This band can be a serious rabbit hole for you... I could easily recommend 20 or more songs. I saw them live at least 3 times. They're phenomenal musically and vocally and are only a trio.
In the day they used to be called “thinking man’s metal.” There’s an argument to be made that the heavy sound of 90’s grunge actually began in Texas in the 80’s with this band. They had Christian rock and progressive rock roots, but added soul and a bit of Hendrix vibe to that mix. Ty Tabor was an early advocate of Drop-D tuning, which gave the guitars a deeper and more menacing chunk to them, but his use of a specific limited-run model of Fender Elite Strat and a solid state Lab Series L5 amp is what gave him a tone like no other guitarists of the day. Dug Pinnick bass sound, having to more or less double as a rhythm guitar in the band’s three piece arrangement, came from playing 8 or 12-string basses. That filled in the lows and mids sufficiently for Ty to solo over them without thinning out the mix too much. Then there are the vocals. Ty’s voice almost sounds Lennon-esque, and he sings lead on many songs in their catalogue. Jerry Gaskill, the drummer, also sings back-up. But the vocal star of the show is Dug, who has an unmistakable, confident, soulful voice, instantly making the King’s X sound stand out from the rest of the hard rock/metal crowd. This band is revered by other musicians and bands in a similar fashion to the way Rush is. Unlike Rush, however, they haven’t achieved mega-stardom, which most fans view (myself included) as a colossal example of cosmic injustice. They do well enough to continue as a band and have a cult-like fan base who will never allow them to fail as a commercial entity. That said, most people in the 90’s would have predicted King’s X to be insanely successful and popular, given their obvious talent and creativity. Sadly, the super-stardom that they so richly deserve has thus far eluded them. Watch their more recent live shows in 600-1,000 seat theaters and clubs. It’s like a church service, and everyone in attendance knows all the lyrics to all the songs. You’ll thank me later.
Thank you....great analysis. I have been a huge fan of theirs since the 80's, and have seen them several times. They talk to fans after the show and Dug gave me a poster which they all signed. Very cool. This band fires on all cylinders. Dynamics, complexity, groove, with smooth transitions and amazing vocals. ✌🐾
I saw them late 90's (part of a larger lineup) and had no idea they had already been going nearly 2 decades even back then. Dug (and possibly Jerry) are now in their early 70's..and Ty can't be too far behind. They never became as big as they should have been...probably due to a detour as a Christian backing band in the mid 80's even though they were never Christian artists themselves.
These guys are the best groove rock band ever! Grew up with the lead singer and bassist and his voice is known throughout the rock community. Deep Purple asked him to take over and he said “no I have my own thing“! Just ran across your review in my thread because I saw Kings X and just subbed!!! MORE KX! Check out shoes, cigarettes, groove machine, pillow and their infamous Goldilox!!!!
Doug had a strong Christian upbringing and that help define his lyrical style. Living in the South me and my friends attended services with our black friends and the way he sings is what church in the black community sounds like. ROCK ON!!!!!!
Yeah man.. thats metal. Great band! Kind of underground, they are often called the bands favorite band. Excellent live!! I love the soul sound of doug pinnicks vocals. They arent a one trick pony, lots of good songs and a fairly big catalogue
I love seeing new folks get turned on to King's X. I've been a fan of theirs since 1989 and I've seen them 12 or 13 times over the years. They are the nicest guys and they love playing LOUD! It's awesome that you dug them!
They asked him to sing for Deep Purple back in the day...great band! Can’t way for you to do some Fishbone! Ma & Pa, Servitude, Cholly, Bonin’ in the boneyard!! ✌🏻❤️🕺🏻
They have elements of metal, blues rock, funk, soul, and hip hop. I’d say they were a progressive grunge band or an alternative metal band. Unique in their own way wasn’t anything like them except maybe Living Color too a point.
I think they are classified as Progressive Metal. There's all these sub genre within the genre. Try their song Over My Head. This band is one of the most underrated bands out there and still going. They love making music or they would have quit long ago.
Great 👍 reaction. King’s X Is one of my favorite bands I saw them perform at the Fillmore in San Francisco many years back and they were on fire. Lots of energy and great musicianship. Another great song by them is Over my Head. BTW Happy 😃 Birthday!!! My nephew was born in January too.
Heavy metal like Rap has MANY styles like Common, Ice Cube, Biggie and Kebrick Lamar same umbrella different flowers underneath check out Moan Jam by Kings X.
@@arsxxmoriendi That was more of an "and" not a "but". Dogman was definitely in a different lane than grunge, but also a shift from the earlier stuff soundwise.
