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King Farook

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About Me


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Member Since: 9/29/2005
Band Website: kingfarook.com
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Influences: Parliament/Funkadelic, Fishbone, 24-7 Spyz, Bootsy Collins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Maceo Parker, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, Prince, The Time, Cameo, BB&Q Band, Change, Outkast, Dungeon Family, Cee-Lo, Public Enemy, Snoop Dogg, Wu Tang Clan, Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Roy Ayers, Alexander O'Neal, Return To Forever, Rollins Band, Raphael Saadiq, D'Angelo, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Pantera, Deftones, Weapon of Choice, Living Colour, Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Ice Cube, Tupac, Rage Against The Machine, R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, Brian McKnight, Steve Vai, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, King's X, Al Green.
Sounds Like: A musical orgy of all the above and then some.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The calm before the Whorem (I mean storm)

Here I sit, at work. It's Tuesday afternoon and yeah, I should probably be eating lunch or something but instead I'm playing PANDEMIC II (check it out) and contemplating what this week might bring.Can...
Posted by King Farook on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:09:00 PST

Noogie says goodbye!!

Gday all! Howzit? On Saturday night the lads and I played in Nowra. It was the last away gig on our little tour. I can honestly say that never in my life have I laughed as much as I did during the co...
Posted by King Farook on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:39:00 PST

Stream of consciousness from an insane man

Does it seem like life throws a lot of information at you constantly? As a guy who's often in charge of the web marketing of King Farook I try and put myself in the shoes of the people who I'm targeti...
Posted by King Farook on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:55:00 PST

JayCee’s insights on touring

Rightyo then I suppose I should give you a bit of an update on how this whole 4-Piece Feed tour thingy is going.Here's a recap of how we got to this point. We went from a 5-piece to a 4-piece and with...
Posted by King Farook on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:03:00 PST

Recording update

"4-Piece Feed" EPRecording UpdateSo we're halfway through tracking our new 4-Piece Feed EP. In case you hadn't yet been bombarded with advertising about it, the release is on the 17th of May. That add...
Posted by King Farook on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:21:00 PST

Two Festivals and a Four-Track

What's up Farookateers? This weekend just past has been a bit hectic for us. We were lucky enough to play at two (count-em: TWO) festivals on Saturday 12th April: The Burbs out at Blacktown Olympic Pa...
Posted by King Farook on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:21:00 PST

New lineup, New EP, NEW TOUR!

New LineupI guess I should start with the sad news. Unfortunately our former bass player Dauno has moved on to bigger and better things and life beyond King Farook."So who's playing bass now?" I hear ...
Posted by King Farook on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:12:00 PST

King Farook vs Professor Groove on FBi Radio this morning

Mori from King Farook and Roland from Professor Groove and the Booty Affair went head to head in the FBi 94.5 FM studio this morning.If you missed it - here it is!...
Posted by King Farook on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:53:00 PST

Professor Groove can suck a chode

Professor Groove can suck a chodeThere have been some disturbing allegations leveled against His Majesty King Farook by an unscrupulous character who goes by the name Professor Groove. This alleged Pr...
Posted by King Farook on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:51:00 PST

Schiff in Modern Drummer Magazine Online!

Schiff in Modern DrummerWhat's up Farookians? I'm proud to announce that our very own Schiffy Chipps is featured in Modern Drummer Online right now! If you go to www.moderndrummer.com you'll see his p...
Posted by King Farook on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:11:00 PST