Thanks for making this video. It's a good deed. I've been a fan of King's X since I first heard them on a local radio station, KNAC, in Los Angeles in '88. Then I saw them on MTV. I went out and bought their debut album Out of the Silent Planet and was overjoyed. This was at the height of the hair metal era. I'd been playing in a number of metal bands in my hometown of Los Angeles (I could literally walk a couple blocks to Sunset Boulevard and hop on a bus to Hollywood and did often). Sometimes these bands would last long enough to justify booking a gig somewhere like The Roxy, Coconut Teaszer, Natural Fudge, etc. Anyhow, my ears were fatigued from hearing recycled riffs and mindless speedrun solos all the time. King's X was a breath of fresh air. Ty Tabor became one of my new guitar heroes. The whole band is great. They had a big influence on the direction my own music would take. I began playing many more arpeggiated riffs and changed my tone to be a lot more musical and less distorted. Regarding the Sam Taylor era, I know what you mean. I've always felt the same way. After they ended their collaboration with Sam they never got back on track, although they still continued to produce some really great songs. It just wasn't the same thing. Some albums almost felt like a fixup of several albums tossed together with no real cohesion.
We were lucky in NJ they played here so many times. They weren’t on the west coast as frequently back then. I took advantage of every opportunity to see them back then. Love KX. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for making this video. It's a good deed. I've been a fan of King's X since I first heard them on a local radio station, KNAC, in Los Angeles in '88. Then I saw them on MTV. I went out and bought their debut album Out of the Silent Planet and was overjoyed. This was at the height of the hair metal era. I'd been playing in a number of metal bands in my hometown of Los Angeles (I could literally walk a couple blocks to Sunset Boulevard and hop on a bus to Hollywood and did often). Sometimes these bands would last long enough to justify booking a gig somewhere like The Roxy, Coconut Teaszer, Natural Fudge, etc. Anyhow, my ears were fatigued from hearing recycled riffs and mindless speedrun solos all the time. King's X was a breath of fresh air. Ty Tabor became one of my new guitar heroes. The whole band is great. They had a big influence on the direction my own music would take. I began playing many more arpeggiated riffs and changed my tone to be a lot more musical and less distorted. Regarding the Sam Taylor era, I know what you mean. I've always felt the same way. After they ended their collaboration with Sam they never got back on track, although they still continued to produce some really great songs. It just wasn't the same thing. Some albums almost felt like a fixup of several albums tossed together with no real cohesion.
We were lucky in NJ they played here so many times. They weren’t on the west coast as frequently back then. I took advantage of every opportunity to see them back then. Love KX. Thanks for watching!