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Speed Kings

Rock n' Roll ain't dead yet...

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Member Since: 2/21/2006
Band Members:
Johnny - Lead Vox / Guitar

Greg - Double Bass / Vox

Steve - Drums / Vox
Influences: The Speed Kings are influenced by Reverend Horton Heat, The Cramps, The Clash, Rocket From The Crypt, Jagermeister, Stray Cats, The Hives, Misfits, Mad Sin, Nekromantix, Johnny Cash, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Edgar Allen Poe & Hunter S. Thompson.
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My Blog

First Recording Session For Debut Album Completed

As planned we spent the last weekend in Dub Rek studios in Derby for the first recording session for our debut album. It was a real success. We have recorded the first 8 tracks for the album in full a...
Posted by Speed Kings on Tue, 27 May 2008 12:28:00 PST

Recording For Debut Album To Begin Soon...

We are due to FINALLY start the recording for our debut album this month! We're booked in at Dub Rek Studios in Derby on the 24th & 25th of may to record the first 8 tracks. The producer/engi...
Posted by Speed Kings on Tue, 13 May 2008 10:50:00 PST

The New Speed King - Welcome Steve!!!

We'd like to take this opportunity to welcome the newest addition to the Speed Kings. We can officially announce that our friend Steve Riley will be taking over from Gaz on drums. We've known him for ...
Posted by Speed Kings on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:54:00 PST

SPEED KINGS ON RADIO 1S PUNK SHOW

We've been featured recently on Radio 1's punk show with Mike Davies! They played our track 'Bullet Train' alongside The Meteors. The link has now closed as it's more than a week old but we'll be...
Posted by Speed Kings on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:15:00 PST

Speed Kings Reviewed In THE WRENCH Magazine

This month's issue of 'The Wrench' features a review of Speed Kings' latest demo tracks. Here it is... "Raw and at times, as the name suggests, fast. This demo from The Speed Kings provides a selecti...
Posted by Speed Kings on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:30:00 PST

Photos - The Deville Dolls Show @ The Social

Hey everyone... We're sorry about the lateness of this post for all the people that were there. It was an awesome night and we'd like to thank everybody who made it to the show. Thanks to the Cathouse...
Posted by Speed Kings on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:39:00 PST

PayPal Store Now Open!

We've been working hard on getting our merchandise store running on our MySpace site and we're pleased to announce that it is now open! You can buy any of our merchandise online using the official Pay...
Posted by Speed Kings on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:31:00 PST

Review of 'Substance, Love & Suicide' in 'It's only rock 'n' roll' magazine!

We handed a rough demo of 'Substance, Love & Suicide' to Mick Moonshine recently and he deemed it good enough to review in his 'It's only rock 'n' roll' magazine! "These guys are about to launch t...
Posted by Speed Kings on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:31:00 PST

The First Gig!!!

Hello everybody! We're in a celebratory mood right now at Speed Kings HQ! The first gig was last night and we went down a storm! The venue was really cool... They should re-name it 'The Clitoris' thou...
Posted by Speed Kings on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:03:00 PST

Countdown to the first Speed Kings show!

Hey there ladies and germs! The clock is officially ticking down to the first live appearance of the Speed Kings! 14 days from today we will be playing supporting the Red Sharks from LA at DNR Live in...
Posted by Speed Kings on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:31:00 PST