Being labeled a Christian band hurt them early on. Spiritual doesn’t mean Christian, If you see them live, Doug’s sermons during the break in Over My Head can be hard on organized religion. Who are these people behind the stained glass windows? Have they forgotten what they came here for? They can’t be categorized, which is also why they never achieved the success they deserved. They are unique and incomparable.
of course check out all their records.. but also check out Doug's (the singer) "Poundhound" album... notice the spray the powder up in the air line before it was cool in the NBA..
Not heavy metal, I think King's X is technically a "progressive rock" band (like Rush) but... since they did invent Grunge I guess you could also call them a Grunge band but honestly I don't think they fit into a category which is part of the reason they're not bigger than the Beatles. You can't put them in a box.
Not metal, but they did tour with some metal bands such as Pantera back in the 90's. Some of their stuff might be considered hard rock, but most isnt at all. Lots of 90's grunge bands credit Kings X for the drop D sound that defined early grunge.
Musicians love this band and widely consider them the "godfathers of grunge."Thing is,if you take in their catalog...you just can't put a label on them,other than real good music.Actually,a lot of their stuff is really weird,even for a die-hard fan like me.Give them a listen and you are bound to put a boatload of King'sX on your Playlist. Keep rocking!
Is that heavy metal? Truth is, no one's ever been able to "categorize" them and that's been one reason a lot of people suggested they never "made it big."
I've never heard of this group, but it's not really my genre. I liked it more than I thought I would because you could really hear the blues influence (I love the blues). It would be interesting to hear another track from them. They may not become a new favorite for me, but I appreciate learning about other peoples favorites. Thanks.
They have been around since 1980. They do vary as good bit at times from album to album. They are getting ready to put out another soon. Gretchen goes to Nebraska is one of their fan faves from the early years.
Dude, you gonna need an appointment book and start dropping your reaction videos to premiere at a certain time slot with all of the special requests you are getting.
@@TommiBrem Cool! I was fortunate enough to see them play in a couple of small joints when "The Real Thing" first came out, before they started to take off. A theater in Philly and a club in Baltimore. Friggin' awesome!
Most criminally underrated band in history
The greatest band you've never heard of!...until NOW!
This band can be a serious rabbit hole for you... I could easily recommend 20 or more songs. I saw them live at least 3 times. They're phenomenal musically and vocally and are only a trio.
Try Music Over My Head....very similar to Dogman
Lost In Germany is addictive.
@@whoworks1302 I'll add just listen to all of Gretchen Goes to Nebraska. Masterpiece. Dogman, Faith Hope Love and Ogre Tones are fantastic as well.
King's X is the greatest rock band ever! They invented Grunge and then left it behind!
In the day they used to be called “thinking man’s metal.” There’s an argument to be made that the heavy sound of 90’s grunge actually began in Texas in the 80’s with this band. They had Christian rock and progressive rock roots, but added soul and a bit of Hendrix vibe to that mix. Ty Tabor was an early advocate of Drop-D tuning, which gave the guitars a deeper and more menacing chunk to them, but his use of a specific limited-run model of Fender Elite Strat and a solid state Lab Series L5 amp is what gave him a tone like no other guitarists of the day.
Dug Pinnick bass sound, having to more or less double as a rhythm guitar in the band’s three piece arrangement, came from playing 8 or 12-string basses. That filled in the lows and mids sufficiently for Ty to solo over them without thinning out the mix too much.
Then there are the vocals. Ty’s voice almost sounds Lennon-esque, and he sings lead on many songs in their catalogue. Jerry Gaskill, the drummer, also sings back-up. But the vocal star of the show is Dug, who has an unmistakable, confident, soulful voice, instantly making the King’s X sound stand out from the rest of the hard rock/metal crowd.
This band is revered by other musicians and bands in a similar fashion to the way Rush is. Unlike Rush, however, they haven’t achieved mega-stardom, which most fans view (myself included) as a colossal example of cosmic injustice. They do well enough to continue as a band and have a cult-like fan base who will never allow them to fail as a commercial entity. That said, most people in the 90’s would have predicted King’s X to be insanely successful and popular, given their obvious talent and creativity. Sadly, the super-stardom that they so richly deserve has thus far eluded them.
Watch their more recent live shows in 600-1,000 seat theaters and clubs. It’s like a church service, and everyone in attendance knows all the lyrics to all the songs.
You’ll thank me later.
Thank you....great analysis. I have been a huge fan of theirs since the 80's, and have seen them several times. They talk to fans after the show and Dug gave me a poster which they all signed. Very cool.
