The Magoo Brothers

The Magoo Brothers

The Magoo Brothers were an Anglo-German Berlin-based punk-jazz band who toured extesnively in Germany in the late 1980s. The band was based on the west side of the wall in Berlin, where there was an active alternative music scene through the decade.

In 1988 they released the album "Beyond Believable" on the Bouncing Corporation label. On the songs "Queensbury Station" and "Kenton Kev", songwriters Paul Bonin, Melanie Hickford and Philip Ulysses Sanders immortalized both their local West London train station and the interesting people of its surrounding area. The latter song refers to the “pleasant valley” high suburban boredom factor then prevalent in the area, and cites local characters and places, some fairly well known. It is said that “Kenton Kev” refers in fact to Kevin Jones, the US-based property magnate, who was actually born in Kenton.

Paul Bonin was formerly a member of The Jetset and subsequently a member King Bastard.

David Hull has released a series of solo recordings and was the founder of the "focus pocus" live music club in Berlin.