The Thirst

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The Thirst
Origin	Brixton, London, England
Genre(s)	Indie Rock
Years active	2005 – present
Label(s)	Wooden Records
Website	http://www.thethirst.co.uk/
Members
Kwame Cofi-Agyeman Mensah Cofi-Agyeman Mark Lenihan Marcus Harris

The Thirst are a rock band based in Brixton, London. The band consists of brothers Mensah and Kwame Cofi-Agyeman, Mark Lenihan and Marcus Harris. Mensah received an electric guitar from his parents around the age of 13, and after a few years he decided to get his brother, Kwame, saving for a bass guitar from 'cash converters'. This inspired friends Mark and Marcus to complete the band by purchasing a rhythm guitar and drum kit respectively. The main inspiration behind starting the band was their strong musical upbringing and appreciation as well as the need to stay away from the life of street crime in London. "I [Mensah] started playing now and again and got these three round just smoking and trying to stay off the road. My mum allowed us all to come round her house and chill out. She’d rather that than us hanging on the corner smoking weed."^[1] Their musical influences include Jimi Hendrix, punk, drum n bass, and local hip-hop.^[1]

The Thirst's first performance consisted of hastily created songs to fill their two forty-five minute acoustic sets. From there The Thirst continued to constantly gig all around London. Their explosive live performances, cultivated by constant gigging around London for a year, garnered a strong fanbase and more public awareness.^{[citation needed]} Fortunately the right person spotted them at The Jamm in October 2006, which lead to their recording contract with Ronnie Wood's new record label, Wooden Records (est. 2004).^[1]

They have performed at Isle of Wight Festival 2007, Hyde Park Calling, Electric Gardens, as well as exclusive support performances with The Rolling Stones in Croatia July 2007, and two one-night support acts for The Sex Pistols November 2007.

While working with renowned producer, Jake Fior (The Libertines), The Thirst have released The Thirst EP (23 July 2007) and the "Ready To Move" single (29 October 2007) featuring B-side, "On The Brink".