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| KALIMA | pos | wks | entry |
| A jazz/swing-type band, somewhat in the style of label-mates A Certain Ratio. | |||
| Singles | |||
| FOUR SONGS (EP) (Factory FAC 127) (12" only) | 43 | 1 | 17/8/85 |
| THE KAMIKAZE SEX PILOTS | |||
| Singles | |||
| DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL (Lowther International HCN 002) | 23 | 5 | 25/6/83 |
| THE KANE GANG | |||
| Soul and gospel-influenced Newcastle-upon-Tyne trio comprising Martin Brammer (vocals), Paul Woods (vocals) and David Brewis (guitar & bass), who found some commercial success when Kitchenware came under the wing of London Records. | |||
| Singles | |||
| BROTHER BROTHER (Kitchenware SK 5) | 39 | 2 | 20/8/83 |
| KARIYA | |||
| Singles | |||
| LET ME LOVE YOU FOR TONIGHT (Sleeping Bag SBUK 4) | 12 | 7 | 15/7/89 |
| KATRINA & THE WAVES | |||
| A US/UK hybrid band based in East Anglia, where the American members grew up as the children of US servicemen. Line-up was Katrina Leskanich (vocals), Kimberley Rew (guitar), Vince De La Cruz (bass) and Alex Cooper (drums). Still together, they returned to commercial prominence in 1997 as winners of the Eurovision Song Contest. | |||
| Singles | |||
| QUE TE QUIERO (Silvertown STS 6) | 46 | 2 | 4/2/84 |
| FRANK KELLY | |||
| Irish comedian with a surreal, frantic narration re-telling the 12 Days Of Christmas idea in apocalyptic fashion. Kelly has since found further fame as Father Jack in Channel 4's Father Ted sitcom. | |||
| Singles | |||
| CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN (Ritz RITZ 062) | 38 | 2 | 14/1/84 |
| JANE KENNAWAY & STRANGE BEHAVIOUR | |||
| Kennaway was the public school-educated daughter of the late novelist James Kennaway. I.O.U. was picked up by Deram a week after its indie chart debut, and went on to make No.65 nationally. | |||
| Singles | |||
| I.O.U. (Growing Up In Hollywood GROW 1) | 48 | 1 | 17/1/81 |
| TROYCE KEY & J.J. MALONE | |||
| US West Coast-based vocal/guitar blues duo. | |||
| Singles | |||
| I GOT A NEW CAR (I WAS FRAMED) (Pinnacle PIN 505) | 45 | 1 | 20/6/81 |
| JEREMY KIDD | |||
| Formerly Jerry Kidd, vocalist with the Red Guitars. | |||
| Singles | |||
| PETALS AND ASHES (Self Drive SCAR 15) | 19 | 3 | 1/6/85 |
| KILL UGLY POP | |||
| Singles | |||
| PURPLE HAZE (Fever FEV 008) | 22 | 4 | 1/8/87 |
| KILLDOZER | |||
| Heavy US noise trio with politically-angled lyrics. Hailing from Madison, Wisconsin, they comprised Michael Gerald (vocals & bass), Dan Hobson (guitar) and Bill Hobson (drums). | |||
| Albums | |||
| 12 POINT BUCK (Touch And Go TGLP 48) | 16 | 2 | 18/11/89 |
| KILLING JOKE | |||
| Post-punk heavy rhythm rockers with a grimly ironic line in material, originally formed in 1979 by vocal ist/keyboardist Jaz Coleman, with assorted friends including Geordie (guitar), Youth (bass) and Paul Ferguson (drums), though the line-up later became highly flexible. | |||
| Singles | |||
| WARDANCE (Malicious Damage MD 540) | 4 | 18 | 29/3/80 |
| REQUIEM (Malicious Damage EGMDX 1.00) | 1 | 26 | 11/10/80 |
| WARDANCE/PSYCHE (Malicious Damage MD 104) | 18 | 47 | 11/10/80 |
| BOBBY KING & TERRY EVANS | |||
| Albums | |||
| LIVE AND LET LIVE (Special Delivery SPD 1016) | 12 | 4 | 11/6/88 |
| KING KURT | |||
