the kingpins auckland covers band

The Kingpins
5 piece covers band
Auckland area

The Kingpins
The Kingpins are Auckland's’ hottest new entertainment force, providing a huge range of covers music that would keep any audience dancing and entertained. From contemporary pop, rock, disco, dance and funk for a party night through to soft jazz for dinner music, the repertoire is broad and versatile. With one female and four male vocalists The Kingpins can play music to suit any event, formal or casual, corporate, wedding, birthday or pub. Built on a basis of good musicianship, quality gear and a sound that is top notch, The Kingpins also have a focus on entertaining people and a stage presence that would engage any crowd.
further information on band personnel

Ideal For: corporate events, weddings, festivals, private functions

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Repertoire

ANTONY PICKARD (Male Vocals)

Ain’t no sunshine (Bill Withers)	
All the small things (Blink 182)
All night long (Lionel Richie)
American Pie (Don McLean)
Angel of Harlem (U2)
April sun in Cuba (Dragon)
Be yourself (Audio Slave)
Better be home soon (Crowded House)
Better man (Pearl Jam)
Blister in the sun (Violent Femmes)
Blue lady (Hello Sailor)
China grove (Doobie Brothers)
Crazy little thing called love (Queen)
Dance the night away (The Mavericks)
Delilah (Tom Jones)
Disco Inferno (The Trammps)
Don’t dream it’s over (Crowded House)
Easy like Sunday morning (Lionel Richie)
Enter sandman (Metallica)
Faith (George Michael)
Feel good Inc. (Gorillaz
Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
Forever now (Cold Chisel)
Forever Tuesday morning (The Mockers)
Funky music (Wild Cherry)
Get what you give (The New Radicals)
Here I am baby (UB40)
Highway to hell (AC/DC)
Home again (Shihad)
Hotel California (The Eagles)
Hurts so good (John Cougar M…)
I can see clearly now (Jimmy Cliff)
I like the way you move (Body Rockers)
Is this love (Bob Marley)
I got you (Split Enz)
I’m a believer (Smash Mouth)
I see red (Split Enz)
Jamaican in New York (Shine head)
Long train running (Doobie Brothers)
Love generation (Bob Sinclair)
Love stoned (Justin timberlake)
Living on a prayer (Bon Jovi)
Maybe (Op Shop)
Mr. Brightside (The Killers)
One (U2)
Original fire (Audioslave)
Paralyzer (Finger 11)
Pretty Vegas (INXS)
Pretty woman (Roy Orbison)
Rain (Dragon)

Read my mind (The Killers)
Red red wine (UB40)
Tell me baby (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
This love (Maroon 5)
Santeria (Sublime)
Smells like teen spirit (Nirvana)
Smooth (Santana)
Something so strong (Crowded House)
Speed of sound (Coldplay)
Steal my kisses (Ben Harper)
Summertime (*Standard)
Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams)
Sun is shining (Bob Marley Remixed)
Suspicious minds (Elvis Presley)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Sweet home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Take your mama out… (Scissor Sisters)
Teenage dirt bag (Wheatus)
Vertigo (U2)
Wandering eye (Fat Freddys’ Drop)
Waiting on the world… (John Mayer)
Weather with you (Crowded House)
When you were young (The Killers)
Who loves who the most (Exponents)
Why does love do this to me (Exponents)
Wish you well (Bernard Fanning)
With or without you (U2)
Wonder wall (Oasis)
Wonderful tonight (Eric Clapton)
Working class man (Jimmy Barnes)
Yellow (Coldplay)

GERRY R. (Female vocals)

Brass in pocket (The Pretenders)
Big black horse (KT Tunstall)
Don’t get me wrong (The Pretenders)
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
Go your own way(Fleetwood Mac) 
Hella good (No Doubt)
Hold on (KT Tunstall)
Hot stuff (Donna Summer)
I love rock’n’roll (Joan Jett)
If I was a rich girl (Gwen Stefani)
Just a girl (No Doubt
Le Freak (Chic)
Let’s hear it for the boy (Denice Williams)
Maybe tomorrow (Golden Horse)
Mercy (Duffy)
Murder on the dance floor (Sophie Ellis Bextor)
Please don’t stop the music (Rihanna)
Perfect (Fairground Attraction)
Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
Ready to go (Republica)
Smile (Lilly Allen)
Superstar (Jamelia)
Suddenly I see (KT Tunstall)
Umbrella (Rihanna)
Valerie (Amy Winehouse)
Whenever wherever (Shakira)
You oughta know (Alanis Morrisette)

BUTCH (Male vocals)

