KING'S X Guitarist Discusses Live Album

October 26, 2004

The Texas-based rock trio KING'S X will issue the double live CD "Live All Over The Place" on November 2. This Brop!/Metal Blade Records release is the critically acclaimed band's first live album in its 25-year history. "Live All Over The Place" also features a bonus acoustic set. All songs were recorded in various locations on tour beginning with 1994's "Dogman" trek through 2003's "Black Like Sunday" dates.

"KING'S X has been performing live since 1980 and our fans have always wanted a live album, but there were lots of legal reasons why we haven't put one out until now," stated vocalist/guitarist Ty Tabor. "We've been with four different labels over the years and recorded more than enough material for a live album but only now through the passage of time are we able to release one.

"We've always recorded as much live stuff as possible," Tabor continued. "We have thousands of hours of live recordings. Basically, we were recording every night.

"This album flows really well. It's a live album for purists. There are only one or two minor exceptions where Jerry's cymbals cut through his vocal mike and we had to re-record him singing live. Every so-called live album has parts fixed but we kept 'Live All Over The Place' as raw and human as possible.

"It's tough to make a live album sound good. Cymbals always bleed through, making a live album a very difficult thing to mix. You want to capture the vibe and those special moments, but sometimes those don't sound as good as other takes. Having a good night on stage and getting a good recording at the same time is rare," Tabor said.

"There is a consistency to a KING'S X show and after the mixing of 'Live All Over The Place' was completed we realized that it represents a real show."

KING'S X are expected to enter the studio in December with veteran producer Michael Wagener to begin recording a new album for an April 2005 release.

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