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Rob Kittridge (Born 15 April 1978) is a Welsh musician, producer and engineer. He performs solo and with band Smokestacks.

Disco
As a teenager in the 90’s, Rob Kittridge played drums for the Newport band, Disco, who were part of the Newport music scene in the 1990s, fronted by owner of Le Pub Sam Dabb. They appeared many times at TJ's, supporting the 60ft Dolls and Catatonia and were signed to TJs records, resulting in subsequent airtime on radio shows hosted by John Peel, Steve Lamacq, Jo Whiley.

Smokestacks
In the early 2000s Newport band Smokestacks was formed with Gareth Pembridge on bass guitar, Dom Pembridge on acoustic guitar and Drums and Rob on guitar and main Vocals, with Laurence Richard later joining in 2005 on guitar and pedal steel guitar. Smokestacks regularly played at TJs and Le Pub.

Solo
In 2020 Rob released his first solo album BATS, producing and engineering the project himself, the performance of instruments including drums, bass guitar and keyboards. Promptly after its release he started writing songs for a new album and by the spring of 2021 the demos were ready, and decided to work with producer Laurence Richard. Redbrook will be released on the 21st June 2024.