Artist description A group of five youngsters who weave powerful british-influenced pop/rock nuggets.

Music Style Psych-pop/rock

Musical Influences Bowie, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Pixies

Artist History The five lads from Philadelphia have had some great success since releasing their debut EP "Woke Up" to rave reviews in the Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Weekly AND the Philadelphia Inquirer! They have shared live shows with Alex Chilton (Bar-None), Apples in Stereo (spinART), Doves (Astralwerks), Fountains Of Wayne (Atlantic), Gomez (Virgin), Ours (Dreamworks), Jill Scott (Epic), Sloan (Universal), Spacehog (Artemis), The Strokes (RCA), The The (Nothing) and ROGER WATERS. They have received spins on Y100 (Modern Rock) and WXPN (AAA), have played in-store at HMV & Tower, sold over 2,000 records and constantly play live up and down the Northeast. The band recently signed a deal with Sony Publishing and recorded 11 new songs with Louis Scalise at Swamp Studios in NYC.

Group Members Joseph Lee - Lead vocals, keyboards, guitar. Steve Schaller - Lead guitar, vocals, keyboards. J. David Zulick - Guitar, keyboards, vocals. Brian Beard - Bass. Dan Baker - Drums.

Instruments Guitars, Keyboards, Bass & Drums

Albums WOKE UP (1999), 3 SONG DEMO (2000), UNTITLED 11-SONG LP (2001)

Press Reviews "Five Star Rating. The King's got a sound that plays havoc with 60's pop-convention, wrapping catchy, piano-based songs in all manner of psychedelia and early prog-isms. That not only makes them the logical heirs to Todd Rundgren's Nazz - It also makes them a hot commodity these days." -Digital City. "The Red King is perhaps the next great hope of the Philly indie-rock scene." -Philadelphia City Paper. "The Red King's irrepressible rock 'n roll stage presence sets this group apart. It was especially fitting that band found itself gracing the stage at CBGB at this year's CMJ Festival, where attitude-laden groups like The Ramones and Blondie once made themselves home." -Philadelphia Weekly. "The type of modern rock radio fodder that's so catchy, it's absolutely impossible to hate. Crammed with well-crafted, piano-driven hooks, sneaky James Bond grooves and sincere vocals." -Listen.com. "Their new self-released CD, WOKE UP, is an ambitious collection of rock ballads deeply rooted in the piano-driven drama of Hunky Dory-era Bowie and the more contemporary guitar assault of Radiohead's OK Computer." -Philadelphia Weekly. "The Norristown, PA band whips up a storm of psychedelic mayhem and operatic piano-driven pomp that recalls icons like Jefferson Airplane, Queen and Ziggy Stardust." -Philadelphia City Paper. "Rife with promise and worthy of attention...A refreshing debut from a band aiming its sights higher than the same old indie-rock." -Philadelphia Inquirer. "An ambitious if not wholly realized freshman outing. But surely, it's just the beginning." -Philadelphia City Paper. "The Album's six tracks, each almost as longwinded and mischievous as the next, wallow in the lure of melodic overstatement, twin guitar attacks, lumbering power chords and lyrics as cool sounding as they are logically unsound. Ummagumma, baby." -Philadelphia Weekly.

Additional Info All songs published by Exponential Songs / Sony/ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP)

Location Philadelphia, PA - USA

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