Promo" (PDF). Empire Records (Paul Higgins). 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2004. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Clement, Jessica (17 December 2008). "Alive – The Inheritors". Central Coast Express Advocate. News Limited (News Corporation). Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ "The Inheritors". Unearthed. Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Young Romantics – Biography". JPlay. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ Kate06 (18 September 2011). "Andy Bull, Emma Louise @Spiegeltent, Brisbane (13/09/2011)". FasterLouder (Sound Alliance). Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ "Andy Bull | Like a Version | Triple J". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 24 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ "Like a Version Volume Seven". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 28 April 2012.
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