This band fires on all cylinders. Dynamics, complexity, groove, with smooth transitions and amazing vocals. ✌🐾
I saw them late 90's (part of a larger lineup) and had no idea they had already been going nearly 2 decades even back then. Dug (and possibly Jerry) are now in their early 70's..and Ty can't be too far behind. They never became as big as they should have been...probably due to a detour as a Christian backing band in the mid 80's even though they were never Christian artists themselves.
These guys are the best groove rock band ever! Grew up with the lead singer and bassist and his voice is known throughout the rock community. Deep Purple asked him to take over and he said “no I have my own thing“! Just ran across your review in my thread because I saw Kings X and just subbed!!! MORE KX! Check out shoes, cigarettes, groove machine, pillow and their infamous Goldilox!!!!
King's X - Over My Head will not disappoint.
My favorite band by far. There was a span of ten or so years that, if you got in my truck, you were gonna hear King's X.
The live child(ren) of Jimi Hendrix & The Beatles. 👊🏽✌🏽❤️
Doug had a strong Christian upbringing and that help define his lyrical style. Living in the South me and my friends attended services with our black friends and the way he sings is what church in the black community sounds like.
ROCK ON!!!!!!
Oh yeah, gospel vocal chops for daaaaays. Doug is phenomenal, just bursting with real soul.
@@arsxxmoriendi Rock on man, ROCK ON!!!🤟
Kings X is a criminally underated band. Check out Over My Head and Goldilox. Thanx. 😄🤟👍❤️🎵 I would catagorize them as rock music.
King's X the best band you've never heard of. My favorite band X1000
MONSTER trio!! I put them vs any other! THEE most criminally underrated band in history!
Yeah man.. thats metal. Great band! Kind of underground, they are often called the bands favorite band. Excellent live!! I love the soul sound of doug pinnicks vocals. They arent a one trick pony, lots of good songs and a fairly big catalogue
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dug Pinnick is a killer bassist, and what a voice! Thanks for posting. Love Kings X.
I love seeing new folks get turned on to King's X. I've been a fan of theirs since 1989 and I've seen them 12 or 13 times over the years. They are the nicest guys and they love playing LOUD!
It's awesome that you dug them!
KingsX, the greatest band you have never heard of.
They asked him to sing for Deep Purple back in the day...great band! Can’t way for you to do some Fishbone! Ma & Pa, Servitude, Cholly, Bonin’ in the boneyard!! ✌🏻❤️🕺🏻
Fishbone is red hot!
No Fear
Great band! Underrated for sure.
Saw King's X and had to see the reaction. Subscribed. This band is like JJ Cale in that they are not well known but are frickin fantastic.
This is one of the best bands I've ever seen live. Huge influence on the 90's sound. Thanks for reviewing such a unique, amazing and important band.
Loved watching this vid. 4:10 "King's X ... OK..." LOL ... a whole new day is dawning...
They have elements of metal, blues rock, funk, soul, and hip hop. I’d say they were a progressive grunge band or an alternative metal band. Unique in their own way wasn’t anything like them except maybe Living Color too a point.
I agree, that's sick. One of the best songs ever.
alright I love Kings X!
Jaymes Watson, Ive seen a few times live they are SO friend freindlly always come out to meet the fans 1 on 1!
They don't leave until they meet EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING is signed. Total gentleman no rockstar stuff at all
This whole album is sooo incredible!!!! But seriously check out ALL their stuff!!!’
Faith, Hope & Love my good ppl
I think they are classified as Progressive Metal. There's all these sub genre within the genre. Try their song Over My Head. This band is one of the most underrated bands out there and still going. They love making music or they would have quit long ago.
What a great band! "Out of the SIlent Planet", "Fade", "Lost In Germany"....there are too many songs to recommend!
one of the best bands ever.
Kings X rules!
Great 👍 reaction. King’s X Is one of my favorite bands I saw them perform at the Fillmore in San Francisco many years back and they were on fire. Lots of energy and great musicianship. Another great song by them is Over my Head. BTW Happy 😃 Birthday!!! My nephew was born in January too.
Man they’re 🔥🔥🔥 and HBD to your nephew!
Heavy metal like Rap has MANY styles like Common, Ice Cube, Biggie and Kebrick Lamar same umbrella different flowers underneath check out Moan Jam by Kings X.
Everybody I know who listens to this song shakes their head and does the "extreme stank face." You have to...you just...have to...
believe it or not they can have been called Prog rock I call them damn good! check out "Pray" a no lose band phenaminal LIVE
that whole album is phenomenal
This album, probably their masterpiece!! dUg!!! Ty’s tone on this record!And Jerry just digs a pocket, my goodness.
