Kings X are the most criminally underrated rock band ever. They are incredible and yet seem to have bypassed most people's radar. Well that's their loss. I am one of the lucky ones who have found Kings X and therefore enjoy their wonderful music.
Your favorite metal band’s favorite metal band. No fakery. No pre-recorded backing tracks, vocal pitch correction, midi-triggered synth pads, nothing but talent and edgy, courageous musicianship. It is hard to overstate how incredible this band is.
I still can't believe this band didn't sell 432,640,171,440,330,450,202 albums. Oh well, doesn't make them any less awesome. That bass, that guitar sound, those beats, those vocals? Damn.
@@derrickcochrane9250 love the Cowboys! Did you ever hear the first actual album which was called The Awful Truth? The band was called the Awful Truth as well. I believe there was one extra member which didn't remain but otherwise the same guys. Awesome album!
I can't believe it, a rock video with "normal" film techniques -- no rapid-fire scene cuts, no crazy zooming in and out and camera shaking, no "look how clever I am" editing effects... amazing...
I work in Hollywood and can't stand that kind of bullshit. Just tell the fucking story, we don't need to see every trick you learned in film school. It pisses me off.
The song at 12:30 is "Sometime"--not "Sometimes". Not being a smartass haha...those are actually two distinct songs in their discography. But for all I know, you already knew that and that was just a typo on your part. Either way, have a good one! ;D
I know they should have been huge. But I'm just grateful I got to know who this fabulous band was. I could listen exclusively to Kings X and all the solo stuff Ty,Dug and Jerry put out and be happy and need nothing else. That's how much they mean to me.
I remember this... I was Dug's Tech hiding behind his speakers. They did a great job on the video. Ty was going through his frog stage lol. LOL there I am at 5:16. Good times... I miss it. Got to meet a lot of really cool people around the world. Damn... 25 years ago. Maybe some of y'all remember me as Splat. If we met, thanks for being cool to me. This one time just before encore I ran backstage to take a piss, usually it took them at least 5 mins to come back so I thought I had plenty of time. When I got back the drum tech said where the hell did you go DuG's bass didn't work and he smashed it. I thought, well I'm fired... I said to DuG after the show I'm sorry I had to pee really bad and usually y'all take a while. He said "It's OK I didn't like that bass and I've always wanted to smash one." If I remember correctly, Ty or Jerry said "keep a bucket back there." LoL one of the moments I will never forget. LMAO King's X three of the coolest guys I ever met.
I recorded this on VHS back in the days. "Rockpalast" was THE program for the real music loving fans in Germany. You can tell they know how to do a proper mix. Just look at the adjustments during the first song - perfect! And the director/editor certainly knew the songs. Perfect camera work - they change cameras wherever you would look, too.
I love them man. Saw em; in 89. But listen how off the vocals are until Fade. It's a shame cause Rockpolast is renowned for its quality. Musically they are great here. Lucky you recorded it back then.
These guys were so on point. Melodies for days yet so heavy. So much love for this band. How you can get this tone from just three guys is unbelievable.
Nice guys.. They wandered outside the Lonestar in KCMO to thank those of us which showed up so early. Shook all of our hands. April 28, 1994. We sat with Tracy Wilde
Thank you Bryan Powers for this tour de force. As one clever commenter brilliantly stated "This is your favorite heavy metal band's favorite heavy metal band". I get more out of this performance every time I watch it. It's like comfort food, but it's good for you because it satisfies your soul!
Michael Curtis every concert after his very first is gonna be all downhill from his initial experience! Not hating by any means, quite the contrary actually! Just speaking from my own experience with Kings X! I saw them like 10 yrs ago and I've yet to have that life changing magic again to date! And I saw them at a small venue, about a full capacity of around 300 I'd say, so it was by far the best way to see them or any other band, because it's up close and so wonderfully personal! I have NEVER heard such sonic perfection before or to this very day, and I expect I never will again! I'm a musician myself and I've never had a band pull me in and take me on a musical ride like that in my life! I literally could not pick my jaw up off the floor the whole night! Amazing! I see this was quite a while back, so I hope the young man enjoyed it as much as these guys are so very capable of pulling him into that soul satisfying experience that is Kings X!
