the nod to Norwegian Wood at the end is absolutely PRICELESS! these guys are IT! i could listen to Kings X and Grand Funk Railroad for the rest of my life and be happy. The power of the performance is just beyond anything else out there.
Even more amazing is that this performance was in front of NO ONE!!!!! It was on Dennis Miller's talk show in 92 during the LA riots, so there was no audience... Still gives me chills everytime I see it..
Commercial music now, sounds unbelievably dumbed down for mass consumption. It's doing a major diservice to actual real music listener's. Great artists are over looked in mass media, for quick poppy assembly line kid acts. Kings X, is a masterpiece playing band. Every song, just blows you away. Wake up music industry. There is no substitute for greatness. I will always go to underground music, before I go out and spend my hard earned money, on a mediocre Boy band. Bring back intelligent rock. Listener's educate yourselves. It's worth the little ambition it takes, to surround yourself with artists, that actually are impassioned by the wonderful craft of playing great music. Kings X, is a great place to start. Thank you for posting this excellent performance.
Just one of the BEST songs ever. Love is holding it all together and His Name is Jesus. Colossians1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
I wasn't there but I heard about it...back around '94 or '95 Kings X was opening for Motley Crue at a county fair here in WI. Kings X came out and absolutely rocked the house. They left, and over half of the fans went with them. When a majority of the fans are there for an opening act only, you know you are doing something right. Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple said it best-"I would not want to follow Kings X on stage, because they are that good."
This, in my opinion, is the greatest musical performance ever by a band on a TV show. I've watched it 100's of times and every time I get goosebumps 5 or 6 times at different parts. The thing to me that is overlooked is the feeling they put into their music. They are kind of considered "prog" but to me they are so much bluesier than the typical prog band. Long live the X!
I remember when everyone was trying to figure out Ty's tone and where it came from. I remember when it finally came out it was an old Gibson amp. People went crazy looking for them and prices went berzerk for quite a while. That Strat Elite was also a big part. But its Ty's hands that have always been his tone. Kings X always.
The vast majority of any artist's sound is ALWAYS in the hands. I always laugh when people go buy everything their god is playing down to the amp cover, and then a month later their god changes who they endorse, but their sound doesn't change one bit.
Speaking about tone, I was reading a recent interview of Ty Tabor saying that he was at his best live performance whenever he used stock guitars (guitars that he didn't played before), hearing tapes of himself that were recorded from concerts. This was after Rock Garden (2006) was released. There is something about challenges being related to overcoming it.
TruthSurge I have arthritic hands, so I tend toward the lighter gauges, but I have found if I attack them right, more lightly, they sound great. I break the high e string too much when I am doing big bends with .008s. They always break where the ball is wrapped on. Do you have any suggestions? I am playing a Music Man JP-6 most of the time which has a 25.5 in scale if that helps.
Norwegian Wood ...at the end. Ty is a big Beatles fan.. especially Lennon, you can hear it through out all of there vocal harmonies in almost every song they do. Recent interview I heard with dUg, he says he feels he is in a good place with their music. He can go out without alot of people bothering him, and no one pushing them in wrong directions on what they record and play. My favorite band next to Zep.. just wish I could play like Ty! King's X ROCKS!
This trio magic is unparallelled. plus they sing about LOVE. so "this holds it all together", yes it does... Thanks for making music...God-given talents. :)
Amazing band that never revceived their proper credit. 3 piece with killer 3 part harmony. I'd like to see them get inducted in the R&R hall of fame someday.
The live performance is so good that I am having trouble deciding if I like their song on their music video better or this live version. These guys rock the show on this fabulous performance.
Saw King's X last night in Salina Kansas with Kansas (Next Stop: KC). Still rocking. Met Pinnick briefly, got a pic taken with him. What a gracious talented guy. Really cool.
I've seen them several times and their live mixes are consistently the best around. There is no reason a band today should have crappy sound but it happens all the time.
