Kings' X

Aidanspaghetti

What a band. Love them to bits.... Havent seen them live yet but hopefully! 
Any other fans here? 
Favorite album/tracks? 
Personally Im a big fan of Faith,Hope,Love and the eponymous album. 
Really enjoy Ty Tabors style and ever-changing tone.. I'll shut up before I come across as a loony...

scrumhalf

I saw them at the Astoria (I think) in c89/90 and all I could say on the way home was "Unbelievable, fucking unbelievable".

They should have been huge, but too many people find it difficult to hear properly when they have their head stuck up their arse.

A wonderful band.

Philly_Q

I think I've seen them about five times (which is a lot for me), but all a very long time ago.  Starting with the headlining Marquee show in 1988, then twice(?) at the Astoria, once at the Scala... maybe there was another Marquee show, I forget.

They were my favourite band for a while (although I could say that of many bands).  The first four albums are absolutely wonderful.  A lot of people pick Gretchen Goes To Nebraska as the best - it was certainly very highly praised at the time, including by peers like Scott Ian and Billy Sheehan, I remember.  But I think they got it just about perfect on the very first album, and my favourite song on that one is "Power Of Love".

I carried on buying the later stuff, but although I'm glad they've managed to keep going I think they lost something which never quite came back.  I don't really enjoy any of the albums after, well.... Dogman.

Kebabkid

Yep. Fabulous powerhouse of a trio with good vocals and I saw them at The Astoria but I can't remember when (The Intergalactic Cowboys supported), and GGTN is the obvious one and 'Over my head' but it's all good and I love Ty Tabor's style and sound.

BGG

Seen them twice, once in the 90’s and once on the last UK tour, incredible. 

Philly_Q

Kebabkid said:

Yep. Fabulous powerhouse of a trio with good vocals and I saw them at The Astoria but I can't remember when (The Intergalactic Cowboys supported), and GGTN is the obvious one and 'Over my head' but it's all good and I love Ty Tabor's style and sound.

Just Galactic Cowboys, they didn't go Inter.     Another favourite band of mine.

Kebabkid

Philly_Q said:

Kebabkid said:

Yep. Fabulous powerhouse of a trio with good vocals and I saw them at The Astoria but I can't remember when (The Intergalactic Cowboys supported), and GGTN is the obvious one and 'Over my head' but it's all good and I love Ty Tabor's style and sound.

Just Galactic Cowboys, they didn't go Inter.     Another favourite band of mine.

Cheers and can you believe Doug Pinnick is 74 yrs old???

Philly_Q

Kebabkid said:

Philly_Q said:

Kebabkid said:

Yep. Fabulous powerhouse of a trio with good vocals and I saw them at The Astoria but I can't remember when (The Intergalactic Cowboys supported), and GGTN is the obvious one and 'Over my head' but it's all good and I love Ty Tabor's style and sound.

Just Galactic Cowboys, they didn't go Inter.     Another favourite band of mine.

Cheers and can you believe Doug Pinnick is 74 yrs old???

He manages to look improbably fit and healthy, but at the same time scrawny and ancient.  I think he lives on weed and never eats.

Aidanspaghetti

What's the concensus on the respective solo.albums and collaborations? What's worth a listen? I wasn't too into the KMX thing...

Philly_Q

Aidanspaghetti said:

What's the concensus on the respective solo.albums and collaborations? What's worth a listen? I wasn't too into the KMX thing...

I've got a few of the older ones - Poundhound, Supershine, The Mob, a couple of Ty's early solo albums and Jelly Jam records.  I could never really get into them, largely because they lack the King's X harmony vocal thing which is maybe what I liked most about them in the first place.

horse

I still enjoy when I listen to any of the first 5 albums. Saw them in Milton Keynes on Faith Hope Love tour (which blew my teenage muso mind), then at Rock City after Dogman.

I wasn't so keen on the eponymous album at the time - songs didn't connect and it sounded too clean maybe, but it has aged well imo and I enjoy it more now.

axisus

I got on board with the first album. The first three albums were all brilliant. Saw them live at some point around Gretchen, and they were AMAZING live! An incredible power trio, but the secret was that they wrote songs that sounded HUGE live. 

But, then I forgot them for a few years. I picked up the Dogman album and it just didn't do it for me. Not heard any others.

Fave track - Over my head. Incredible live song


Absolutely a band that should have had more success.

rossyamaha

Not sure they have made a bad album. Seen them a few times and the noise that those 3 guys can make is utterly incredible. 

I've always found it interesting how Ty's tone has changed through the years. 

Philly_Q

Well, this has got me back listening to King's X again.    

I'm on the fourth, self-titled, album right now... I tend to fall back on Out of the Silent Planet when I haven't heard the band for ages, but the self-titled is my second favourite.  I'd forgotten how good it is, love the riffs and guitar solos and the shared vocals on Prisoner are just wonderful.  And the very end of the fade-out of Ooh Song is possibly my favourite moment on any album, ever.

And then I listened to Ear Candy - which is better than I remembered, at times, but also pretty so-so to a large extent.  It doesn't sound dated, but I don't think my opinion's changed much compared with 30 years ago.

Aidanspaghetti

Prisoner, what a tune.. Kind of sums them up really! Ty has that incredible knack of writing awesome backing parts - especially during the chorus of their tunes. I would love to pick up one of those pedals that was based on the Lab series.....

HerrMetal

Astoria, April 1990 for me. Still listen to the first four albums.

axisus

HerrMetal said:

Astoria, April 1990 for me. Still listen to the first four albums.

Could have been the gig I was at! Definitely the Astoria

scrumhalf

If it was the one where they were supported by the Galactic Cowboys then I was also there. The Cowboys were a surprise, really enjoyed their set.

I got the Space In Your Face album and that was great, although they did that annoying thing of sticking a track at the end of the CD after loads of short, empty tracks.

strumjoughlamps

I liked them up to and including Dogman, which is a great album with the O’Brien stamp of approval.

Goldilox has always been my fave song, OotSP was one of the albums that transitioned me from Electro/Hip Hop to Indie/Rock

Philly_Q

scrumhalf said:

If it was the one where they were supported by the Galactic Cowboys then I was also there. The Cowboys were a surprise, really enjoyed their set.

I got the Space In Your Face album and that was great, although they did that annoying thing of sticking a track at the end of the CD after loads of short, empty tracks.

Galactic Cowboys are - at least as far as I know - still going, and the most recent** album, with the reunited original lineup, is most excellent.

(** 2017, bloody hell, those seven years have gone fast...)

prowla

Good to see the bass bloke had a platform to promote his pedals.