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Kid Congo Powers

From: La Puente, United States
Since: 1959–present
Releases: 11

About

Brian Tristan (born March 27, 1959), better known by his stage name Kid Congo Powers, is an American rock guitarist, singer, and actor best known as a member of the Gun Club, the Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He has also played with the Divine Horsemen, the Angels of Light, Die Haut, and Knoxville Girls.

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As of January 2015, Powers' primary musical project is the band the Pink Monkey Birds.

From Kid Congo Powers on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

The Cramps 1981–1983
The Gun Club 1984–1996
Fur Bible 1985–1985
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 1986–1989 electric guitar, slide guitar
Kid Congo & the Near Death Experience 2019–now lead vocals
Kid & Khan now eponymous
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds now
Knoxville Girls now
Congo Norvell now
Wolfmanhattan Project now

Discography

Albums 2

EPs 4

Singles 5

Links

Listen

Official

kidcongopowers.com

Social

Instagram

Concerts

Songkick

Reference

Is person

Brian Tristan now

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 46c5862a-ccbb-4bd9-8c48-2d8d992e38f3
ISNI: 0000000364131694

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.