Quiet Kids

Luckily for all of us, the one-page band biography is falling out of favour. It is unpleasant to write and even worse to read. There are times, however, when the band bio is a necessary evil. We understand that and appreciate your situation, so we’ll keep this as factual as possible. We’re called Quiet Kids. There are four of us: Jay Hosking (vocals, keys, a little guitar), Ronnie Ellis (guitar, vocals, a little keys), Mikey Bowd (bass, a little vocals), and Geoffrey Stratton (drums, vocals). We are a team rather than a “project” with a leader. We write together, drink together, hang out together, and play some pretty great shows together. We have a singer who usually just sings, but we are not The Doors, Led Zepplin, U2, I Mother Earth, or Our Lady Peace. Quiet Kids live in Vancouver, though none of us are originally from here. It’s hard to say what we do sound like. It’s kind of like Elvis Costello and older Wintersleep and newer Thrice and a little Constantines and a lot like our friends’ musical projects. I hate to admit it, but we may even sound a little like The Killers, which is doubly brutal because none of us listen to them and they also have a singer who ... more...