KING'S X BAND PAGE
 KING'S X
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CURRENT NAME
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King's X |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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USA |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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InsideOut Music |
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GENRE
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Metal; Progressive rock |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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BAND ADDED
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2005-08-01, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2005-08-01, 00:00 |
A guy from Jersey, one from Illinois, and another from Mississippi...what are the odds?
Doug Pinnick came from Joliet, IL and grew up in a "musical" damily where everybody sang. Jerry Gaskill hails from Bradenton, New Jersey. Ty Tabor began playing bluegrass with his family at an early age in Mississippi...So, how did they come together?
Doug and Jerry met while both were touring with the Christian rock band Petra. The two attended a gig at Evangel college in Springfield, MO and spotted a blazing guitar player... who happened to be a young Ty Tabor. Doug and Jerry felt charged and went home to look up Ty in the phone book! After some convincing the three formed a band, initially called the Edge in 1980, initially specializing in cover tunes (ranging from Top 40 to Beatles, The Police and U2). The Edge played the Missouri bar scene for a few years gathering a moderate following. Many of these early recordings still exist today in the King's X fan community. The band changed their name to "Sneak Preview" around 1983 and released a self titled LP under the same name with all original material. The material was pop 80's rock but is still of great interest to King's X fans as the genesis of some later King's X songs come from this album. Notably the track "The Door" which became "Picture" on the band's Ear Candy album released 13 years after the initial track was recorded. At the promise of a record deal the group moved to Houston in 1985. The original deal fell through but the band met up with Z.Z. Top video producer Sam Taylor, who took them under his wing and suggested the name King's X, after a local band he was fond of in high school. After several attempts, King's X finally scored a deal with the independent Megaforce label. The show at Cat Club in New York City (1987?) is slated by the band to be the showcase performance for Jon and Marsha Zazula of Megaforce. Rumor has it Jonny Z signed them right then and there after the stirring performance.
| Former members Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
