King’s X Live in Concert

Lifelong friends communicate in a language of their own peppered with shared  memories, inside jokes and dreams fulfilled. King’s X partake in a similar musical  conversation informed by over four decades together as a band. The trio— Dug  Pinnick (bass, vocals), Jerry Gaskill (drums, vocals), and Ty Tabor (guitar, vocals)— lock into an unspoken groove where each element shapes a signature sound singular  to these three individual souls alone. No other band in history has pushed hard rock, alternative, metal, progressive and soul into a galaxy quite like the one King’s X  occupy.

Along the way, they architected a catalog of seminal releases. KERRANG! famously  scored their 1988 full-length debut, “Out of the Silent Planet”, with a rare “5-out-of-5- stars.” On its heels, the landmark “Gretchen Goes To Nebraska” continues to inspire think pieces with Ultimate Classic Rock going as far to proclaim, “no one else  has crafted anything remotely like it.” They notably appeared on the soundtrack to  “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey”, and Guitar World christened the self-titled “King’s X” one  of “The 30 Greatest Rock Guitar Albums of 1992”. Following “Dogman”, the group graced the stage of Woodstock 1994 and toured with everyone from Pearl Jam and AC/DC to Mötley Crüe and Iron Maiden. They also attracted one  of the most diehard fanbases in music with “Ear Candy’ (1996), “Tape Head” (1998),  “Please Come Home… Mr. Bulbous” (2000), “Manic Moonlight” (2001), “Black Like  Sunday” (2003), “Ogre Tones” (2005) and “XV” (2008).

Their first full-length studio offering in 14 years, “Three Sides of One” (Inside Out  Music), represents the culmination of this trip and of a bond forged way back in 1979. Despite consistent  touring, they hadn’t cut a new LP since 2008. Nevertheless, the guys picked up where  they left off. Creative confidant and collaborator Wally Farkas rolled through, and  they channeled their incredible chemistry on tape. In the end, “Three Sides of One” is everything King’s X were, are and always will be. “To me, the train is rolling, and I’m on it like we’ve been doing for 43 years,” Pinnick  leaves off. “We’re just old friends.”