@@craigreed7555 Trust me on this Craig, based on what you just texted, go rent/download Rush 'Exit Stage Left' from 1981, their 2nd live album of one of the longest, unbroken trio's career in music history (40+ years!). I wouldn't have suggested this if you hadn't said you were a musician. Check out the Guitar Center videos of Ty Tabor showing and talking about how he came up with some of his most memorable licks: Yeah, Alex Lifeson was an enormous influence in his songwriting and sound. 8)
@@SquidgyPickle I know it's blasphemous but I could never stand Rush. Ever. There was nothing subtle about their music. Sure it was technical but it was forced. Nothing ever flowed with their music.
@@SquidgyPickle Correction: Musically Rush are the greatest. Geddy's voice great once they hit the 80's. I'll give it to you that his 70's voice was screechy/screamy/inacessible.
@@markc5771 Everything flowed. They are the masters of making odd times sound even/smooth. The smoothest transitions of any "prog" band. Thanks to Neil Peart's legendary drumming.
Sick as fuck. Seen these guys quite a few times, every tour since Gretchen, and have never seen the boys on a stage this big, where they actually always belonged.
this band playS so tight like the infamous ducks arse.ritchie blackmoore once said,,they ARE ONE HELL OF A BAND;I WOULDND FOLLOW THEM ON STAGE; ENUFF SAID:
I've seen King's X many many times and this is one of the best recordings of them. They are an incredible bands to see live and...everything. King's x rules.
At this point dUg was using Mesa Dual Rectifiers for his high gain. Signal was split. Lows went directly to the Ampeg bass amps and the highs went through the Mesas. Then recombined before hitting the cabs. A few years after this I talked to him about his setup after a gig in Seattle. Today you can get this tone all day of the week with a Darkglass X7 pedal. It reproduces his tone better than his own signature pedal from Tech 21. I have both.
The Angriest Bass Player Yes! When I saw them right after Dogman came out, he was using Traynor amps for the highs and SVT 4 Pros into SVT810 cabs. Monster tone that, I think is still orbiting the earth to this day.
I know this is an old post and you might know already but the new album is done and has been done for a while now. I think Covid delayed it but why it’s still not out, I don’t get and can’t find any news concerning why.
Doug probably has the longest arms I've seen on a bassist, so it looks that much cooler how low he wears his bass- and the fact he picks 🤌🏼 anyways, this is a great show- thanks for sharing! 😄
I was just watching the livestream of the London protests against lockdown and I couldn't help myself but to think how great it would be if someone in the crowd started singing "Music music, I hear music..." in the crowd, such a sing along song
Kings x not only start their chords perfectly at the same time, they also finish them together and play them all three with the perfectly identical energy level. And the drummer can stop and control the time between two pulses as he wants ;-)
These guys just blow my mind. How tight in concert do you want? Incredibly talented all 3 of them. Its amazing that they hardly took any breaks between songs, like they wanted to keep the groove rolling. Love your comment about Ty Tabor in PJ'S I guess if your him, it dosnt matter.
I was just watching the livestream of the protests in London against the lockdown, I kept imagining someone should start singing the words to Over My Head "Music Music I hear music, Music over my head, Oh oh oh lord" Such a sing along song
Where do I start about Kong's X? 1)Three of the most talented musicians on the planet. 2) Tight. 3) One of the greatest 3 Piece groups that ever walked the planet. 4) Phenomenon Music. I could go on for days. I have been a fan of theirs since the beginning.
We were born to be loved...Tight as fuck. Love KX so much. I'm sure this was mostly a neutral crowd and they're won over more and more through the set. Fantastic!
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Kings X are the most criminally underrated rock band ever. They are incredible and yet seem to have bypassed most people's radar. Well that's their loss. I am one of the lucky ones who have found Kings X and therefore enjoy their wonderful music.
Your favorite metal band’s favorite metal band.
