Artist description Three voices, Two guitars, One bass, Big drums

Music Style Groove Rock

Musical Influences King's X, Galactic Cowboys, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Queen, Metallica, Godsmack

Similar Artists King's X, Metallica, Galactic Cowboys

Artist History 2/1999: 1st rehearsal ***5/1999: 1st gig *** 6-9/1999: gigs, gigs, gigs a.o. together w/ The Experience,Nova Breed, ernst moscht etc *** 9/1999 - 2/2000: studio ***2/2000: 1st CD "Koenigskinder"out ***more gigs a.o. w/ Lacuna, Stain, Peer Gynt etc.***6/2000: won Wadern Band Award ***A great moment inBand-History: Doug Pinnick receives a copy of"Koenigskinder".*** more gigs a.o. w/ Monsterpark, Flowing Tears...*** 10/2000: Thinking about a new album. Songwriting andpreproduction of five new songs starts ***

Group Members Carsten Grasmück - vocals, guitars; Stefan Junk - guitars, vocals; Tom Rüdell - bass, vocals; Joachim Wernet - drums & programming

Instruments vocals, guitars, bass, drums

Albums koenigskinder (2000)

Press Reviews On KOENIGSKINDER, the ten songs sound very well thought out. It's easy to hear that the four members had some experience inother bands before. But in '99 they decided to change their style and started to play the groovy guitar rock they present on this release. In their info, they name King's X and the Galactic Cowboys as influences. That's not a bad description. The Galactic Cowboys influences are alwayspresent: Groovy guitar riffs combined with interesting licks. On Get Ready and Play With Me the arrangements and also the voice reminds me a bit of Dweezil Zappa's catchier tunes. Look Back has a slight progressive touch, due to the intelligent vocalarrangement and the tricky guitar riff. Star-Crossed Lovers' Time is the hymn of the band, with analmost oriental guitar line and a hypnotic chorus. My Thoughts has a very funky guitar lick and alaid back groove. The album ends with Time To Die, a very depressive (like the title tells) track where the singerchanges his voice from singing over growling to screaming. Very interesting is also the virtuoso guitar playing varying from acoustic picking to melodic over harsh riffing to fluent soloing. Also theother songs are on the same high level. With some luck this band could fill the empty space the Galactic Cowboys left after their break-up. Maybe they should contact Atomic Opera for a commonbusiness strategy. Get the CD from their homepage.Rating: 8.5 - Review by: Rage, www.rockreunion.de

Location Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz - Germany

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