Everybody creaming their pants on Nirvana and grunge in 94...meanwhile King's X puts out Dogman.
@@arsxxmoriendi YES! But wasn't that producer a big grunge guy at the time? great meeting.
@@odinquincannon4237 my point is Dogman did not get the huge mainstream push it deserved.
@@arsxxmoriendi Not at all. I remember playing it in my office and coworkers loving it and rocking out to it and one or two going out and buying it.
@@arsxxmoriendi That was more of an "and" not a "but". Dogman was definitely in a different lane than grunge, but also a shift from the earlier stuff soundwise.
Black skies 💪🔥
I call it Hard Rock. But it is just semantics over words. It's just great music
Would love to see you react to Moanjam by Kings X
This is hard rock funk soul progressive to me
greatest band.
Yeah, BRO! Love it! It's not metal but it is heavy. Been into them since I was a kid. Glad you like it. BEST CHRISTIAN BAND EVER!
Being labeled a Christian band hurt them early on. Spiritual doesn’t mean Christian, If you see them live, Doug’s sermons during the break in Over My Head can be hard on organized religion. Who are these people behind the stained glass windows? Have they forgotten what they came here for? They can’t be categorized, which is also why they never achieved the success they deserved. They are unique and incomparable.
And you can't dance to ' em😎
New sub! Thanks for the awesome review of my all time favorite band Kings X
of course check out all their records.. but also check out Doug's (the singer) "Poundhound" album... notice the spray the powder up in the air line before it was cool in the NBA..
They’re basically rock
Teez:. Never heard of em.
ME:. Oh, you F#$KED UP!!! Say goodbye to the next six months.
That's early progressive melodic metal. Think Dream Theater.
They were big influences on Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Pantera. 🤘🏼
King's X greatest band no one's ever heard of.
Ya uploading some great stuff...subbed up..
Appreciate you!!
Real good band.
Not heavy metal, I think King's X is technically a "progressive rock" band (like Rush) but... since they did invent Grunge I guess you could also call them a Grunge band but honestly I don't think they fit into a category which is part of the reason they're not bigger than the Beatles. You can't put them in a box.
Not metal, but they did tour with some metal bands such as Pantera back in the 90's. Some of their stuff might be considered hard rock, but most isnt at all. Lots of 90's grunge bands credit Kings X for the drop D sound that defined early grunge.
Musicians love this band and widely consider them the "godfathers of grunge."Thing is,if you take in their catalog...you just can't put a label on them,other than real good music.Actually,a lot of their stuff is really weird,even for a die-hard fan like me.Give them a listen and you are bound to put a boatload of King'sX on your Playlist. Keep rocking!
Is that heavy metal? Truth is, no one's ever been able to "categorize" them and that's been one reason a lot of people suggested they never "made it big."
Heavy Blues man
King's X is the best! Doug Pinnick is a great singer!
If you like this try their song Over My Heaf
thx!
More kings. X
Next one Shoes or Human Behaivior
The solo in Flies and Blue Skies is sublime.
Heartily recommend the band sevendust. Similar vibe to these guys with the soulful vox and big riffs. but a bit more aggressive and chunky.
I've never heard of this group, but it's not really my genre. I liked it more than I thought I would because you could really hear the blues influence (I love the blues). It would be interesting to hear another track from them. They may not become a new favorite for me, but I appreciate learning about other peoples favorites. Thanks.
They have been around since 1980. They do vary as good bit at times from album to album. They are getting ready to put out another soon. Gretchen goes to Nebraska is one of their fan faves from the early years.
Maybe check out something mellower from them like "Pleiades," or "Over My Head" to hear more of their gospel influence.
Here's another fantastic King's X tune: ruclips.net/video/ZPF_re3oHOk/видео.html
Dude, I consider King's X to be Blues Funk Rock
Check their NEW RECORD; just came out ;)
Dude, you gonna need an appointment book and start dropping your reaction videos to premiere at a certain time slot with all of the special requests you are getting.
It’s honestly insane right now lol that’s why I tell ppl to turn on my notifications lol like seriously
Time for some early Faith No More, it seems.
Chinese Arithmetic!!!
Such a great rabbit hole to fall down.
Yeah! Chuck Mosley style!
@@michaelsmyth500 I used to have that very first vinyl. So awesome. My favourite is probably still Live at the Brixton Academy.
@@TommiBrem Cool! I was fortunate enough to see them play in a couple of small joints when "The Real Thing" first came out, before they started to take off. A theater in Philly and a club in Baltimore. Friggin' awesome!
Man I wish I could grow dreds like dUg but I'm white and my hair won't do that.
Not heavy metal, more hard rock