No fakery. No pre-recorded backing tracks, vocal pitch correction, midi-triggered synth pads, nothing but talent and edgy, courageous musicianship.
It is hard to overstate how incredible this band is.
They're incredible, Gretchen Goes to Nebraska is like proto-grunge and alot of those bands in that scene borrowed alot of tricks from that one.
No kidding. They borrowed the drop D tuning.
Ty Tabor is so good he can play a show in what appears to be pajamas
Bwahahaha!!! The 90s...a rough time for fashion.
Got to be comfortable to deliver the killer solos-ha!
Those are peejamoos.
😂 that's hilarious lol he does look comfy lol love these guys🤘🏻
its called the 90s Erik
I still can't believe this band didn't sell 432,640,171,440,330,450,202 albums. Oh well, doesn't make them any less awesome. That bass, that guitar sound, those beats, those vocals? Damn.
...100 thumbs up from me...
That song writing!
Yes and an awesome copycat band Galactic Cowboys in which I love too!
@@derrickcochrane9250 love the Cowboys! Did you ever hear the first actual album which was called The Awful Truth? The band was called the Awful Truth as well. I believe there was one extra member which didn't remain but otherwise the same guys. Awesome album!
I can't believe it, a rock video with "normal" film techniques -- no rapid-fire scene cuts, no crazy zooming in and out and camera shaking, no "look how clever I am" editing effects... amazing...
I dislike those quick edits too.
I work in Hollywood and can't stand that kind of bullshit. Just tell the fucking story, we don't need to see every trick you learned in film school. It pisses me off.
I hate that too! I wonder if this is different because it's European? Or aimed at true music fans who actually want to see the musicians?
Because those efx weren't available in '99 maybe?..dumb comment.
@@michaelsteven1090 Think for a second. They were able to move a camera and cut to another angle in 1969, let alone 1999.
I've witnessed most of the Greatest Rock bands to ever be assembled..this is my Favorite band above all others..
That Pinnick bass tone!!!
My dad plays bass and says the Tech 21 dUg signature distortion pedal is the best he's ever used. I can't disagree with him.
@@tya8182 "Because Everyone Needs to CHUNK!" - dUg
0:00 Groove Machine
3:35 Dogman
7:54 Lost In Germany
12:30 Sometime
17:31 Fade
21:00 We Were Born To Be Loved
27:00 Lookin' For Love
30:45 Moanjam
The song at 12:30 is "Sometime"--not "Sometimes". Not being a smartass haha...those are actually two distinct songs in their discography. But for all I know, you already knew that and that was just a typo on your part. Either way, have a good one! ;D
lowkey insane setlist, I would lose my shit if they played Fade or Moanjam again nowadays
Great service....thanks
Thank You
@@YouTubricant Just corrected it. LOL Better late than never.
Rocks. Gaskill pounds his soul right through the kit.
Excellent description! You can tell these guys do it for the love of the music!
And he does every single time he hits the drums!
such a criminally underrated band
Usually people say that (I’ve heard that about Pink Floyd no less) but in this case… it’s totally true!
I know they should have been huge. But I'm just grateful I got to know who this fabulous band was. I could listen exclusively to Kings X and all the solo stuff Ty,Dug and Jerry put out and be happy and need nothing else. That's how much they mean to me.
Me too brother!
Can’t believe how good they sound on “Lost In Germany” (song three)!!
One of the greatest bands ever. A three-headed orchestra.
I remember this... I was Dug's Tech hiding behind his speakers. They did a great job on the video. Ty was going through his frog stage lol. LOL there I am at 5:16. Good times... I miss it. Got to meet a lot of really cool people around the world. Damn... 25 years ago. Maybe some of y'all remember me as Splat. If we met, thanks for being cool to me. This one time just before encore I ran backstage to take a piss, usually it took them at least 5 mins to come back so I thought I had plenty of time. When I got back the drum tech said where the hell did you go DuG's bass didn't work and he smashed it. I thought, well I'm fired... I said to DuG after the show I'm sorry I had to pee really bad and usually y'all take a while. He said "It's OK I didn't like that bass and I've always wanted to smash one." If I remember correctly, Ty or Jerry said "keep a bucket back there." LoL one of the moments I will never forget. LMAO King's X three of the coolest guys I ever met.
