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King Adora

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UK rock group King Adora formed in Birmingham in 1998, reputedly taking their name from an oversized adult toy they’d seen in a sex shop. With strong punk and glam rock influences, similar to American power pop, they often drew comparisons to Suede, Pixies, and the early Manic Street Preachers. They had a successful touring career and picked up a devoted fanbase (who were often also Rachel Stamp, Placebo and Manic Street Preachers fans), although they never made a real impression on the mainstream. They were heavily publicised by melody maker magazine, before the publishers decided to end the publication, and “merge” it with nme, and initially got some exposure in UK Kerrang!, leading to modest success. However, when Melody Maker folded in 2000, the band’s profile, and record sales, faded with it, and they were dropped by Superior Quality Recordings, who had released their debut album, Vibrate You. However, thanks to the loyalty of their fanbase, King Adora did manage to continue touring, and released Who Do You Love? on Discovery in 2004. Sadly, the buzz that had surrounded the band back in 2000 never really returned, and they called it a day in September 2005. However, Maxi Browne and Martyn Nelson have gone on to form another band, the high society, with three new members; the high society made their live debut in March 2006.

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Who Do You Love?
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Smoulder
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King Adora Vibrate You
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Top Tracks

1	Big Isn't Beautiful	40
2	Suffocate	26
3	Smoulder	24
4	Aftertime	17
5	Friday Night Explodes	15
6	Bionic	14
7	Supermuffdiver	11
7	Aceface	11
9	We Are Heroes	10
9	The Law	10
9	Asthmatic	10
12	Scream and Shout	9
12	Whether	9
12	Music Takes You	9
15	Kamikaze	8

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harlotqueen wrote:
Friday evening

I have to say they were shite live, only played for 20 minutes!

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bitter_emotion wrote:
December 2008

LOVE THEM

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skimo19 wrote:
October 2008

http://www.myspace.com/highsocietyuk Maxi Browne's current band, similar to KA!

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Hey_Mr_Chaos wrote:
October 2008

i remmeber seeing them live... they were very unentertainingg and stuck up... but I still loved them

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yyydanyyy wrote:
September 2008

id've loved to have seen this band or even got it when they were first around. the thing is though i remember hearing the song smoulder when i was young. but who would play that in my family? no-one is that cool. kudos to whoever.

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Vaidosa wrote:
September 2008

Love this record

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joinroe wrote:
September 2008

You guys were fantastic.

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phenobarbidoll8 wrote:
August 2008

Aww!!!! nostaliga!!

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seks_grupowy wrote:
July 2008

skinny is sexy!

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Talks2Angels wrote:
June 2008

classic.

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madmazz83 wrote:
April 2008

God! these gus bring back some memories! best years of my teenage years!! still got everything by them all autogrphed as well! such a shame they split! mazz xx

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Solegrelon wrote:
March 2008

This band rocks! I need to get one of their albums... badly! <333 It's a shame they split :(

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SiLvErMaN321 wrote:
March 2008

so under rated. they got such a good sound!

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SilverTongue888 wrote:
October 2007

I got both their albums. I loved this band so much, criminally overlooked.

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Absinth_Minded wrote:
September 2007

It's good to see that there are at least someone else than me who understood the greatness of these guys. Not enough by a longshot, but it's something.

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leecyberblu wrote:
August 2007

I remember when I met these guys outside Exeter, they were so friendly :), asked us to come back stage when the next played :), but alas they split, I don't know what to think of Maxi's new band, it just ain't the same hehe :)

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leecyberblu wrote:
August 2007

COOOOOOOOME BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK DONT EVER TRUST THE ONES YOU LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE

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candysugardandy wrote:
July 2007

Who do you Love? amazing. :) <3 leecyberblu, ditto.

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leecyberblu wrote:
July 2007

I will always love these guys

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candysugardandy wrote:
February 2007

Been listening to these for about 4 yrs now, Vibrate You is an amazing ablum.

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