In a perfect world these guys should be absolutely freakin' rich and a household name. By far the most talented trio of their generation and not withstanding possibly the most complete trio in the history of rock. Yes, I do understand that the company they keep in the trio dept is Rush, Triumph, Grand Funk, ZZ TOP etc...... Rock Gods all....... But King's X had it all. What most consider modern amp tone was derived from the massive guitar tone of Ty Tabor.
Lesson here is three talented players can deliver the goods. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, James Gang, Rush, Police, Cream, Mahogany Rush, are prime examples.
I knew who this band was but never knew that there was only three members. I have to say that is one of the many trios that can make a really good big sound for just three guys great vocals as well.
I've seen every live show I could since about this time, or maybe slightly before in and around Texas. It's still just as exciting to see this as it was back then. The energy is amazing.
I have always been a sucker for PLEIDES from Gretchen Goes to Nebraska. I saw these guys at the Roadhouse in Orangevale CA-they ripped that place to pieces. Best vocals and musicianship that I have ever heard from a "90s" era group. Why they didn't get as big as Soundgarden is a mystery to me. Maybe because they weren't from Seattle, and really didn't give a shit about fame...
man i wish it was the late 60's/early 70's again. They would be on top of the charts. Music is totally destroyed by the record companies and they only put out one type of music at a time. Back in the day you had every kind of music on the radio all on the same station. From Hendrix to the Monkees and everything in between. You have to search to find good music nowadays, not gonna find it on the radio except maybe a college station. O well, these guys rock.
this band, if life was fair, should have ruled rock n roll for a decade.
That guitar tone is love!!!!!!
Three dudes, three instruments, three voices...and it sounds incredible. Too bad they never really got credit for how good they are...
They just did :)
Pure talent. Singing as bassist...not flipping easy. Singing as lead guitar... not easy. Singing drummer... not easy. 3 musicians making a BIG sound.
the nod to Norwegian Wood at the end is absolutely PRICELESS! these guys are IT! i could listen to Kings X and Grand Funk Railroad for the rest of my life and be happy. The power of the performance is just beyond anything else out there.
there are those that know of King's X and those that have been missing out for years. one of the best bands
Even more amazing is that this performance was in front of NO ONE!!!!! It was on Dennis Miller's talk show in 92 during the LA riots, so there was no audience... Still gives me chills everytime I see it..
Commercial music now, sounds unbelievably dumbed down for mass consumption. It's doing a major diservice to actual real music listener's. Great artists are over looked in mass media, for quick poppy assembly line kid acts. Kings X, is a masterpiece playing band. Every song, just blows you away. Wake up music industry. There is no substitute for greatness. I will always go to underground music, before I go out and spend my hard earned money, on a mediocre Boy band. Bring back intelligent rock. Listener's educate yourselves. It's worth the little ambition it takes, to surround yourself with artists, that actually are impassioned by the wonderful craft of playing great music. Kings X, is a great place to start. Thank you for posting this excellent performance.
Just one of the BEST songs ever. Love is holding it all together and His Name is Jesus.
Colossians1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Those harmonies coming out of the solo.... lush.
I must've seen this video 100 times. Just today. Ty Tabor's solo at the end is magic.
I saw these guys open up for AC/DC in 92, & I could not believe how tight they were!! Kings X KICKS ASS!!
Ty Tabor's tone is gorgeous.
Why this band did not take over the world, I'll never understand.
I wasn't there but I heard about it...back around '94 or '95 Kings X was opening for Motley Crue at a county fair here in WI. Kings X came out and absolutely rocked the house. They left, and over half of the fans went with them. When a majority of the fans are there for an opening act only, you know you are doing something right. Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple said it best-"I would not want to follow Kings X on stage, because they are that good."
Power trios rock. King's X is everything you need in a rock band!
This, in my opinion, is the greatest musical performance ever by a band on a TV show. I've watched it 100's of times and every time I get goosebumps 5 or 6 times at different parts. The thing to me that is overlooked is the feeling they put into their music. They are kind of considered "prog" but to me they are so much bluesier than the typical prog band. Long live the X!
