MC Kinky
Birth nameCaron Liza Geary
Also known asFeral,[1] Feral is Kinky,[1] Feral a.k.a. MC Kinky,[2] Cantankerous,[1] The Infidel,[1] Special K[3]
Born (1963-10-15) 15 October 1963
Paddington, London, England
OriginKilburn, North West London, England[4][5]
GenresRagga, dancehall
Years active1989 (1989)–present
LabelsMore Protein

Caron Liza Geary (born 15 October 1963 in Paddington, London),[1] known by various stage names, is an English female raggamuffin toaster. She was the first white female reggae/dancehall MC.[1][6]

According to Geary, her first recorded appearance was on a cover of "Kid Ralph", a dancehall track by Little Twitch.[7][8][9] The song talks about a "legendary" homosexual figure in Jamaica's prison system.[10] She has subsequently worked as a solo artist and with other musicians, including Erasure and Boy George, who described her music as "the dirtiest 'slackest' reggae I'd heard since the seventies".[11]

Background

Growing up in Marylebone,[12] Geary lived adjacent to an after-hours party which blasted out reggae music;[12] as a result, Geary was exposed to reggae from a very young age. It is these experiences which inspired her to write the controversial song "Everything Starts with an 'E'" as part of E-Zee Possee, which was banned by the BBC because of its lyrics and made No. 69 in the UK Singles Chart in 1989, leaving the chart after only one week;[13] however it was re-released less than a year later in March 1990 and climbed to No. 15 on the UK chart,[13] spending eight weeks in the chart.[13]

Kinky's first solo single, the Apollo 440 produced "Get Over It",[14] reached No. 95 on the UK Singles Chart.[15] Her only solo top 75 hit, coming five years later, was Everybody, released under the name "Kinky", which charted at No. 71 on that chart.[16]

Kinky has been touring underground, occasionally providing vocals for other artists. In 1997, she took a residency in Ibiza as "the Infidel",[12] operating under the name for a week[17] before writing an album called Cantankerous and taking up the name for herself.[12] When a member of staff at Club Motherfucker described her sound as "feral pop",[7] she became "Feral" and finally ended up with "Feral a.k.a. MC Kinky"[2] and "FERALisKINKY"[18]

Artistry

Descriptions of Geary's sound have varied from a "bass driven, vitriolic sonic hybrid of grimy electronic ragga, manic house and punk rock"[6] to a "white female raggamuffin toaster".[19] Kinky has denounced these descriptions, saying "I can't be bothered with people who spend large amounts of time trying to place people and music into small and narrow categories. I do what comes naturally to me, and it usually has a combination of influences."[19]

Discography

Singles

Solo singles

Year Single UK chart position
1991 "Get Over It"[15] 95
1991 "Inna We Kingdom"[3] —
1992 "Won Love"[3] —
1992 "Twisting The Mind"[3] —
1996 "Everybody" (as "Kinky")[16] 71
Year Single UK chart position
1989 "Everything Starts with an 'E'" (E-Zee Possee ft. MC Kinky)[20] 69
1990 "Everything Starts with an 'E'" (re-entry) (E-Zee Possee ft. MC Kinky)[20] 15
1990 "Generations of Love" (Jesus Loves You ft. MC Kinky)[21] 80
1991 "Generations of Love" (re-entry) (Jesus Loves You ft. MC Kinky)[21] 35
1992 "Take a Chance on Me" (Erasure ft. Special K)[22] 1 track from Abba-esque
1992 "Flight" (Flight ft. MC Kinky)[23] —
1995 "Yalla Chant" (She A Baad Gal Edit; Natacha Atlas ft. MC Kinky)[24] —
2000 "The Chase" (Giorgio Moroder vs. Jam & Spoon ft. MC Kinky)[25] —
2001 "We Love" (Storm ft. MC Kinky)[26] —
2006 "Wind It Up" (Abashment Electro House Mix; Gwen Stefani ft. MC Kinky)[25] —
2013 "Raging in the Dancehall" (Endymion & The Viper ft. FERAL is KINKY) —
2013 "Heavy Medication Punx Soundcheck" (Endymion Remix ft. FERAL is KINKY)
2014 "Reload" Endymion ft. FERAL is KINKY
2013 "Bring Dat" (Daishi Dance ft. FERAL is KINKY) —
2017 "Militant" Will Sparks & Tyron Hapi (ft. FERAL is KINKY) —

Other songs

Year Song
1989 "Kipsy" (Boy George ft. MC Kinky)[27]
1995 "Son of Bambi (Walk Tuff)" (Towa Tei ft. MC Kinky)[28]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Screenshot from official website, shows newspaper clipping dated 24th December 2012". Official website.
  2. 1 2 "Hear that voice: Glass meets Feral a.k.a. MC Kinky". The Glass Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "MC Kinky". Discogs.
  4. ↑ "Official MySpace page for Cantankerous". Cantankerous.
  5. ↑ "Official Facebook page". Facebook.
  6. 1 2 "Gig Guide - Week Starting Thursday the 14th of February, 2013". Leng Pleng, the premier gig guide for live music and DJ gigs in Cambodia. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
  7. 1 2 "FERAL i$ KINKY". DJmag.com. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Feral Is Kinky Interview". guestlist.net. 18 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Distinctive and Dangerous: We Meet FERAL is KINKY". The DJ List.
  10. ↑ "Top 10 Songs That Buju Banton Can Listen To As He Awaits His Freedom". Top10Jamaica.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Boy George (1995). Take It Like A Man. The Autobiography of Boy George. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 533. ISBN 0-330-32362-8.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Feral sound, kinky style". The Phnom Penh Post.
  13. 1 2 3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 175. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  14. ↑ "List of songs Apollo 440 have produced a remix for". Soundslogic.com.
  15. 1 2 "The Official Charts Company - MC Kinky". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
  16. 1 2 "The Official Charts Company - MC Kinky". The Official Charts Company. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010.
  17. ↑ "Feral a.k.a. MC Kinky". Stewartwho.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "Feral is Kinky". Feraliskinky.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  19. 1 2 "Caron Geary a.k.a. MC Kinky". reocities.com. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  20. 1 2 "The Official Charts Company - MC Kinky". The Official Charts Company. 5 May 2013.
  21. 1 2 "The Official Charts Company - MC Kinky". The Official Charts Company. 5 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "Abba-Esque". Allmusic.com.
  23. ↑ "Flight". Discogs.
  24. ↑ "Yalla Chant". Discogs.
  25. 1 2 "Past releases from 2005-2007". Boy George fansite. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
  26. ↑ "Jam & Spoon". Jamandspoon.de. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  27. ↑ "Tense Nervous Headache". Discogs.
  28. ↑ Son of Bambi (Walk Tuff) at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
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