I saw them in Calgary in '99 with the Galactic Cowboys. Two of my favorite bands of all time. I couldn't believe it when I saw the poster.
@@Mithrandir69 I was there.
Here I am more than 30 years later and still impacted by the powerful rock of King's X. I love them.
KINGS X are the real deal. Excellent.
There can be no balance in the universe until these badasses get their due…
Their due is coming
Just discovered king's x, unbelievable, great songs, amazing live performance, I'm hooked.
Welcome! I'm jealous you get to hear all their albums for the 1st time! Be sure to also explore all the side projects too! Lots of incredible output!
@@bryanpowers Thanks I will.
I'm with you!! Looking for some 'new' music and stumbled across these! Just ordered three albums off the back of this concert!!
Finally a high quality recording of this band live. Very tight rock. Love Tabor rhythm, tone and phrasing.
I recorded this on VHS back in the days. "Rockpalast" was THE program for the real music loving fans in Germany. You can tell they know how to do a proper mix. Just look at the adjustments during the first song - perfect!
And the director/editor certainly knew the songs. Perfect camera work - they change cameras wherever you would look, too.
I love them man. Saw em; in 89. But listen how off the vocals are until Fade. It's a shame cause Rockpolast is renowned for its quality. Musically they are great here. Lucky you recorded it back then.
Love his band
Jerry needs some credit for his singing as well..
His drumming is sick too
If there’s a drummer that plays with more heart and talent than Jerry, I ain’t never seen ‘em!
Dude I'm a drummer and even I agree with you
These guys were so on point. Melodies for days yet so heavy. So much love for this band. How you can get this tone from just three guys is unbelievable.
Nice guys.. They wandered outside the Lonestar in KCMO to thank those of us which showed up so early.
Shook all of our hands. April 28, 1994.
We sat with Tracy Wilde
This rockplast always had great production.
Jerry Gaskill is the most underrated drummer in rock and his solo albums kick ass just like he does. Hell, they all do. Period
There is no drummer on the planet more fun to watch play than Jerry Gaskill!!! They don't chant Jerry, Jerry, Jerry for nuthin''
If I could give this more thumbs up, I would. Thanks for posting this awesomeness!
Thank you Bryan Powers for this tour de force. As one clever commenter brilliantly stated "This is your favorite heavy metal band's favorite heavy metal band". I get more out of this performance every time I watch it. It's like comfort food, but it's good for you because it satisfies your soul!
Hands down the best band live that I have ever seen and one of my favorite bands ever!!
Roger that!👍👍✌
Quel fantastique groupe !!!
Ahhhhh! This band Rocks so hard my face melted!!!
The quality of sound is amazing! They'll be in Dallas in a couple of months. Gonna take my 14 year old Nephew to his first Rock Concert.
I'm 14 and seen them twice there my favorite band, got my picture taken with them too best night of my life
Michael Curtis every concert after his very first is gonna be all downhill from his initial experience! Not hating by any means, quite the contrary actually! Just speaking from my own experience with Kings X! I saw them like 10 yrs ago and I've yet to have that life changing magic again to date! And I saw them at a small venue, about a full capacity of around 300 I'd say, so it was by far the best way to see them or any other band, because it's up close and so wonderfully personal! I have NEVER heard such sonic perfection before or to this very day, and I expect I never will again! I'm a musician myself and I've never had a band pull me in and take me on a musical ride like that in my life! I literally could not pick my jaw up off the floor the whole night! Amazing! I see this was quite a while back, so I hope the young man enjoyed it as much as these guys are so very capable of pulling him into that soul satisfying experience that is Kings X!
@@craigreed7555 Trust me on this Craig, based on what you just texted, go rent/download Rush 'Exit Stage Left' from 1981, their 2nd live album of one of the longest, unbroken trio's career in music history (40+ years!).
