[1] Dan Gibson (vocals) and Scott Cleary (guitar) attended the same high school and wrote songs together as teens.
Dan met Shohan Hustwick (Bass) at a Waddington youth camp in 2005 and invited her to practice as they wanted to form a band.
The trio heard of Ben Barter (drums) through the local music scene and they had their first practise as a band in Ben's Mum's sewing room.
[2] Kingston's music has been featured on television ads for V[3] and promotion for Pepsi[4] both in New Zealand and Australia.
The group's debut album Black & Bloom was released in 2013.