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We are King Pest, a guitar 4 piece from Manchester.
We've here so you can listen to where we're coming from. If you like what you hear then check out our tour dates and come watch us live!
Our music is hook-laden and we only write truth. We embody the citys traditional heritage of great musicians - i.e. we have little idea about what is going on elsewhere and better still do not care.
QUOTES:
"Hugely original and spectacularly individual" - MANCHESTER MUSIC DEMO REVIEW
"King Pest seem rather timeless – downbeat pop with a cutting edge. The main surprise to me is how good Steven's voice is. The quietly spoken man has a classic rock voice. They are a bloody good rock band and that's fine by me." - INDIE DAD-LONDON REVIEW.
"What they have is all you need, the sort of tunes that worm their way into your head and stay there." - MANCHESTER MUSIC LIVE REVIEW
"King Pest have a sound all of their own and ensure you'll be hitting the repeat button a few times...The songs make the perfect accompaniment to a lazy summer's afternoon...sublime power-pop melodies that make for a unique sound" - SANDMAN MAGAZINE.
"King Pest deal more in the language of the scrapheap and reject pile - offering up glorious, tub-thumping pop songs which manage to be simultaneously intelligent, romantic, universal AND gloriously championing the real underdogs in society. More outlaws than outsiders then." - David Sue - MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS ARTICLE"King Pest are unlike most other acts of recent time...Effectively, King Pest dare to be different." OCTOPUS - FACEBOOK REVIEW PAGE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/03/2006
Band Members: 20man-strummergaz-pickerads-pluckerste-basher
Influences: Everything then nothing but all at the same time
Sounds Like: Analogue fuzz fighting modern day technology.
Record Label: TBC
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

NEW VIDEO - KING PEST ARE NOW ANIMATED CHARACTERS!!!


Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:36:00 GMT

"MANCHESTER'S INDIE SAVIOURS"

Not our words folks but the words of the Manchester Music website, without doubt the most definitive music website in the North West. They have just given us Demo Of The Week for the second time. Here...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:44:00 GMT

"UNLIKE MOST BANDS OF RECENT TIMES" - ANOTHER GREAT REVIEW!

Just received a great review from the Octopus page on Facebook."King Pest, apparently named after a little known short story by Edgar Allan Poe seem to reflect their choice of name in their music, not...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:09:00 GMT

NEW RECORDINGS AT VIBE STUDIOS!!

We've recently been in the studio to record 'On The Town' and 'Holiday' with Martin Coogan (DJ, Singer of Mock Turtles fame and steve's bro) and the very cool and talented Yves Altana. Get listening a...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:49:00 GMT

LIVE REVIEW + DEMO REVIEW

From www.music-dash.co.uk: "As the initial rumble of the bass line of "Reasons" bobs along and drives into gear, the incoming jangling guitar riffs allow King Pest to stir in an edgy vocal line. ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:33:00 GMT

!!!! XFM AIRTIME COMPETITION - AND THE WINNERS ARE .......

Hi there,This is a quick thank you to ALL of the people who took the time to vote for us on Xfm Manchester. It really helped and as you might have guessed from the title of this blog, we won!!!We...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:56:00 GMT

PRESS INTERVIEW!

Rise of Pest-er powerMANCHESTER EVENING NEWS David Sue 28/ 2/2008 STEVEN Twentyman - vocalist and songwriter for new Manchester band King Pest - is sat in a Northern Quarter bar and guiding...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:05:00 GMT

!!! FIRST TIME VIEWERS READ THIS !!!

It's great that you've found us!!!We're exited that you're listening to our music and hope that you like what you hear. Please look around our myspace page. Add us as a friend - this'll definately mak...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:07:00 GMT

!!FACEBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!

Join our facebook site to get info, pictures and background stories on up and coming shows and find more about the band and what we're up to. Tell all the people you know, get all of your f...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:14:00 GMT

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Posted by on Mon, 01 May 2006 16:35:00 GMT