Career
He is the drummer of indie rock band Hard-Fi. Originally from Lancashire, he went to Carnforth High School, before he moved to London in his late teens to do a musical course. When Archer was scouting for members to be in his band, he asked Kemp to be part of it, through Kemp"s link with the DJ. In December 2007 he slammed bands such as Led Zeppelin and The Police for charging their fans £100 for tickets to their live concerts.
He said "I know these old bands have a huge legacy but paying over £100 for a ticket is a joke.
If it’s a band you really love, of course you want to go and see them - but why should you then pay so much money for it? These rock "n" roll dinosaurs are coming out for a last pay cheque. I don’t know what they’re going to do on stage that’s so special".
He then joked that, "I think we should split up in November, just to get back together in December. See if it makes us more famous.
Maybe we could have November off and get back together in December and call it the reunion tour.
The few remaining tickets will sell out in no time. lieutenant will be perfect."
In an interview with ilikemusic, Kemp was asked to reflect on whether he has time to "smell the roses and enjoy the journey and reflect"
"lieutenant"s weird because you don"t whilst you"re doing lieutenant You don"t realise how much you"re enjoying yourself sometimes.
I really try and do that, because if you don"t, you"re always focusing on what"s next rather than what"s just happened.
When we played our tour in May 2006 and we did the five Brixton Academy gigs I remember at the time I was so amazingly tired and shattered I enjoyed it, but it was really hard work. Now I can look back and think what a fucking laugh.
lieutenant does take a while for it to sink in before you can look back and really enjoy yourselves. But it"s all amazing.
We"ve had two number one records.
We"ve sold over a million records. But hopefully it"s not going to finish tomorrow and we can continue on to bigger and better things.".