I remember when everyone was trying to figure out Ty's tone and where it came from. I remember when it finally came out it was an old Gibson amp. People went crazy looking for them and prices went berzerk for quite a while. That Strat Elite was also a big part. But its Ty's hands that have always been his tone. Kings X always.
The vast majority of any artist's sound is ALWAYS in the hands. I always laugh when people go buy everything their god is playing down to the amp cover, and then a month later their god changes who they endorse, but their sound doesn't change one bit.
Actually He claims to have used a Lab Series L5 for the early stuff if you checked out this interview
ruclips.net/video/y-LklUF-1pU/видео.html
Speaking about tone, I was reading a recent interview of Ty Tabor saying that he was at his best live performance whenever he used stock guitars (guitars that he didn't played before), hearing tapes of himself that were recorded from concerts. This was after Rock Garden (2006) was released. There is something about challenges being related to overcoming it.
rbagel55 Those amps were made by this Norlin company but used Gibson and Moog parts, I think so that's prob where the "old Gibson amp" came from.
TruthSurge
I have arthritic hands, so I tend toward the lighter gauges, but I have found if I attack them right, more lightly, they sound great. I break the high e string too much when I am doing big bends with .008s. They always break where the ball is wrapped on. Do you have any suggestions? I am playing a Music Man JP-6 most of the time which has a 25.5 in scale if that helps.
This is so AWESOME its ridiculous.........
No words can describe the sheer brilliance of this band! X
Norwegian Wood ...at the end. Ty is a big Beatles fan.. especially Lennon, you can hear it through out all of there vocal harmonies in almost every song they do. Recent interview I heard with dUg, he says he feels he is in a good place with their music. He can go out without alot of people bothering him, and no one pushing them in wrong directions on what they record and play. My favorite band next to Zep.. just wish I could play like Ty! King's X ROCKS!
this song goes thru my head all the time..I LOVE KINGS X
This is what goose bumps feel like. The greatest outro ever!
Classic and heartwarming. The past lives on in such a good way.
This trio magic is unparallelled. plus they sing about LOVE. so "this holds it all together", yes it does... Thanks for making music...God-given talents. :)
one of the most amazing bands i had the pleasure of meeting and watching live
One of the most goose-bump giving bands I've ever heard!!!
Simply amazing!!! King's X forever!!!
Love the three part harmonies & song!!!
The most underrated band .. ever
Take everything into consideration and you realize, THIS IS THE BEST BAND EVER TO WALK THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
Just three guys? You guys ROCK!!!
Never got their public due.
But we know who they are.
Thanks for the music.
Not a weak link in this band.
i agree dude
Newer was
it is love indeed ! wrapped in music.
SUPERHEROES OF ROCK!!!!
Chills. Pure chills.
Bravo.
Deep Bow...
(and still more chills)
..freegin' timeless
I'm incapable of thinking the rest of the day...that just blew my mind!!
Agreed :-)
Amazing band that never revceived their proper credit. 3 piece with killer 3 part harmony. I'd like to see them get inducted in the R&R hall of fame someday.
Love Dug, Ty and Jerry. Best of the best.
The live performance is so good that I am having trouble deciding if I like their song on their music video better or this live version. These guys rock the show on this fabulous performance.
Saw King's X last night in Salina Kansas with Kansas (Next Stop: KC). Still rocking. Met Pinnick briefly, got a pic taken with him. What a gracious talented guy. Really cool.
12 string bass!! Each note is tripled-- 3 Es, 3 As, 3 Ds and 3 Gs. Makes it sound HUGE.
The best bands are where everyone sings.
smoking...its amazing looking back at those years like wow..just wow.
Love this band. They are awesome live !!!
VERY underrated band indeed
just 3... on stage....
Genius
long live rock!
Hell of a track and live performance!
Goosebumps!
Best band out of a silent planet.....
