@Richard Lundmark 11626 wrote:
Welcome Daniel!
I was in highschool 1991 when both Nirvana’s Nevermind AND Metallica’s Black album were released, so I hear you well!
Those were golden years of music and grunge! I was totally hooked on Nirvana, but perhaps even more so on
Pearl Jam, Soundgarden (and their INCREDIBLE) side project Temple of the Dog.
But, ALL those great acts had to take the back seat in my listening when King’s X released their self entitled album in 1992,
that was by far the single most important album in my formative years! Their Follow up Dogman in -94 continued to blow my mind!
Hey Richard, š
I agree about Temple Of The Dog. That album was great! (Especially Chris Cornell, who was “otherworldly/superhuman” in both his writing AND vocal-pefromances on that record and a couple of Soundgarden albums too!) š
BTW, I didn’t know you were a fan of King’s X?!? I used to be OBSESSED with those guys back in the day! Actually, a guitar-player friend of mine back then turned me onto King’s X. I’ll never forget. It was 1989, and a few musician-buddies and I sat in this guys living room (with a frosty beverage of choice, but I digress…LOL!) and proceeded to be both blown away AND mesmerized by the tight/heavy/funky/melodic music of Ty Tabor, Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill, as well as their AMAZING vocal-harmonies integrated into their heavy-yet-grooving style of music! (I should probably mention that the band’s longtime manager during the 80’s and early-90’s – Sam Taylor, a ZZ-Top Video-Producer – was very involved in helping King’s X discover/define/manufacture their style/sound!) The CD was King’s X’s sophomore/2nd-LP on Megaforce Records, and it was titled “Gretchen Goes To Nebraska.” In my opinion, this record is an absolute MASTERPIECE! (Their first LP on Megaforce (“Out Of The Silent Planet”) and their 3rd Megaforce-LP (“Faith, Hope, Love”) are also amazing too!) With such a heavy, rhythmically-tight and yet harmonically-rich style that King’s X delivered in the studio, it was amazing to find out later on when I saw them live in concert, that they were capable of reproducing in their live-show, 95% of what they captured in the studio! š® š It blew me away that they could be laying down those ultra-heavy, yet funky dropped-D riff-based songs, and yet STILL be singing like birds!!! Unbelievable! š What an amazing band! š
King’s X’ style has always been uniquely their’s, but when pressed to describe their style to unknowing inquisitors, I’d sometimes say: “Picture Sly Stone singing for Black Sabbath covering the Beatles’ – Abbey Road album, with an amalgamation of Brian May, Alex Lifeson, and Robin Trower on guitar!!!” If that makes any sense?!? – LOL! š
~Bill Meehan~ š
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