Beginning to compare our song to The Kooks

For our A2 coursework we decided to use the acoustic version of my cousins song 'Take me on a train' as he is the lead singer and guitarist in an unsigned band. When researching into his band I discovered their influences are The Beatles for their song writing, Led Zeppelin for intensity and Talking Heads for live energy. However their current sound lies somewhere between the Artic Monkeys and U2.
I previously analysed The Kooks 'She moves in her own way' video, and whilst reseaching into the band itself I found out they have experimented in several genres including rock, britpop, and reggae. At times The Kooks have been described as "a less severe Artic Monkeys". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kooks) As this links to our song and genre I think The Kooks will be a useful source to influence our group when looking into artist image.

The Kooks have drawn on huge artists like Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles to influence their own music style and develop their indie pop sound. As both my cousin and The Kooks have been influenced by the Beatles I will look at some of their music videos, album covers and image to help create my own artist.