King's X

By their fifth album, things had started to change. As mentioned before, the religious conviction of the bass player and main singer, Doug Pinnick, had started to wane. A bad break with their manager Sam Taylor had brought a more cynical turn to the lyrics, a less-polished more garage sound, and a touch of anger that has still remained in one form or another. What resulted was their hardest, rawest album of their career, and one of the best, Dogman. This entire album r... MORE

Going back to their first album, Out of the Silent Planet, brings this standout track. This is another of the concert staples, and is an example of their "softer" side. Check out the bass solo halfway through. Subtle yet beautiful.

For my next post, "the hook," as contra would refer to it, I've gone to their second album, Gretchen Goes to Nebraska. This song is one of the staples of the King's X live show, and is a great example of their "early" sound.

it's always cool to hear your band on tv or in strange places. and for anyone who is a King's X fan, and a Letterman fan, you know that Paul's Band plays them on show every so often. Cool right? So I'm watching Letterman Thursday for the Artie segment, and as the segment ended, Paul and the band played it out with We Were Born To Be Loved (WWBTBL). If you skip to the end, about 6:20 or so, you'll catch it.

Lonely days will come and go,
nothing new unless you're bold,
revolution number 19 brand new wave of anger, Stain yourself with pumpkin pie, liquid tattoo I got mine,
don't forget forgetfulness, call it deconstruction There is no room inside a box,
there is no room inside. Way down in the deep depress,
colder than the coldest yes,
we all know about loneliness
others to another, just a place to run and hide
just a place to free your mind,
just a place to break the chains
and find... MORE

Okay, last one. Maybe 5 is too much for one night, but when the music is this good you gotta go where it takes you. There are three songs that are basically required at a King's X show. I've already posted two of them, (numbers 2 and 3 of my postings, for those of you keeping score at home). This is the third. Back to Faith, Hope, Love again for what is one of my all time songs by any band, ever. Not only does this song rock, but it's got a great groove section in th... MORE

I've been in a King's X kind of mood lately. For those of you not familiar, King's X is a power trio from Houston, Texas that formed in the mid 80's. Back then, they were unusual in the fact that they were a Christian band in the non-Chrsitian music world. They had an unusual, very recognizable sound, and quickly made a name for themselves in some circles for their incredible musical prowess and interesting songs. Eventually, about five albums in, they started to move... MORE

"sometimes you fell like you just can't get out"

I've been off MOG for a couple of days, so my timing is a little off. But I don't care. We recently had our first named storm in the Atlantic (nothing to worry about, fizzled out as soon as it formed, pretty much), which begins another summer of watching, as my friend put it once, "being on the receiving end of God's game of weather darts." Okay, not quite Shakespeare. In honor of the 2007 hurricane season, I'd like to post a track from King's X's latest album, calle... MORE

I have been thinking about the heavy of so called heavy metal. So much of it's drivel. Especially radio corporate whore "metal". I hate it. So, in essence, I have been listening to some of the older stuff I don't get out to listen to that much; cause I am so burnt out on the whole metalcore scene. Cathedral and Godflesh mostly with a bit of Poison Idea and Anthrax and Flipper to add into the mix... okay, I am drifting from my point here. I have been toying with this ... MORE

there's not much to say here except this song has kept me alive many a time. God i love dUg

When I was in my early 20’s, the band that meant more to me than any other was King’s X. I remember the first time I saw the video for It’s Love, it was in my best friend Ryan’s basement, he had MTV, and we were always watching it, that was when they still played videos… Ryan bought the tape a little while later, the Faith, Hope, and Love album, and we listened to it and it was too much for me. It was so dense that I was worn out by listening to it. Looking back this might... MORE