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King’s X is an American progressive rock band noted for its spiritual lyrics and sophisticated musical styles which include, but are not limited to, blues, progressive rock, grunge and psychedelic.
The group traces its beginnings to 1980, when Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill, who had previously met while recording and touring with Phil Keaggy and touring with the band Petra, recruited Ty Tabor to join them. Calling themselves The Edge, the group extensively performed on the Springfield, Missouri bar and club circuit. The band specialized in Top 40 covers. By 1983, the name of the band had changed to Sneak Preview and they started to record original material. Sneak Preview released a self-titled LP with all original material in 1984.
The group relocated to Houston, Texas with the promise of a recording contract, but the deal fell through. However, it was there that the group met Sam Taylor, then vice president of ZZ Top’s production company. Taylor quickly became the group’s mentor and convinced them to change their name to King’s X. Taylor was instrumental in helping the group secure a contract with Megaforce Records in 1987. Taylor would soon become the group’s manager, producer and mentor, and was declared to be the fourth member of the group (according to some).
The group traces its beginnings to 1980, when Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill, who had previously met while recording and touring with Phil Keaggy and touring with the band Petra, recruited Ty Tabor to join them. Calling themselves The Edge, the group extensively performed on the Springfield, Missouri bar and club circuit. The band specialized in Top 40 covers. By 1983, the name of the band had changed to Sneak Preview and they started to record original material. Sneak Preview released a self-titled LP with all original material in 1984.
The group relocated to Houston, Texas with the promise of a recording contract, but the deal fell through. However, it was there that the group met Sam Taylor, then vice president of ZZ Top’s production company. Taylor quickly became the group’s mentor and convinced them to change their name to King’s X. Taylor was instrumental in helping the group secure a contract with Megaforce Records in 1987. Taylor would soon become the group’s manager, producer and mentor, and was declared to be the fourth member of the group (according to some).
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King's X - Love and Rockets (Hell's Screaming)
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King's X - I Just Want to Live
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King's X - Go Tell Somebody
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King's X - Move Me
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Alright
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Pray
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Blue
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Julie
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Rocket Ship
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Move
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Repeating Myself
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I Just Want to Live
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Stuck
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Broke
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Go Tell Somebody
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Shoutbox
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DerMorpheus wrote:
Just discovered them as recommendation from last.fm - awesome stuff. Seeing that they are on tour, I hope they'll have a gig somewhere close to me, I'd definitely go.
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_Tarkus_ wrote:
Please join the King's X fan group!
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canicalavera wrote:
sorry julieee !!!! great balad
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bskogtr wrote:
Kings'XXXXX!!
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maxpastore wrote:
fantastic band!
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JaseJ wrote:
King's X - Europe 2009: Jan. 15 - Schaffhausen, Switzerland - Kammgarn; Jan. 16 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos Saal; Jan. 17 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier; Jan. 20 - Paris, France - New Morning; Jan. 21 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall; Jan. 22 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom; Jan. 24 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob; Jan. 25 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar; Jan. 27 - Milano, Italy - Zoe; Jan. 29 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage; Jan. 30 - Kerkrade, Netherlands - The Rock Temple; Jan. 31 - Zoetermeer, Netherlands - Boerderij. Info from Blabbermouth. Also, "Gretchen Goes to London" Live DVD to be released via Molken Music and a new Ty Tabor CD this December. \m/(><)\m/
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DoctorSerrucho wrote:
Very good album the new one
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nemcon wrote:
I'm an old fan of Dogman and I recently bought XV, which is growing each time I listen to it. It's such a great album - the most uplifting and energetic music I know. It's a shame, that I don't own all the other albums - maybe they could have made a big difference in my life long ago. I just had to tell that somebody ;-)
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wertika wrote:
Hi! Sorry, but it's very important message for all King's X polish fans!!! Ludzie, którymi również zawładnęła muzyka Kingów podpisujcie się pod petycją i ściągnijmy mistrzów progresu do Polski!!! http://www.petycje.pl/petycjePodglad.php?petycjeid=3443
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MadMax973 wrote:
Great show Friday night! Come back soon!
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Shaunography wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/We+love+bad+production!
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BlackSession323 wrote:
So pissed I was unable to see them last week... Hoping they come around later this year
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paulcusickq6 wrote:
I have Gretchen Goes to Nebraska and found it the other day. Played it and remembered why I used to love them
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KingsXno1 wrote:
GO TELL SOMEBODY!
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quickmind wrote:
How do we get XV listed as an album in their discography here?
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Dubrovnik wrote:
I'm all for supporting new/young/upcoming talents, but do you think you could stop spamming your band everywhere? Maybe write a journal about yourselves and link it to some similar bands, and if people are interested, they will look.
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BlisteringDDj wrote:
Black the sky! :D
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KingsXno1 wrote:
Pls come join the new Fan Group for dUg Pinnick at http://www.last.fm/group/dUg+Pinnick Find out some very interesting stuff about him and his/KX music!
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Fudging wrote:
I like King's X, partly because all the fans here are cool, no-one's saying crappy stuff about them. Plus they make good music.
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KingsXno1 wrote:
THats a tuff one... and everyone will have a diff answer i would go Dogman to XV to Gretchen. just buy em all! you wont be disappointed!
Events
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Jan
15
King's X
Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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16
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Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
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Jan
17
King's X
Den Atelier, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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| 2 attendees
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- Dustspell tagged King's X with progressive metal, hard rock and progressive rock. Sunday evening
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- GrantRS wrote about King's X in Song Of The Weekend - 3rd January 2009: The Tower. Saturday evening
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