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09-23-2004, 12:49 AM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | Saw King's X last night
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These guys are older than me, but they still rock hard! It was a great show, first of the new tour.
I got all three of them to sign the back of my Hamer 12 string. 
This was my 8th or 9th time to see them, and they were as good as any of the other times.
They have a new studio CD coming out, and they played 4 songs from it. Pretty cool stuff!
The highlights, though, for me, were Visions and We were born to be loved.
They also played Mister Wilson, which is one of my favorite songs. I had never heard them do that one live before!!!
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09-23-2004, 12:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | | I have Tape Head, but only really dig the first song. Is it a good representaion of their stuff or can you recommend another album to get?
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09-23-2004, 07:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Chattanooga, TN | | | Awesome I would love to see Kings X.
Get Dogman. Thier best album.
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09-23-2004, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Latimour I have Tape Head, but only really dig the first song. Is it a good representaion of their stuff or can you recommend another album to get? | Their first two albums (Out of the Silent Planet and Gretchen Goes to Nebraska) are what I would recommend. Gretchen is kind of regarded the same way Rush's Moving Pictures and Yes' Fragile is; the "one album" to own if you could only have one album. I haven't heard much of their newer stuff beyond the Dogman album (which is also good, but a little darker and harder edged than their earlier stuff.)
I've seen them a few times live, always excellent! Useless trivia: you can see the back of my head briefly in the video for "Over My Head"
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09-23-2004, 08:21 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | yeah, i'd second the recommendation for gretchen. they changed producers with dogman and ever since then, to my ears, they seem to be searching for a "sound".
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09-23-2004, 09:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waco, TX | | Man I just LOVE the album Dogman. It's fantastic, IMO. I love those chunky, hard-edged grooves and hooks mixed with the great vocal harmonies. I'm not REAL acquainted with them...not enough to know producers and stuff but it the producer of Dogman was definitely more into putting the guitars real forward in your face and stuff...more of a modern sound. While the albums before that seem to have more of an 80's style of production and mixing...of course that could be because they're from the 80's.  To me the instruments of the earlier albums seem a bit deflated compared to Dogman.
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09-23-2004, 12:41 PM
| | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | Out of the silent planet, Gretchen, and Dogman would be a good place to start, Mark. Tapehead is probably my least favorite of their studio recordings, although it has its moments.
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09-23-2004, 02:03 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | Tapehead is probably my favorite King's X album! I also love Ear Candy, Dogman, Gretchen, and Faith Hope Love. None of them are bad though! |
09-23-2004, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Wow, I guess I made a good call when i picked up dogman. Killer album. Favorite "metal" bass tone.
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09-23-2004, 05:40 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | Absolutely Matt. Doug's tone is awesome. |
09-27-2004, 08:08 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | I love "Mr Wilson" also.
My personal favorite King's X album is "Ear Candy" but I like most of them. I don't like the sound of the first few very much, too tight and constricted sounding. "Dogman" sounds MASSIVE. |
09-27-2004, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Philbiker I love "Mr Wilson" also.
I don't like the sound of the first few very much, too tight and constricted sounding. "Dogman" sounds MASSIVE. | I agree..I think that's kinda part of what I was trying to say earlier.
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