Artist description Indie guitar pop heroes with strings.Twisted melancholic pop.The darker side of happiness

Music Style Indie guitar pop

Musical Influences Radiohead, Will Oldham, Sparklehorse, Velvet Underground, Pavement, Tindersticks, My Morning Jacket

Similar Artists Ben Cramer

Artist History Formed 1999 as a project.King Me members played before in other bands and wanted to record some tracks for a CD for their own use.The CD got great reviews and King Me was formed as a band.King Me is a rock combo with strings (violin and cello).During 1999 King Me made it's debut on stage (Paradiso Amsterdam) and on Dutch national radio.

Group Members Michael Milo (vocal, guitar)Leo Meijer (bass)Janneke Milo (guitar, vocal)Mandy Hopman (drums)Ariël de Graaf (violin,keyboard)Krijn Tabbers (cello)

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums, violin, cello, keyboard

Albums King Me (1999), second CD will be released end of 2000

Press Reviews Music Maker:What a great record! King Me makes alternative guitar pop like Pavement and the Radiohead of OK Computer. On this debut the band combines noisy riffs and menacing distorted vocals with hoovering vocal melodies and beautiful string arrangements. The CD contains nine jewels, without a weak moment. The climax is the song Stay, maybe one of the best songs ever written by a Dutch band. So much of honest drama, so much of dynamics. The choruses cut right through you in a way that hurts. This counts for more moments on the CD. The songs are in a variety of styles, but have all the same mood. The CD breathes a dark, melancholic feeling, without getting too depressed. The production is in complete balance with the songs. Raw, dynamic, sometimes lo-fi.

Additional Info Shirts available at King Me Official Homepage

Location Rotterdam, Zuid Holland - Netherlands

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