Keep an eye out for 'The King Blues'

The King Blues

The King Blues are a highly political punk band from London, England. They use a fusion of folk and ska to create a highly unique sound which is both fun to listen too and memorable. They claim to have influences from Public Enemy, The Clash, The Specials, Black Flag and Minor Threat. 

Bit of Background

The King Blues originally started as a duo with Johnny 'Itch' Fox (pictured above) playing the ukulele and vocals; and Jamie Jazz playing the acoustic guitar, as well as backing vocals. In 2004 they self released a demo EP titled "All Fall Down" featuring 5 tracks recorded by Itch on guitar and vocals. The cover and CD body art was a stencil of a fuse bomb and the band's logo, each one was hand sprayed.

In June 2006 they released their debut album 'Under The Fog' with the single 'Mr Music man' being voted the best punk song of 2006 by Radio 1.

In October 2008 the band released 'Save the world, Get the girl' which is an album I would personally recommend. It has everything from the slow, melancholy feel of 'Out of luck' to the upbeat, anger infused 'The Streets are ours'. The first song I heard by this band was off of this album called 'I got Love' it is a song that I would recommend to everyone and anyone because it is a very good song with a very good message.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOEGymrYCk

After a band reshuffle they finally released their 3rd album 'Punk and Poetry'. In this album The King blues ditch the acoustic guitars and pick up the Electrics as they take a heavier approach to their songwriting and finally give their political rants the backbone it needed.

So i'm a huge fan of this band and I recommend this band to anyone who has a strong interest in political restitance as well as enjoying punk/ska.

Josh K.