I wouldn't have suggested this if you hadn't said you were a musician. Check out the Guitar Center videos of Ty Tabor showing and talking about how he came up with some of his most memorable licks: Yeah, Alex Lifeson was an enormous influence in his songwriting and sound. 8)
There's Rush and there's Kings-x! My personal 1 -2 They have defined me as a player!
Yup. Same for me except maybe throw Steve Harris in there too. But Ged & dUg for sure
Cannot stand Geddy Lee's voice, but musically rush are great.
@@SquidgyPickle I know it's blasphemous but I could never stand Rush. Ever. There was nothing subtle about their music. Sure it was technical but it was forced. Nothing ever flowed with their music.
@@SquidgyPickle Correction: Musically Rush are the greatest. Geddy's voice great once they hit the 80's. I'll give it to you that his 70's voice was screechy/screamy/inacessible.
@@markc5771 Everything flowed. They are the masters of making odd times sound even/smooth. The smoothest transitions of any "prog" band. Thanks to Neil Peart's legendary drumming.
Sick as fuck. Seen these guys quite a few times, every tour since Gretchen, and have never seen the boys on a stage this big, where they actually always belonged.
22:36 on omg ! Perfection !!! Metal perfection, jam band freedom, deep Soul !!!!!
Thanks for this vídeo!!!! Jesus blessed you!!
No better blessings than those from the risen Lord. How fortunate are we?
EXCELLENT !!!! Awesome positive energy !! Which besides their great musicianship, is why I love them !!!
this band playS so tight like the infamous ducks arse.ritchie blackmoore once said,,they ARE ONE HELL OF A BAND;I WOULDND FOLLOW THEM ON STAGE; ENUFF SAID:
I've seen King's X many many times and this is one of the best recordings of them. They are an incredible bands to see live and...everything. King's x rules.
X LENT, my new go to, what a nice clear version! Thanks for posting!
That bass growl...
right from the start! it's sick. I think it's an EHX Bass Balls with his amp's distortion.
At this point dUg was using Mesa Dual Rectifiers for his high gain. Signal was split. Lows went directly to the Ampeg bass amps and the highs went through the Mesas. Then recombined before hitting the cabs. A few years after this I talked to him about his setup after a gig in Seattle. Today you can get this tone all day of the week with a Darkglass X7 pedal. It reproduces his tone better than his own signature pedal from Tech 21. I have both.
The Angriest Bass Player Yes! When I saw them right after Dogman came out, he was using Traynor amps for the highs and SVT 4 Pros into SVT810 cabs. Monster tone that, I think is still orbiting the earth to this day.
This Tone makes me
TapOut
Absolutely Fantastic guitar! Ty was so clean cut 20 years ago. I think my neighbors called the police after I cranked this.
His tone on the album Tapehead is one of the best fucking guitar tones I've ever heard in my life.
King's X rules.
This rocks my socks off! King's X rules!
Doesn't get any better than this for a live band and only a three piece! So funny to see them with short hair!
Amazing band...I've always loved Kings X.
Great performance, I miss this band!! C'mon King's X, new album for 2020 please!!!!
I know this is an old post and you might know already but the new album is done and has been done for a while now. I think Covid delayed it but why it’s still not out, I don’t get and can’t find any news concerning why.
Amazing performance. Great set list and the video quality is not that bad for 1999. Thanks!
My favorite band of all time. No one comes close.
Big love from England..... As always.... Please come back soon
fantastic (nostalgia)... thanks
Thank you very very much for that video!!!!! I grew up in that time....
The perfect storm of A+ musicians.
Killer band! Saw them open for Rush! They kicked ass!🤘🏻🔥
What tour? I saw Rush 16 times and would’ve loved that.I can’t believe I never went to see Kings X
@@Dave-Gear32 that was the Roll The Bones Tour! Second Leg in Oakland California! Kings got a great response from the crowd!🤘🏻🔥🔥
@@Mike4metal That was my first tour for Rush.Primus opened for them and was great but I would have preferred your night out brother haha🤘🏻👍🏻
@@Dave-Gear32 like wise! I never saw primus with Rush! I saw primus play Rush Songs in Berkeley!🤘🏻🔥
We love these guys over here
Love the entire band...but that guitar tone! Amazing!
