BEFORE GRUNGE WAS BIG, IT WAS BLACK

L: Tina Bell, Bam Bam R: Doug Pinnick, King's X

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King's X - Dogman

Thursday, September 21: Supershine, "Kingdom Come"

Supershine was a semi-supergroup featuring two guys from Trouble and D(o)ug Pinnick, and “Kingdom Come” kind of sounded like Trouble mixed with King’s X for good measure.  The riffing and groove were straight out of the Trouble playbook, while Pinnick’s vocals were uniquely his own, but at the same time the track felt a bit more fun and loose than either band.  It was simple and unfussy, and enjoyably low stakes.

Doug (dUg) Pinnick, playing with Experience Hendrix - City National Grove; Anaheim, CA - The Grove; Anaheim, CA (10-9-19).  @dUgpinnick_  @JimiHendrix @hendrixvibe

Photo: Jeff Bliss

REVIEW: King's X - "A Box" (1996 CD single)

REVIEW: King’s X – “A Box” (1996 CD single)

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Soundcheck Live, 21 Feb, 2024 at Lucky Strike Hollywood by Don Adkins

Soundcheck Live, 21 Feb, 2024 at Lucky Strike Hollywood by Don Adkins. #soundchecklive

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KING'S X Frontman Doug Pinnick Explains How He Was Abducted by Alien Who Looked Like Jesus, at the Age of 3

Neil Turbin ( EX ANTHRAX) for Canada’s The Metal Voice, spoke to KING’S X frontman Doug “Dug” Pinnick about his belief that he was abducted by an alien when he was just three years old. The interview was conducted at ‘Rock for Ronnie concert in the park on May 7, 2023 at Los Encinos park. Excerpt of the chat Neil- Tell us about the incident you had early on in life Dug- I was abducted by…

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This is exactly what i imagine the Glenn Close Trio sounds like

And this entire playlist is deadbeat dad Christmas rock for all those interested

Doug Pinnick, baixista do King's X, completa 72 anos nesta data. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDeuLegXlr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

KING'S X's DOUG PINNICK On TOMMY LEE Posting Nude Photo: 'I Wish I Had Balls To Do That'

KING’S X’s DOUG PINNICK On TOMMY LEE Posting Nude Photo: ‘I Wish I Had Balls To Do That’

In a new interview with “The Chuck Shute Podcast”, KING’S X frontman Doug “Dug” Pinnick was asked what he thought about MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee posting a nude photo on social media last week. “Well, you know, I wish I had the balls of Tommy Lee,” Doug responded. “He just did it. I mean, come on. He puts it out there and says ‘oops’ on the top of it. It’s obvious he did it on purpose, just…

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🤘Doug Pinnick, Reb Beach, Kelly Keagy & Timothy Drury 🤘

King’s X at the Gramercy Theatre

July 28, 2022

by Everynight Charley Crespo

King's X fans are among rock music’s most intensely faithful fans, sustaining the marginally-known progressive hard rock trio since its first album in 1988. The attraction to King’s X is the talented musicianship and the intriguing compositional arrangements. Vocalist and bassist Doug Pinnick, drummer Jerry Gaskill and guitarist Ty Tabor have rocked together since 1980, creating ingenuous hard rock while making no compromises for commercial success.

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King's X, "Mission"

I stumbled across this song at just around the same time I was becoming acutely aware of just how clever people could be in their hypocrisy. 

If someone told me he was a Christian, for example, I would assume this meant he was at least trying to put his love of God and his love of neighbor above all else. I had a few deeply unpleasant experiences before I stopped naively taking people at their word, and I learned to look deeper into the motives behind their actions. 

As Marcus Aurelius says, I won't be surprised at how a man lives if I take the time to understand something about his judgments. I will also not need to be consumed by resentment, because I can then see how he is a slave to the limits of his thinking. 

I spent too many years angry at a girl for breaking my heart, but what did I think was going to happen? I let myself be fooled by her insistence that she was a woman of faith, and yet I never once saw her at prayer or, for that matter, actually take heed of any one of the Ten Commandments. 

From blaming her I turned to blaming myself, and then I even stopped blaming myself, instead finding some peace in appreciating a hard lesson. I don't imagine it will ever stop hurting, but it does confirm how Providence never acts in vain. 

Indeed, "some are true, some do lie." 

Serious musicians always praised King's X, and they were a thinking man's hard rock band, but they never quite made it big. From what I know of them, I imagine they were fine with that. 

Their early albums were full of Christian imagery, and yet they staunchly refused to be labeled as a "Christian" band. This song may explain something about why. 

When their singer and bassist, Doug Pinnick, spoke openly about his sexual orientation, their records were immediately removed from the shelves of Christian bookshops, and I then made it a deliberate point to buy any of their albums I didn't already own. 

No, not because I happen to agree or disagree with any lifestyle, but because I think it right to treat people with some basic human decency rather than tossing them into the trash. 

What, pray tell, would all those pious prigs do to Mary Magdalene these days? Just listen to the gossip at your local church picnic and you'll have a sense of what I mean. 

Compassion is always a surefire sign that virtue is present. 

—12/2016 

King's X, "Mission" from Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdOlqqGZFoc A broken body its joints at war Religious vipers sucking royal blood The price is paid The final score The truth exists even through pious mud Who are these people behind the stained glass windows? Have they forgotten just what they came here for? Was it salvation or "scared of hell" Or an assembly of a social get-together? What's the mission of the preacher man? Some are true some do lie What's the mission of the preacher man? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah A threat of justice the lazy judge The governess teaches his son to scream Adopted child True path to trudge No minor plot to undermine his dream Who are these people behind the stained glass windows? Have they forgotten just what they came here for? Was it salvation or "scared of hell" Or an assembly of a social get-together? What's the mission of the preacher man? Some are true some do lie What's the mission of the preacher man? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Bless God! The more I think about it the more I think I was preaching the truth. I went down to the Cadillac agency and one hour later I drove out a new Cadillac. Hallelujah, say praise the Lord! Bless God I'm gonna drive that Cadillac down here and get it dusty and dirty and use it for God. Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus!) Who are these people behind the stained glass windows? Have they forgotten just what they came here for? Was it salvation or "scared of hell" Or an assembly of a social get-together? What's the mission of the preacher man? Some are true some do lie What's the mission of the preacher man? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah