Kunt and the Gang

Kunt and the Gang is a British dark musical comedian from Basildon, Essex, and started performing in 2003.[4] The single from his spin-off project, The Kunts, entitled "Boris Johnson is a Fucking Cunt" was censored by Radio 1 and reached number five in the UK Singles Chart on Christmas Day 2020.

Kunt and the Gang
Also known asMr. Tuppence, The Kunts,[1] Kunt and the Gang Presents, Little Kunt
Born1973[2]
OriginBasildon, Essex, England[3]
Genres
Years active2003–2016, 2019–present
LabelsDisco Minge
Associated actsMike Gibbons
Websitekuntandthegang.co.uk
MembersKunt
Little Kunt (hand puppet)
Skidmark (as the Kunts)
Fucksticks [1](as the Kunts)
Carsehole [1](as the Kunts)[1]

He is best known for making various crude synthpop songs related to sexual intercourse and controversial public figures. He also performs as The Kunts (when performing with a full punk band), Kunt and the Gang Presents (when releasing parody musicals), and occasionally releases music under the pseudonym, Little Kunt.

Following numerous years playing at smaller venues, and building a niche audience, in 2010, his act first reached chart success when his single "Use My Arsehole as a Cunt (The Nick Clegg Story)" reached number No. 66 in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas time.[5][6][7] The following year, another single, "Fucksticks", also entered the same chart, this time at number No. 63.

He released ten studio albums before retiring his act on a full-time basis in 2016, and published an autobiography in December 2018. The artist's real name has never been officially revealed, in his own words "so as to not ruin the magic".

History

His act generated popularity through performing at a number of pubs and attracting the attention of national magazines. He would then make content for early social networking platforms, predominately MySpace; and proclaims himself a "minor internet hit singer" who used social networking "before the thought police took it over".[4] Despite mainly being a singular comedian, "and the Gang" in his stage name is designed to incorporate his characters such as hand-puppet "Little Kunt" who is referred to in numerous songs.

In 2019, he returned with an album featuring French versions of many of his "minor internet hits". Kunt and the Gang's early work is best known for its simple electronic production and controversial lyrical content, dealing with such taboo subjects as masturbation and sexual fantasies. Kunt's later work took a darker turn, following the Operation Yewtree police investigation, often touching on the subject of paedophilia and featured several ironic tributes to recently deceased celebrities.

Prior to his musical work, Kunt was a council worker in Basildon, in 2003.

In December 2020, Kunt, performing with his newly formed punk band, The Kunts, joined the race for the Christmas number one single again, with a short song about Prime Minister Boris Johnson called "Boris Johnson is a Fucking Cunt". Its rivals in the 2020 race were "Don't Stop Me Eatin'" by LadBaby (a parody cover of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey, which also featured Ronan Keating on some versions),[8][9] Russ Abbott's "Atmosphere",[10][11] former chart toppers Justin Bieber and The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir (teaming up for a version of Bieber's "Holy"), Liam Gallagher's "All You’re Dreaming Of" and Ed Sheeran's "Afterglow".[12][11] The band were backed in the race by Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker,[13] as well as Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols[14] and like LadBaby, also released additional versions of the song, including a censored sausage roll based version.

The song about Boris Johnson was revealed on BBC Radio 1 by Vick Hope and Katie Thistleton on 20 December 2020.[15] During the show, the presenters did not mention the song's title or play it on air because of the offensive language in it, stating: "Now at 19 we've got a track about Boris Johnson that has so many bad words in it we can't play it on daytime Radio 1."[16] The record was a new entry at number 19, with LadBaby at number 1,[17] climbing to number 8 the next day.[18] On 23 December 2020, it was reported that a number of bookmakers had put odds on the record being the Christmas number one at 8/1, after it had become the second most downloaded song on iTunes and Amazon.[19][20][14] The song ultimately reached number 5 on the Christmas chart, after accumulating 45,119 sales,[21][22][23] and unlike many of the other Christmas campaign singles (such as rivals LadBaby) made the Official Audio Streaming Chart as well.[24]

