Member Since: 1/3/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/newkings
Band Members: Michael Louis Johnson - vox/trumpet, other members have been: Jud Ruhl - guitar, Lenny Miller - drums, Darcy Yates - bass, Tara-Lynn White - bass, Andrew Innanen - drums, Derek Downham - drums,, Dean Drouillard - guitar, Tarik Zaky - guitar, Jake Ulrichs - drums, Mike Overton - bass, Ben Huband - bass -- plus many collaborations with Richard Underhill and the Kensington Horns, Ainike & Sambe Elegua
Influences: ACDC, The Clash, Bad Brains, Toots & the Maytals, Stooges, Dead Kennedys, MC5, Bad Religion (Suffer), Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Zeppelin and Sabbath
Sounds Like: Liberation Rock-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------"...(Michael Louis Johnson) has funneled his earnest commitment to humanist, anti-capitalist rabblerousing into a charged, confrontational mix of Strummer-ish outrage and galvanizing, jazz-warped rhythms...."Ben Rayner, Toronto Star, Sept. 22, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- "...the New Kings' Take Back the Streets makes scathing indictments against everything from corporations to bad "police-state propaganda" TV shows. Nothing light 'n' frothy here, to say the least."Chris Rolfe, Eye Magazine, Mar. 31, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- "My first face-to-face encounter with New Kings mastermind Michael Johnson happened when he was dancing atop an über-gross Hummer obnoxiously parked outside the El Mo.... a goofy political performance that took big cojones and makes the title of the Kings' new disc seem particularly apt."Sarah Liss, Now Magazine, Mar. 31, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- "Take Back The Streets!" is real music. It has teeth, a reason to exist, a sense of humour and is quite simply great rock'n'roll.Michael Proudfoot - TV producer
Record Label: any suggestions welcome
Type of Label: None