KING’S X: King’s X LP 1992 (4th, S.T). The greatest ever cult rock band. Check Videos “Black Flag”, a review video and an exclusive video of the LP on sale

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King X is the self-titled album of the band King X. It was well received by critics, but failed to be a commercial hit.

Jerry Gaskill [Kings X drummer ] has a vivid memory of being chased down the street by Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. Gaskill’s band, the Texan trio King’s X, had rolled into Seattle on the tour to promote their debut album, 1988’s Out Of The Silent Planet. Many of the leading players in the city’s nascent grunge scene had turned out to see them, including members of Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone as well as Alice In Chains.

It was after the show that Gaskill found himself accosted by Staley. The Kings’s X drummer was on his way to get some food when he heard footsteps hammering behind him.

“I see this guy hurtling down the street towards me, going: ‘Jerry! Jerry! I love your band, man!’” remembers Gaskill, as softly spoken and modest a man as you could ever hope to meet. “It was Layne. For some reason they all were really supportive of us up there. We became friends with a lot of those guys.”

Staley wasn’t the only superstar besotted with King’s X. In the early 90s, at the height of his own band’s success, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament declared on MTV that “King’s X invented grunge”. Ament’s rationale was sound. In the era of Guns N’ Roses and Poison, King’s X, with their drop-D guitar tunings, sounded like nothing else around. But even if they had sparked off that movement – which is debatable anyway – that doesn’t tell the whole story. They also drew on a deep well of influences that ran from The Beatles (their effortless melodicism and immaculate harmonies) to Motörhead (the metallic ring of frontman Dug – formerly Doug – Pinnick’s bass sound was the heaviest thing this side of Lemmy) and even Joshua Tree-era U2 (their songs possessed an enigmatic, uplifting, spiritual edge).

The British music press went into meltdown. Out of nowhere, this trio of unlikely looking men in their greatcoats and military jackets became magazine cover stars. The band’s first three albums – Out Of The Silent Planet, 1989’s Gretchen Goes To Nebraska and 1991’s Faith, Hope, Love – were each individually hailed as the future of rock.

Track listing:
“”The World Around Me”” – 2:56

“”Prisoner”” – 4:14
“”The Big Picture”” – 5:03
“”Lost in Germany”” – 4:52

“”Chariot Song”” – 5:22
“”Ooh Song”” – 4:01
“”Not Just For the Dead”” – 4:47 This track’s soaring, sitar-assisted chorus is a rare ray of sunshine on the band’s dark fourth album, recorded as their relationship with their manager/producer went south.

“”What I Know About Love”” – 5:38
“”Black Flag”” – 4:01

“”Dream in My Life”” – 4:57
“”Silent Wind”” – 4:10
All songs written by Pinnick, Tabor & Gaskill, except “”Prisoner,”” written by Pinnick, Tabor, Gaskill, Taylor, and Marty Warren.

Doug Pinnick- bass/vocals
Ty Tabor- guitar/vocals
Jerry Gaskill- drums/vocals
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There a lot to be happy about here, as is usually the case with this Texas trio. Robin Trower meets the Beatles on the hypnotic “”What I Know About Love,”” the most dazzling track on the album, a slow and sinister blues that finds bassist-super vocalist Doug Pinnick – flanked on the chorus by the ethereal harmonies of drummer Jerry Gaskill and guitarist Ty Tabor – busting a gut on pearls like “”I work so hard/Just to keep this treasure chest of traaaaash!”” “”Lost in Germany,”” a paean to tour burnout, is King X at its finest – all choppy rhythms, rangy melody and sublimely pretty vocals. The band choirboy approach can border on the saccharine if care isn’t taken to have the guitars pulling their fair share, and on tracks like “”Germany”” and the deliciously fat and lumbering “”Ooh Song,”” the band and longtime producer Sam Taylor give axes and arias equal time. The result is a cloud of sound dense enough to wallow in.

While King X doesn’t offer any radical departures from the band instantly identifiable musical approach, the lyrics are another matter entirely. On three tracks – “”Silent Wind,”” “”Lost in Germany”” and “”Black Flag”” (during which Tabor wrestles with what he thinks is depression, only to decide it was just a bad ‘tude) – the band comes as close as it ever has to actually sounding disturbed about something, and it about time. In the past, the group tendency to shy away from everyday angst often made its lyrics hard to relate to. Getting angry is human, after all – and it a relief to know that the members of King X are, too.
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King X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion pop groups. The band lyrics are largely based on the members’ struggles with religion and self-acceptance.
Since being signed to Megaforce Records in 1987, King X has released twelve studio albums, one official live album, and several independent releases. The band is currently recording for the InsideOut Music label, and continues to tour with each new release. Early in their major label career, they had many opening slots on arena tours, but lately the band, for the most part, headline their own shows playing mostly clubs and smaller venues.
Each member of the group has recorded solo albums and has made numerous guest appearances on other artists’ albums and compilation projects. Doug Pinnick and Ty Tabor also have albums released with side bands that they participate in.
Despite the band members having varying degrees of Christian beliefs through the years and the group having had early dealings in the Contemporary Christian market, the members of King X have never considered themselves a “”Christian”” band. However, some of their early lyrical themes (especially the first three albums) have led to some people labeling the group as such, which all three members strongly oppose.

 

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