On Saturday Night Live the "Ting Tings" kicked up a musical storm that entertained thoroughly.
The Ting Tings is a Grammy-nominated English Indie pop duo comprised of Jules De Martino (drums, lead guitar, vocals, piano) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, and cow bells).
For a lone two-man band - the rising musical pop stars - pack quite a whallop!
They're not hard to gaze at, either.
The front woman, Katie White, strutted the stage leather-clad, hip, and pretty.
Meanwhile, the studly hard-driving drummer drove home the raw novel sound with a strident catchy beat.
A youthful exuberance the "Tings" exhibited in their live performance was downright contagious.
Originally from Hackney (London), the two charismatic musicians formed the Ting Tings in December of 2007 while they were hunkered down at Islington Mill Artist Studios in Salford recording.
Stand-out performances at the Mod Club Theatre (March/2009) triggered a buzz in industry circles, and there has been no looking back for the dazzling duo since.
Their musical influences appear to flow from pop rock, Indie pop, and dance punk.
The band's debut album - "We Started Nothing" - was officially released on the 19th of May (2008).
However, because the recordings were leaked onto the Internet on May 13th (a week earlier), the single - "That's Not My Name" - managed to leap to No. 1 on the UK Singles Charts almost overnight.
A bullet, alright!
A high-profile performance at a i Tunes Live London Festival (held in the KoKo nightclub on July 9th/2008) was released as a downloadable EP in the iTunes store (and quickly streamed into private music collections of fans around the globe).
Their influence has reached out into the mainstream of Pop Culture, too.
For example, their singles = "Shut Up and Let Me Go" and "We Started Nothing" - were featured on the ratings-getter Gossip Girl.
"Be the One" was featured on the popular TV series "One Tree Hill".
Their single - "Great DJ" - was also laid into theatrical trailers for the Anna Faris comedy - "The House Bunny" - and the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire.
The Ting Tings drove audiences wild on the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards when they performed small interludes consisting of remixes of past hits honored by the industry.
The band won a Best UK Video Award for their single "Shut Up and Let Me Go".
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