The Wild Things

Band

UK-based quartet The Wild Things are making a name for themselves as one of the buzziest rock acts of recent years.

Featuring collaborations with rock n roll icons and pop culture legends like Pete Townshend, KISS’ Tommy Thayer and Trixie Mattel, their brand-new ‘Friends With Benefits’ EP showcases the serious talents of a rock band who aren’t concerned with taking themselves too seriously. Boasting a raucous, thrilling, unabashed spirit that squarely has its finger on the pulse of the genre, ‘Friends With Benefits’ is a captivating snapshot of one of music’s burgeoning rock acts you need to know.

The origin of The Wild Things is something from the wildest rock n roll dreams imaginable: The band’s frontwoman Sydney Rae White (who starred in Young Dracula and Uncle on the BBC) and their lead guitarist Rob Kendrick originally met when they were cast as the two leads of a touring production of Quadrophenia, a staged musical based on the album by The Who of the same name. Through the experience they both fell in love (eventually getting married) as well as befriended Pete Townshend who, in a way, became a mentor for the artists. Shortly after Syd’s brother Cam and their friend Pete Wheeler joined forces to create The Wild Things.

Townshend would later work in the studio with The Wild Things (one of the fruits of their labor “Only Attraction” is on the new EP) as well bring the quartet on the road with them to play iconic venues like Madison Square Garden (The Wild Things’ debut US performance!) and London’s Royal Albert Hall.