Truly amazing every time.
Greatest underated band of all time. FKN AMAZING!! Those who don't dig it are depriving
themselves
This WILL stand the test of time! My kids heard this song in the crib!!
Still one of my favorite bands!
KINGS X rocks !!!
one word: AWESOME!!
SANCHEZ MACHINE 2 words, awesome awesome. when music ruled,
Love the vocals
This is far too epic! They set a bench mark I feel has not been met often
One of the BEST live bands you will EVER see...
man ty this was the finest tone you ever had
I remember seeing these guys back in the early 90s. Unfortunately never had the chance to see them again. Wonderful stuff!!!!!
Ty taught me the value and power of the drop E tuning....
Its so strange to think that Doug was 42 years old when this was recorded, the man has hardly aged since 30...
Effortless, glorious music...
8 string bass?
love this song!
bought the cassette when it came out!
happy days...
This was on The Dennis Miller Show that aired for just one season.
I've seen them several times and their live mixes are consistently the best around. There is no reason a band today should have crappy sound but it happens all the time.
In a perfect world these guys should be absolutely freakin' rich and a household name. By far the most talented trio of their generation and not withstanding possibly the most complete trio in the history of rock.
Yes, I do understand that the company they keep in the trio dept is Rush, Triumph, Grand Funk, ZZ TOP etc...... Rock Gods all.......
But King's X had it all. What most consider modern amp tone was derived from the massive guitar tone of Ty Tabor.
Solid. And the last few bars of Norwegian Wood... great close.
Lesson here is three talented players can deliver the goods. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, James Gang, Rush, Police, Cream, Mahogany Rush, are prime examples.
These guys are the nicest rock band ever!
I knew who this band was but never knew that there was only three members. I have to say that is one of the many trios that can make a really good big sound for just three guys great vocals as well.
Pure Great!!
Great performance. Ty"s solo is awesome!
And to societies forgotten Kings X
God bless Texas
Agreed, incredible live!
AWESOME!!!! This was the song that got me into them, but I've never heard them live until now! :)
Ty´s solo ist most fantastic on this gig!!!!WOW!I love it
I like the little Norwegian Wood salute at the end. This band is so awesome.
The three part harmonies... Oh yea man..they got a hook n its called talent.
Damn I love this
Wow! Ty turns into a beast when he's done singing.
absolutely agree with you. superb band
3 dudes
just rock
brilliant!
AHHHH, The 90's !!!!!!!!
I've seen every live show I could since about this time, or maybe slightly before in and around Texas. It's still just as exciting to see this as it was back then. The energy is amazing.
so freakin tight...they are amazing..love how they play Norwegian Wood outro!!
that tone... OMG
Back in that day was a good 'ol time. Indeed it was.
I remember hearing something that this was filmed with no audience? I could be wrong.
+Darrin Connor that's true
nobody should be this good
Singing a different note than you're playing on guitar isn't easy........but dude makes it look that way. A truly great US band.
i don t know if you see that he is singing and making this guitar riffs at the same time in tempo... great!!
SOLID
Thank you for uploading this video.
I have always been a sucker for PLEIDES from Gretchen Goes to Nebraska. I saw these guys at the Roadhouse in Orangevale CA-they ripped that place to pieces. Best vocals and musicianship that I have ever heard from a "90s" era group. Why they didn't get as big as Soundgarden is a mystery to me. Maybe because they weren't from Seattle, and really didn't give a shit about fame...
man i wish it was the late 60's/early 70's again. They would be on top of the charts. Music is totally destroyed by the record companies and they only put out one type of music at a time. Back in the day you had every kind of music on the radio all on the same station. From Hendrix to the Monkees and everything in between. You have to search to find good music nowadays, not gonna find it on the radio except maybe a college station. O well, these guys rock.
I saw them when they were on tor with xtreme. they rocked the house. dead on.
man they were good!
I tuned in especially for this episode because I knew they were going to be on. I think it was a Christmas episode.