Another one bites the dust (Queen)
Billie jean (Michael Jackson)
Come on Eileen (Dexy’s Midnight Runners)
Crazy (Gnarles Barkley)
Don’t feel like dancing (Scissor Sisters)
Don’t stop till you… (Michael Jackson)  
Eye of the tiger (Survivor)
Grace Kelly (Mika)
In the shadows (The Rasmus)
Isn’t she lovely (Stevie Wonder)
I was made for loving you (Kiss)
Kiss (Prince)
Lady (Modjo)
Listen to the music (Doobie Brothers)
Message in the bottle (The Police)
Oh what a night (Frankie Valli)
Roxanne (The Police)
She will be loved (Maroon 5)
Stayin’ alive (The Beegees)
Sunday morning (Maroon 5)
Sweet child of mine (Guns and Roses)
Talking in your sleep (The Romantics)
Welcome to the jungle (Guns and Roses)
Who can it be now? (Men at Work)
Won’t go home without you (Maroon 5)
You make me feel like dancing Leo Sayer)
You’re beautiful (James Blunt)

CLASSIC/DISCO REPERTOIRE TBC FOR 2008:
ABC
Blame it on the boogie
Boogie fever
Boogie oogie oogie
Call me
Carwash
Celebration
Don’t go breaking my heart
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you think I’m sexy?
Girls just wanna have fun
Got to be real
Grease
Heart of glass
He’s the greatest dancer
Hit me with your best shot
I love the nightlife
I’m so excited
It’s raining men
I will survive
Jive Talking
Knock on wood
Kung Fu Fighting
Lady marmalade
Last dance
My girl
Night fever
Ring my bell
Slice of heaven
Son of a preacher man
That’s the way I like it
The best of my love
The gambler
Wake me up
Waterloo
YMCA
You can’t hurry love

Further information on the Kingpins personnel

Antony Pickard: Main male vocals / Guitars

Antony studied music from the age of five on piano, then moved onto guitar and bass and took up singing with his first rock band at fifteen. 1988 saw him win both the Wellington Choral Festival Award and the first ever ‘N.Z. Rock Quest’. He then began stints with his own Christchurch / Wellington based covers groups and the stellar band ‘Slam’. In 2000 he began touring rigorously through the South East Asian ‘Grand Hyatt’ hotel chain with ‘Ultra’ until in 2005 he moved to Auckland to join ‘Kick’ and began a hectic schedule of studio and gig sessions with the likes of; MacDonald’s, All-blacks, Steinlager, Dominion Breweries, the Hurricanes, Les Mills and Mitsubishi.

Gerry Rooderkerk: Main female vocals

Gerry Rooderkerk's versatility has seen her perform in many different line-ups & situations in her 15 years in Auckland; from covers stalwarts ‘The Scanners’, ‘Early Warning’ and ‘Kick’, she also formed 'Star Cross'd', an acoustic duo that still gigs regularly 10 years on, her own reggae outfit 'The Copicats' and her own originals project, ‘Peepshow’.

Hayden Wharewaka: Drums

At just ten years of age, Hayden started playing gigs with his grandparents the N.Z. jazz Icons Millie and Johnny Bradfield. The past ten years has seen him drumming for ‘Union’, the ‘Yellow Ribbon Fight for Life’, ‘When the Cats Away’, T.V.3s ‘Stage of Origin’, ‘Debbie Harwood’, ‘Tina Cross’, ‘Larry Morris’, ‘Suzanne Lynch’, ‘John Rowles’, ‘Anna Wilson’, ‘Adeaze’, ‘Aradhna’ and cover bands’ ‘Karamol’, ‘The Band of Gold’, and ‘What’s going on’.

Butch Villagracia: Bass / Vocals

Butch’s long spanning music career began in his home land the Philippines with his band ‘Hocus Pocus’ and the international folk/rock star 'Freddy Aguilar Anak'. After relocating to Singapore he joined the ‘Exide Band’ playing the Asian Hard Rock Cafe & hotel circuits for many years. In 1990 the ‘Exide Band’ moved to N.Z. where Butch has spent the last 10 years working with Auckland based bands ‘Constellation’, ‘Planet’ and 'Kick'.

Dixon Nacey: Guitar

Having played hundreds of gigs, sessions, workshops and festivals throughout the country and overseas in his 15 year music career, Dixon has made a definitive mark on the New Zealand jazz and covers scene. Albums include: The Alan Brown Trio, Grand Central Band, Tim Hopkins, Nathan Haines, Max Stowers, King Kapisi, Blue Train, Anonymouz, Russell Harrison. Artists backed / bands include; Kick, Annie Crummer, Tama Waipara, Jordan Luck, Graham Brazier, the Joel Haines Quartet, the Nathan Haines All Star Band. Dixon is also doing duo work with the infamous Kevin Haines, his own jazz combos and original funk project as well as teaching jazz music at both Massey and Auckland Universities.

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