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The Pink Monkey Birds, whose name Kid credits to inspiration from David Bowie,<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://kidcongopowers.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-pink-monkey-birds-would-not-be-so.html |title=Kid Stuff: The Pink Monkey Birds would not be so named without you David Bowie! R.I.P |website=Kidcongopowers.blogspot.com |date=2016-01-19 |accessdate=2016-05-26}}</ref> has been an evolving unit since their earliest albums, and as of 2016 the touring members are bassist Kiki Solis, drummer Ron Miller, and guitarist Mark Cisneros. | The Pink Monkey Birds, whose name Kid credits to inspiration from David Bowie,<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://kidcongopowers.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-pink-monkey-birds-would-not-be-so.html |title=Kid Stuff: The Pink Monkey Birds would not be so named without you David Bowie! R.I.P |website=Kidcongopowers.blogspot.com |date=2016-01-19 |accessdate=2016-05-26}}</ref> has been an evolving unit since their earliest albums, and as of 2016 the touring members are bassist Kiki Solis, drummer Ron Miller, and guitarist Mark Cisneros. | ||
Kid Congo Powers was profiled by Vogue | Kid Congo Powers was profiled by ''Vogue'' in late April 2016 while promoting their fourth album,<ref>{{cite web|author=Kristin Anderson |url=http://www.vogue.com/13429213/kid-congo-powers-interview-style-la-arana-es-la-vida-record-release/ |title=Punk Legend Kid Congo Powers on His Style Throughout the Years |publisher=Vogue |date=2016-04-25 |accessdate=2016-05-26}}</ref> where he was noted for his iconic sense of punk style. In his Vogue interview, he mentions the aesthetic importance of tying the look of the band to match the music. | ||
<blockquote> “For me, the whole art of being a band—and I do think it’s an art—is to create a whole world, a whole language, that is every aspect. The Gun Club, we kind of made it up as we went along, but what I learned from The Cramps and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is that they created a whole uncompromising world, and it’s all kind of sprung out of that. You want to communicate with people, and I think through all aesthetics—artwork, the look, and music—you get to keep your world, and you get to let people enter your world and live in your world with you.”</blockquote> | <blockquote> “For me, the whole art of being a band—and I do think it’s an art—is to create a whole world, a whole language, that is every aspect. The Gun Club, we kind of made it up as we went along, but what I learned from The Cramps and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is that they created a whole uncompromising world, and it’s all kind of sprung out of that. You want to communicate with people, and I think through all aesthetics—artwork, the look, and music—you get to keep your world, and you get to let people enter your world and live in your world with you.”</blockquote> | ||