Kunt and the Gang

History Kunt and the Gang's live show initially generated popularity through numerous years playing at pubs and smaller venues, and building a niche audience. He would then make content for early social networking platforms, predominately MySpace and then YouTube; and proclaimed himself a "minor internet hit singer".

Kunt and the Gang's early work is best known for its simple electronic production and controversial lyrical content, dealing with such taboo subjects as masturbation and sexual fantasies. Kunt and the Gang's later work took a darker turn, following the Operation Yewtree police investigation into the crimes of prolific peadophile Jimmy Savile, often touching on the subject of paedophilia and featured several ironic tributes to both Savile and Rolf Harris, alongside Ian Watkins.

Until 2008, when his touring schedule became too intense, he was a council worker in Basildon. His early musical efforts included a comedy punk band called Serious Problem and a synth-pop duo Pubic Cube. In the year prior to forming Kunt and the Gang, under the name Wayne Clements, he co-wrote and produced a number of songs for The Glambassador, an album by DJ and alternative scenester Boogaloo Stu, and also wrote and produced synth-pop albums under the guise of Mister Midi and Macondo. He also put together a compilation of contemporary electronic pop music, Robopop: Volume I.

The Kunts In December 2020, Kunt, performing with his newly formed punk band, The Kunts, joined the race for the Christmas number one single again, with a short song about Prime Minister Boris Johnson called "Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt". Its rivals in the 2020 race were "Don't Stop Me Eatin by LadBaby (a parody cover of "Don't Stop Believin' by Journey, which also featured Ronan Keating on some versions), Russ Abbot's "Atmosphere", former chart toppers Justin Bieber and The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir (teaming up for a version of Bieber's "Holy"), Liam Gallagher's "All You're Dreaming Of" and Ed Sheeran's "Afterglow". as well as Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols and like LadBaby, also released additional versions of the song, including a censored sausage roll based version.

The song about Boris Johnson was revealed on BBC Radio 1 by Vick Hope and Katie Thistleton on 20 December 2020. During the show, the presenters did not mention the song's title or play it on air because of the offensive language in it, stating: "Now at 19 we've got a track about Boris Johnson that has so many bad words in it we can't play it on daytime Radio 1." The record was a new entry at number 19, with LadBaby at number 1, climbing to number 8 the next day. On 23 December 2020, it was reported that a number of bookmakers had put odds on the record being the Christmas number one at 8/1, after it had become the second most downloaded song on iTunes and Amazon. and unlike many of the other Christmas campaign singles (such as rivals LadBaby) made the Official Audio Streaming Chart as well.

In November 2021, the Kunts launched an online campaign to get their single "Boris Johnson Is Still a Fucking Cunt" to Christmas number one. The song was released on 17 December 2021. The song reached number 5 in the Christmas midweek chart. During this campaign the band made numerous references to similarly subversive act the KLF, including in the music video (based, along with the song, on "Doctorin' the Tardis") and in promotional imagery, which shows Kunt and the band reading The Manual, a book written by The KLF as "the Timelords". Similarly to their previous hit, The Kunts song for 2021 had several different versions, many of which were remixed by guest artists such as Cassetteboy and B3ta founder Rob Manuel. Again the song had a radio-friendly versions with no foul language, substituting the phrase "sausage roll" for "fucking cunt." It is believed this is made in reference to LadBaby, who have had three previous number one Christmas singles based around sausage rolls. While the 2020 single had 23 different mixes, the release for 2021 has scaled this back to 13. The song reached number 5 in the Christmas chart.

On 27 May 2022, to coincide with the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II The Kunts released "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce", with the aim of matching the Sex Pistols' achievement of getting a protest song about the British royal family to number two in the Jubilee charts. It peaked at number 20.

On 16 December 2022, the Kunts returned with "Fuck the Tories" in a third attempt to claim the Christmas number-one; the song ranked seventh in the chart.

On 5 May 2023, the Kunts released "Scrap The Monarchy" under the name of the Krown Jewelz. The song reached number 9 in the singles chart.

Another Christmas number-one attempt was released on 8 December 2023, titled "Proper Christmas", and released under the name "The Krackpots". The song missed the top 100 of the official chart, but did chart at number 2 on the Official Singles Sales Chart.

Shannon Matthews: The Musical Theatre troupe Tuppence Ha'penny performed Shannon Matthews: The Musical (based on the 2010 album) at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In September 2022, a film version was crowdfunded via Kickstarter. The funding goal was reached within 24 hours.

Discography Albums

Compilation albums

Charted singles + List of charted singles Year Artist SingleUK UK Indie UK Indie Breakers2010 Kunt and the Gang"Use My Arsehole as a Cunt (The Nick Clegg Story)" 66 8 2 2011 Kunt and the Gang"Fucksticks (Royal Wedding Souvenir Version)" 63 10 3 2020 The Kunts"Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt" 5 3 2021 The Kunts"Boris Johnson Is Still a Fucking Cunt" 5 2 2022 The Kunts"Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" 20 1 2022 The Kunts"Fuck the Tories" 7 4 2023 The Krown Jewelz"Scrap the Monarchy" 9 1 2023 The Krackpots"Proper Christmas" 30 6

Other songs + List of other songsYearTitle2004"Santa's Sack"2006"Fucksticks" (First Release)2006"This Christmas"2007"All I Want For Christmas is You (To Bring Me Off)"2008"Jesus (Baby With a Beard)"2008”Perverts on the Internet”2008"Men with Beards (What Are They Hiding?)"2009"I Sucked Off a Bloke: 2 New Songs Tour Souvenir"2009"Kuntish Christmas"2011"Jesus (Baby With a Beard)" (reissue)2011”Jimmy Savile and the Sexy Kids”2014"The Wrong Ian Watkins"2014”That’s Why I’m Voting UKIP”2022"Fuck Off Boris You Cunt" [The Kunts]2023"Rishi Sunak is a Rat-Faced Cunt" [The Kunts]2023"Rolf Harris and the Sexy Kids"2023"Bum the Runner" [The Kunts]2025"Is the Pope Gonna Croak?"