| Certifiable London-based outrage-rock loonies with silly haircuts, led by Smeggy from Brighton, and originally known as Rockin' Kurt & The Sour Krauts. | |||
| Singles | |||
| ZULU BEAT (Thin Sliced TSR 2) | 10 | 17 | 8/10/83 |
| KING OF THE SLUMS | |||
| UK quartet with a penchant for quirky, offbeat lyrics. Line-up was Charley Keigher (vocals & guitar), Sarah Curtis (violin), Jon Chandler (bass) and Ged O'Brian (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| BOMBS AWAY ON THE HARPURHEY (Play Hard DEC 14) (12" only) | 8 | 5 | 25/2/89 |
| Albums | |||
| BARABAROUS ENGLISH FAIRE (Play Hard DEC 022) | 4 | 7 | 1/7/89 |
| KING SUN-D MOET | |||
| No aristocrat but a bunch of New Jersey rappers, whose Hey Love sampled rather more of the Art Of Noise's Moments In Love than ZTT Records were happy to hear. | |||
| Singles | |||
| HEY LOVE (Rhythm King MELT 5) | 17 | 9 | 2/5/87 |
| RICHARD H. KIRK | |||
| The guitarist of Cabaret Voltaire pursuing a parallel solo career. | |||
| Singles | |||
| HIPNOTIC (Rough Trade FITT 199) (12" only) | 26 | 3 | 1/11/86 |
| Albums | |||
| TIME HIGH FICTION (Doublevision/Rough Trade DVR 2) | 22 | 2 | 21/1/84 |
| BLACK JESUS VOICE (Rough Trade ROUGH 99) | 17 | 5 | 18/10/86 |
| UGLY SPIRIT (Rough Trade RTM 189) | 30 | 2 | 8/11/86 |
| KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION | |||
| Melodic but muscular UK guitar band comprising Patrick Fitzgerald (vocals & bass), Julian Swales (guitar) and Dan Goodwin (drums). Sometimes did spoof gigs as the Toilets Of Destruction. | |||
| Singles | |||
| ELEPHANTINE (One Little Indian 29 TP 12) (12" only) | 11 | 3 | 25/11/89 |
| Albums | |||
| LOVE IS HELL (One Little Indian TP 9) | 7 | 5 | 17/6/89 |
| EARTHA KITT | |||
| Veteran American songstress with a legendary feline voice, who in the mid-80s cut a series of uptempo tracks which endeared her in particular to the Hi-NRG gay club scene in the UK. | |||
| Singles | |||
| WHERE IS MY MAN (Record Shack SOHO 1) | 11 | 12 | 10/12/83 |
| I LOVE MEN (Record Shack SOHO 21) | 7 | 7 | 7/7/84 |
| K. L. F | |||
| (see also JUSTFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU and The TIMELORDS) The letters stand for Kopyright Liberation Front, while those responsible were JAMMS jokers Bill Drummond and Jim Cauty, here identified as Time Boy D and Rockman Rock respectively. | |||
| Singles | |||
| BURN THE BEAT (KLF Communications 002) | 15 | 2 | 30/4/88 |
| KYLIE SAID TO JASON (KLF Communications KLF 010) | 6 | 4 | 12/8/89 |
| FRANKIE KNUCKLES | |||
| US house music producer and remixer. | |||
| Singles | |||
| YOUR LOVE (Who's That Beat TRAXT 3) (12" only) | 20 | 1 | 11/11/89 |
| KREATOR | |||
| Rough-hewn thrash-metal band from Essen, Germany, comprising Mille Petroza (vocals & guitar), Frank Blackfire (guitar), Rob (bass) and Ventor (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| BEHIND THE MIRROR (Noise N 084T) | 20 | 4 | 31/10/87 |
| Albums | |||
| TERRIBLE CERTAINTY (Noise NOISE 086) | 13 | 6 | 31/10/87 |
| OUT OF THE DARK INTO THE LIGHT (Noise NUK 118) | 11 | 3 | 20/8/88 |
| EXTREME AGGRESSION (Noise NUK 129) | 4 | 1 | 15/4/89 |
| KUKL | |||
| A pre-Sugarcubes Icelandic outfit led by Bjork and Einer Orn. | |||
| Albums | |||
| THE EYE (Crass 1984/1) | 6 | 5 | 29/9/84 |
Please note these tracks were compiled
for the Indie Hits book and are not
necessarily available to buy from Cherry Red Records.