...Kings X, a unique band...sweet hooks...harmonies...bludgeoning riffs.

I have sung the praises of Kings X before. They are such an underrated band and they should have been huge but they were on the edge of success, the music press  loved them, musicians loved them but as they were not a commercial sounding band, they stuck to their guns and made music that was out of time and out of kilter with whatever was popular. They weren't LA hair metal, they weren't grunge, they weren't thrash, they weren't AOR, they were, are, just Kings X, a unique band with a sound that had such sweet hooks and harmonies and some such bludgeoning riffs.
Unfortunately, not enough people "got" them. I did, I've been a fan since I first saw them play Milton Keynes in 1989. I have seen them a good few times and have all their albums and my youngest daughter has, in turn, become a fan.
Sitting in the pub the other week with some friends and my daughter, shortly before she left the old fogies to it, one of my friends asked if I was going to see them. I had no idea they were even touring, it was like a ray of light in my life and I did see my daughter getting emotional about it, where I never thought I'd see them again, she never thought she'd see them.

I even felt myself getting emotional over this video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2SYPzKzD94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1LXLIcx354

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nDxpgqEZsU

I have now purchased 3 tickets to see them in London and I couldn't be happier, this year is looking so good for music. I have Kings X lined up, Ryley Walker is touring again and I have tickets to see Kiss at Wembley and I am planning to go and see Love/Hate in Oxford on April 1st, no joke.

Ryley Walker:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqq6HbruXD0
And yes, he really is that trippy live, elements of the Doors, psychedelia and the '60's.

Kiss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KK8AzjNOww
I've seen Kiss a few times but never in makeup, which kind of gives you an idea on when I saw them last, yes, it was quite a number of years ago, even decades ago...

Love/Hate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCX0ZAfAOKc
This lot were part of the LA scene in the late 80's. I saw them a few times and they were always good fun, they even made the global news when the singer crucified himself to the Hollywood sign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOwKav3WR6Y

This will take me up to the end of May and it couldn't be looking more glorious at this moment in time.