Kenneth Higney

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Kenneth Higney was a rock musician whose only album, Attic Demonstration, became a cult favourite amongst record collectors. It was recorded in 1976 as a means of selling his songwriting services to other musicians, but was released as a commercial prospect.

Attic Demonstration featured Higney on vocals and electric guitar, with an ad-hoc band consisting of Higney's personal friends Gordon Gaines (guitars, drums), John Duva (bass guitar), and Mark Volpe (guitar, percussion). It had a limited release of 500 copies in September 1976, and earned a favourable review in Trouser Press magazine, but was not a commercial success. Nonetheless it became a cult item amongst record collectors over subsequent years. It was re-mastered and re-released by Higney's own label, Kebrutney Records, in 2003.

The remaster also included Higney's only other commercial release, the 1980 7 inch single "I Wanna be the King", b/w "Funky Kinky". The former song was a tribute to New York Dolls guitarist and punk legend Johnny Thunders, and contained the line "I'm gonna be a star / I hate the sissy music of John Denver", whilst the latter was a foray into the world of disco. Both songs were written by Higney, and featured Gordon Gaines and Mark Volpe, plus John Lynch (bass guitar). Gaines passed away in 1997. [1]

Today Higney works as the vice-president of copyright and licensing for the ARC Music Group. [2]

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