Miles Kane

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Miles Kane (born 17 March 1986) is an English musician, best known as the co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and former frontman of The Rascals. He was formerly the vocalist and lead guitarist for The Rascals, but announced the band's break-up in August 2009.He is currently pursuing a solo career, and continues to be a part of his side-project The Last Shadow Puppets.

The Little Flames

Aged 18, Kane joined The Little Flames as guitarist alongside Eva Petersen (Vocals), Greg Mighall (Drums), Joe Edwards (Bass) and Mat Gregory (Guitar) in December 2004. The band went on to be vaguely successful, achieving comparisons to The Coral and high profile fans such as the Arctic Monkeys. They also went on to tour with bands like The Coral, The Zutons, The Dead 60s and Arctic Monkeys. However, the band decided to go their separate ways following a dispute with their label over their musical direction.

The Rascals

Kane, on vocals and lead guitar, was joined by Greg Mighall on drums and Joe Edwards on bass guitar and occasional backing vocals. Kane has taken the main songwriting duties for the band. The band who had known each other from childhood, continued where The Little Flames had left off, still signed with Deltasonic Records, only with less members this time. They were adamant to keep their own distinct sound of 'awesome rockin beats' with a 'psychedelic quirk' and a 'compelling and unique dark underlying spirit'1. They released their debut EP in December 2007, just 7 months after they got together. Entitled Out of Dreams it featured 4 tracks, but did not achieve chart success. Yet they soon became tipped to be one of the bands of 2008, championed in particular by NME, following a well received support slot on Arctic Monkeys' 2007 tour. Their first album 'Rascalize' was released on 23 June 2008. The Rascals have a small role in the film Away Days playing an Echo & the Bunnymen cover, Miles also has several lines such as "Sorry, I have to help the guys with the gear." He left The Rascals in August 2009.

The Last Shadow Puppets

Whilst touring with the Arctic Monkeys, Kane developed a strong friendship with front man Alex Turner. They shared a love of the same musical influences, such as Nick Cave. The pair began to play together backstage, and soon began writing new tracks. They realized that there was a future in their songwriting partnership, and the Last Shadow Puppets were born.The duo decided to travel to the West Coast of France with producer James Ford where they recorded their debut album The Age of the Understatement in just two weeks. Their album went straight to number 1 in the UK Album Charts with the single of the same name reaching number 1 in the Indie Single Charts, and subsequent singles also reaching high spots. They first played together live in the UK, doing a secret set at Glastonbury with a special guest appearance from Jack White, whom Kane lent his iPod to so White could learn the riffs. The band's album narrowly missed out on the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize, but thus far they have won the Mojo Breakthrough Award, and have also been nominated for various other accolades.

Solo career

He is currently recording a solo album, on which Oasis vocalist Noel Gallagher features on a song called "My Fantasy". In a recent interview, Alex Turner suggested that Miles had almost completed his album, and ruled out a return for The Last Shadow Puppets in the near future.Miles was in London studio in late April and in Liverpool studio in May. Album mastering is not finished. Album due out in September/October with shows.He said "Its quite John Lennon-y and not just acoustic, most of its, quite hard." He also uses a 0.8-something mm Jim Dunlop Guitar Plec.He is going to start his first official solo tour in November 2010. In December he will be supporting The Courteeners.The first single from his solo album, Inhaler, was released on 22nd November 2010 and charted at #171 in the UK.The album is scheduled to be released in April 2011