KONGOS is a rock band of four brothers — Johnny, Jesse, Dylan and Danny Kongos. They grew up in London and South Africa and now write, record and perform in Phoenix, Arizona. With multi-million-seller South African singer-songwriter John Kongos as their father, they have been surrounded by music, studios and different cultures all of their lives.

Their debut album was released in 2007 on iTunes worldwide and received glowing reviews (see press). The single from that album “In The Music” reached No. 9 on the Tuks FM Top 40. Written, produced and engineered by themselves, it demonstrates their wide range of influences culminating in the KONGOS sound. They were named Best Rock Band of Phoenix by the Phoenix New Times.

Their new single “I’m Only Joking” is currently No. 1 on the SA Top 10 on Tuks FM and No. 05 on the Tuks FM Top 30 in South Africa, rising every week. The track has received 15 weeks of heavy rotation on 5FM as well as many other stations in South Africa, and it is featured on an SA Hits compilation, along with top SA acts, released by Just Music. The music video recently premiered on TV 5 on SABC3 and is in rotation on MKTV. The second single “Come With Me Now” will be going to SA radio soon and has already received airplay on 5FM. Both I’m Only Joking and Come With Me Now are also “Homegrown Hits” on KWSS 106.7FM in Phoenix, AZ.

In 2010 they formed Tokoloshe Records with John Kongos, for which they are currently recording their second album. They will be in South Africa Dec 2011/Jan 2012 for shows and promotion leading up to an SA release.

“It’s rare tobe in on the ground floor of something that doesn’t sound like anything else you might’ve heard before.”
Serene Dominic • Phoenix New Times

“KONGOS sounds like no other band, not just in the Valley, but in the whole of mainstream rock music…”
Chris Hansen Orf • Get Out

“KONGOS produces a refreshing, captivating rock-tribal like vibe that will leave you absolutely charmed out of your mind!”
Lana Oosthuisen • SA Music Zone

KONGOS use a combination of classic rock elements, African rhythms and Balkan beats to produce an eargasmic soundscape.
Sindy Peters • BizCommunity

Pronounced “KONGOS” – KONGOS is spelled like this:

“K” for Cool, ”O” for Awesome, ”N” for Knowledge, ”G” for Jenius, ”O” for Artistic, ”S” for speling

There’s no “The” in KONGOS.

There is however a “the” in “THEre.”

It’s not KONGO’s, it’s not Congos, congas, kongus, kongas, or Jeff.

No relation to Cheick Kongo, the conga drum, the Kongo people of Africa, Donkey Kong, Kongos Norman, Kongos pizza, Kongos Club in Oklahoma, twitter.com/kongos, Kat Kongos, Lasse Kongos, the japanese class of battleship or Kevin Bacon.