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The name of this band is...

Appearing in public for the first time at the 2010 Dunwoody Music Festival in suburban Atlanta, the rock band Already Taken has subsequently appeared on stages throughout the North Georgia region, always to great aclaim.

Bookings have varied, ranging from local and regional music festivals and world class museums to special events facilities, private homes and night clubs. Performances have also included live radio broadcasts as well as a variety of charity fund raising events.

BandBio

Summer 0f 2012 found the band enjoying an opportunity to perform as an opening act on the stage of Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, where they impressed a packed house with their poise and well played set list of original tunes.

The band members are: (from left to right) Jack Haidet guitar and vocals Matt Haidet KEYBOARDS Nolan Bennett drums Mary Frances Kitchens guitar and vocals India Bennett bass and vocals

All of the band members contribute to the crafting and arranging of their songs. With their ages spread from thirteen to seventeen, they write well above their age level and life experience, giving them a sound that appeals to adults of all ages as well as to kids.

Already Taken is so named because all of the “good” names tossed about early on were just that - already taken. And what of the fact that even the name Already Taken is, well...frankly...already taken as well?

“That just adds to the irony of it,” quips one band member. “Our name really is already taken!”

Their name may be taken already but their fresh, vibrant sound is all their own.

A Sampling of Shows Dunwoody Music Festival DUNWOODY, GA The Children’s Museum of Atlanta ATLANTA, GA St. Patrick’s Day Festival Underground Atlanta ATLANTA, GA Max Canada, Record Store Day ATHENS, GA The End of Times Party ATHENS, GA Magazine Launch, the Goat Farm Event Facility ATLANTA, GA Athfest Music Festival ATHENS, GA Flicker Bar and Theater ATHENS, GA East Atlanta Festival ATLANTA, GA Skateraid Art and Music Festival 2011 DECATUR, GA The Harvest Moon Festival PINE MOUNTAIN, GA Private Halloween Party DUNWOODY, GA The High Museum of Art ATLANTA, GA Max (night club) ATHENS, GA WUOG Radio live broadcast ATHENS, GA Gallegos Talent Showcase DUNWOODY, GA The Clark Howard BTFC Benefit ATLANTA, GA The Dunwoody Nature Center DUNWOODY, GA The Fox Theatre ATLANTA, GA Skateraid Art and Music Festival 2012 DECATUR, GA BTFC Benefit 2013 at Summerour Studios ATLANTA, GA Sam Ash Music In-store performance ATLANTA, GA Food Truck Thursdays Brookrun Park DUNWOODY, GA

StageLayout

HARTKE Hydrive 115C (Direct Out in Back of amp) FENDER Deville

GTR.cross stage amp patched from VOX

Nolan

Gretsch Catalina kit with two floor toms. two rack toms, crash, splash, ride and trash cymbals. with 18 inch kick

DRUMS

Blackstone 100Watt Guitar Amp

BASS amp

ROLAND

Vox AC30/6 Guitar Amp

KC-500 Keyboard Amp

KEYBOARD amp

.GTR amp

Matt

GTR amp

Yamaha p200 piano

Line Six Delay Line Six Delay Boss Distortion

India

Jack

BASS/vocals

GTR/vocals Voc.Mic.2

Voc.Mic.1

Korg EW synth (MIDI controlled by Yamaha)

Mary Frances

GTR/vocals

Voc.Mic.3

StageCrew PAUL Scales JOHN Landrum MIKE Kitchens MARK Gallegos KEITH Bennett DOROTHY Kitchens MIKE Kitchens MARK Haidet

Backline/Keyboard Tech/Sound Engineer cel: 706 254-9632 Guitar /Drum Tech Lighting Music Director/ Stage Sound/Sound Engineer Band contact/Booking/Publicity cel: 404 695-4379 Tour Manager/Backstage cel: 404 226-3876 Transportation Merchandizing/Stage Crew cel: 404 431-2249

MediaInterest

With her long legs, edgy poses, hippie chic attitude and musical talent, India Bennett could easily be the daughter of rocker Pat Benatar or Chrissie Hynde. But a closer look at her beautiful expressive eyes shows the 14-year-old bass guitar player can only be the daughter of Cindy Wilson of the B-52s.

India, her 11-year-old brother Nolan, and neighborhood friends Mary Frances Kitchens and siblings Jack Haidet and Matt Haidet have formed a band, Already Taken. The Dunwoody-based group played at family gatherings and has since taken to performing at local events and clubs in Atlanta and Athens. They recently performed at the launch party for the fashion and arts magazine Young, Foxy & Free as well as at the Flicker Bar in Athens and at Athfest, the music and arts festival in Athens.

The budding rockers will also go into the studio this month to record at the famed Woodshed Studio in Athens. Plans are to play fall musical festivals and at Callaway Gardens.

“I’ve been playing the piano since first grade and then I decided I wanted to be in a band,” she says. “I tried to learn guitar but then decided on the bass guitar. It’s not as hard and I’m just better at it.”

The group plays original songs that show their personal styles. “Jack and Mary Frances and Matt are more rock,” she says. “I write punk.” India leans on her personal experiences to write saying, “Something just happens to me or I hear a story and I just incorporate it in a song. It’s more like stuff for adults than 14-year-olds. I have to have a strong emotion, especially if I’m sad. I start to write it and then it becomes good. I’m over being sad. But it’s all personal.”

India admits that initially some of the interest in the band came out of curiosity about her mom. “Yes, I’m sure people wanted to see what the kids of Cindy Wilson were like musically and they probably knew she would be there,” she says. “But that’s fine. Being her daughter has given the band opportunities and freedom to be the kind of band we want to be. The other band members [of the B-52s] have heard us and really like us, so that’s cool.”

India was born into the rock ‘n roll lifestyle. She and her brother and father, Keith Bennett, an award winning art director, have been on several B-52s tours. “I really like music and it’s been fun for us being on the road,” she says. “Now it’s getting to be a little less fun and I’m starting to see how serious it all is.

People ask what it’s like having your mom be Cindy Wilson, but I don’t know anything else. It’s like normal.”

Of course, when your mom is a Grammy Award-nominated singer, she must have some platinum advice to offer. “Well, she told me to sing loud and not drink soda. She told me to do it my way, to be as creative as I want. And, not talk badly about other artists,” she said.

Also helping India and the band is music teacher Mark Gallegos, who has mentored the youngsters and encouraged their goals.

India has no plans to go solo (“that would be weird”); in fact she likes being in a band. “It’s fun because we all have different styles but it’s great to make it all happen. The other members are just so amazingly talented; they’re insanely good. We don’t have the soap operas that other bands have. Sometimes though my brother gets real hyper and bangs on the drums before a show or during rehearsal and we have to tell him to stop it. But other than that, it’s all cool.”

So can we expect the next generation to be a famous singer like Mom? “No, this is what I want to do now,” she says. “I don’t want to be in a band when I grow up. I want to be a virologist and work at the CDC.” Huh? “V-I-R-O-L-O-G-I-S-T,” she replies in a weary voice that indicates already has had experience handing reporters asking dumb questions.

But for right now, Already Taken is creating its sound and rocking. “I love playing live and meeting the fans,” she says. “But it’s what I like doing right now.”

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