Love the solo for Lookin’ for Love
Doug probably has the longest arms I've seen on a bassist, so it looks that much cooler how low he wears his bass- and the fact he picks 🤌🏼 anyways, this is a great show- thanks for sharing! 😄
Great Band, crowd loves them.
These guys are so talented it's not even funny. Long live Kings X
Music spoke to us in the 90s.
Everything good about music right here.
Just ridiculously talented and brilliant.... I'm gonna cry
Just astonishing... Love them now as much as I did in 88...Said it before and I will say it again.. KING'S X... England's House Band 👍
they've not been over here to the UK much really....more's the pity....they hail from Missouri USA
America's house band seeing as they're AMERICAN.
I was just watching the livestream of the London protests against lockdown and I couldn't help myself but to think how great it would be if someone in the crowd started singing "Music music, I hear music..." in the crowd, such a sing along song
Fade:
"I've heard a million stories
Some self-explanatory
But then the words fade into gray" !!!!
What a fantastic band
great powerhouse trio thanks upload..
That part beginning at 24:23! So amazing and precise
Yeah. Try that at home.
…don’t try that at home 😂🤘🏾
Jerry always looks like some kind of mad hatter/ mad scientist on the drums. Ty as always a guitar genius and Dug’s bass sound is incredible.
Holy fuck me wow; that bass tone is inhuman. Awesome sauce
I remember when they started working on their grunge sound back in the 90s and it was glorious.
Great show....Love these guys.
Goat!!!!!
Kings x not only start their chords perfectly at the same time, they also finish them together and play them all three with the perfectly identical energy level. And the drummer can stop and control the time between two pulses as he wants ;-)
I was 9 years old when my dad took me to see this setlist(ish), was my first time seeing them and it was wild to see him let go and vibe to it.
Also, the anti-fascist sticker on dugs bass 🖤
Wow Bryan this looks and sounds amazing!
so that’s why, i still love “king’s-x”. each musicians are the best for me…
These guys just blow my mind. How tight in concert do you want? Incredibly talented all 3 of them. Its amazing that they hardly took any breaks between songs, like they wanted to keep the groove rolling. Love your comment about Ty Tabor in PJ'S I guess if your him, it dosnt matter.
King's X was and is a MONSTER!
Best rock band in the world period
this is great !
I happen to agree with all the awesome comments I read...Greatest band ever..?..they are to me...
So much power for a 3 piece!
... and as mentioned before, great camera work.
Great!!!!!
God bless Kings X!!!
Superbe!!!
Amazing!!!!
They rock!!!
Best bass sound ever!!!!
I lived in Pearl, Ms and played with a trio at a coffee shop that Ty's Uncle once owned.
Excellent gig footage So glad i saw this band at Bristol a few years ago looks better on my 55 inch tv and through my av amp 😎😎
Me too!
I was just watching the livestream of the protests in London against the lockdown, I kept imagining someone should start singing the words to Over My Head "Music Music I hear music, Music over my head, Oh oh oh lord" Such a sing along song
Awesome 👏👏👏👏👏
Where do I start about Kong's X? 1)Three of the most talented musicians on the planet. 2) Tight. 3) One of the greatest 3 Piece groups that ever walked the planet. 4) Phenomenon Music. I could go on for days. I have been a fan of theirs since the beginning.
Whoever got the sound right on this video, Really got the Sound RIGHT !! AWESOME !!!!!!!
🎧😎KING'S💙X😎🎧
🤘FOREVER🤘
Lost in Germany riff is my absolute favorite
Mind blowing!
Thanks ✌ 🎸
We were born to be loved...Tight as fuck. Love KX so much. I'm sure this was mostly a neutral crowd and they're won over more and more through the set. Fantastic!
26:57 these people jumping in the crowd are my spirit animals
So glad they're still out here touring in 2023
Isnt it amazing? And still sounding incredible!
... and totally underrated
I❤kings x