Mudgirl

MUDGIRL a/k/a Kim Bingham is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She began her career in music as a member of the Montreal, Quebec third wave ska band Me Mom and Morgentaler. In 1995, Bingham left Me Mom & Morgentaler and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, married then-husband Steven Drake of the Odds and formed the band Mudgirl, who had a Canadian radio hit that year with "This Day", and performed on some Lilith Fair dates in the U.S. (The band also featured Kevin Spencer, Joe Hrechka and Niko Quintal.)

However, in 1999, she dissolved the band and created The Kim Band, a rotating collective of musicians in which Bingham herself was the sole constant. That band's debut album, Girlology, was released in 2001. From 2001 until 2003, Bingham also worked with Canadian singer David Usher as a guitarist and backing vocalist.
In 2003, she released a French language single, "Coeur de sable", which was a popular Top 40 hit in Quebec. In 2003 and early 2004, she toured Europe and the U.S. with pop singer Nelly Furtado as a guitarist and backing vocalist in Furtado's band.
From 2005 to 2009, Bingham wrote the score for the three seasons of the SRC primetime series Les Invincibles. In 2007, Bingham was nominated for Best Original Score at Qu?bec's Prix G?meaux television awards and won the Prix G?meaux with Jean-Francois Rivard (co-creator/director of Les Invincibles for Best Theme Song ("The Heroes Take").
In 2006, Bingham relocated to Los Angeles and formed the all-female rock trio Kamikaze Pilot. She collaborated with Bran Van 3000's James DiSalvio in Los Angeles, appearing on the band's album Ros? (2008).
In 2007, Bingham released two albums in Canada: Les Invincibles TV soundtrack (Warner Music Canada) and a French mini-album, Intermede (Musik 2 Musik).
In 2008, Kim performed a series of dates in Canada with Bran Van 3000 including the main outdoor show at the Montreal International Jazz Festival that attracted more than 140,000 spectators. That summer, she also released the single "Ticket pour l'amour".
In 2009, Kim composed the music for the first two seasons of the Franco-German of production Les Invincibles (broadcast on Arte, March 2010).
Kim's new album will be released under the moniker MUDGIRL in early 2011.