Discography

Charted singles
Year Single UK Peak Positions[25][21]
2010 "Use My Arsehole as a Cunt" 66
2011 "Fucksticks" 63
2020 "Boris Johnson is a Fucking Cunt" 5

Other songs
Year Title
2004"Santa's Sack"
2006"Fucksticks" (First Release)
2006"This Christmas"
2007"All I Want For Christmas is You (To Bring Me Off)"
2008"Jesus (Baby With a Beard)"
2008"Men with beards What are they hiding?"
2009"I Sucked Off a Bloke: 2 New Songs Tour Souvenir"
2009"Kuntish Christmas"
2011"Jesus (Baby With a Beard)" (reissue)

Albums
Year Title
2004I Have a Little Wank and I Have a Little Cry
2007I Have Another Wank and I Have Another Cry
2008One Last Wank and One Last Cry
2010Kunt and the Gang Presents Shannon Matthews: The Musical
2011Hurry Up and Suck Me Off Before I Get Famous
2011Kiss You Under The Cameltoe (The Christmas Singles)
2013Kuntrarian (Little Kunt's Solo Album)
2014Japs iTunes
2016Blue ROFL
2019Bite Ô Ma Bite
2020Kunt's Punk in your Face (as The Kunts)

Compilation albums
Year Title
2009Here's One I Knocked Out Earlier
2010Complete Kunt: The Greatest Minor Internet Hits of Kunt and the Gang
2012Sloppy Seconds: More Titbits from the Kunt Archives
2013Fresh Kunt (download only Greatest Hits)
2015Kunt'll Fix It (a mixture of greatest hits and new songs)

References
  1. "The Kunts - Kunts Punk In Your Face". Discogs.
  2. "Kunt's Korona Klub ep. 01". YouTube. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. Lee. S (21 August 2016). "Poor Rudolf Bing must be spinning in his grave". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. Kunt (19 December 2018). i, Kunt: How I became (and remained) a minor internet hit singer. Eichel.
  5. "Use My Arsehole As A Cunt by Kunt and The Gang - Music Charts". Acharts.co. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. nick. "Anti-Simon Cowell Songs Spread Throughout U.K. Chart". Prefixmag.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  7. "Kunt And The Gang reach Number 66 in the chart | mINtSOUTH.com". 23 December 2010. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010.
  8. Reid, Ben (21 December 2020). "LadBaby collabs with Ronan Keating in Christmas number 1 bid". NottinghamshireLive.
  9. "When LadBaby announce their surprise 2020 Christmas Song!!". YouTube. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  10. Porter, Gary (14 December 2020). "Could Chester comedian Russ Abbot land this year's Christmas number one?". Chester and District Standard.
  11. Copsey, Rob (18 December 2020). "Christmas Number 1 2020: The contenders revealed". www.officialcharts.com.
  12. Copsey, Rob (21 December 2020). "Listen to Ed Sheeran's new single Afterglow". www.officialcharts.com.
  13. Lavin, Will (1 November 2020). "Charlie Brooker wants 'Boris Johnson Is A Fucking C**t' to be Christmas Number One". nme.com.
  14. "Christmas Number 1: LadBaby retains strong lead, Boris Johnson protest song enters Top 10". www.officialcharts.com.
  15. "The Official Chart: First Look on Radio 1 With Vick and Katie". 20 December 2020.
  16. "Kunt's Boris song in Christmas chart race despite Radio 1 censorship". British Comedy Guide. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  17. White, Jack (20 December 2020). "LadBaby makes a flying start in the race for the 2020 Official Christmas Number 1 with Don't Stop Me Eatin'". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  18. "Official Singles Chart Update Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  19. "The Kunts' 'Boris Johnson Is A Fucking C**t' enters Top 10 in race for Christmas Number One". 23 December 2020.
  20. "An explicit Boris Johnson attack song is battling for Christmas No 1". The Independent. 22 December 2020.
  21. "Boris Johnson is a F**king C**t". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  22. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55436050
  23. https://chart-watch.uk/xmas-no-1
  24. https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/audio-streaming-chart/
  25. "Kunt & the Gang". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
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