The group moved to Metal Blade Records in 1998. Their first album under the label, Tape Head , signaled a new era for the band. They modified their creative methods by writing and recording the album together in the studio, rather than coming together to record songs that the individual…
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The band’s third release under Atlantic, 1996’s Ear Candy , would also be their last for the label (not including the subsequent Best of King’s X compilation album). Although it sold to the band’s sizeable core following, it lacked the relative mainstream success of previous efforts. The record was soon…
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With grunge at the peak of its popularity, and Pearl Jam ‘s bassist Jeff Ament declaring that “King’s X invented grunge” (despite the group’s trademark sound being very different from that of the commercially successful grunge acts), the band went looking for a new sound upon their return. They enlisted…
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The band was moved up to Megaforce’s parent label Atlantic Records for the release of their fourth album, King’s X , in early 1992. However, rising tensions with Taylor led the band to eschew the upbeat approach of previous albums and turn out a darker, more introspective effort. Unfortunately, despite…
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The increase in exposure would prove beneficial when the band released their third album, Faith Hope Love , in late 1990. It was the group’s first album to crack the U.S. Top 100, with the help of the successful single ” It’s Love “. Another track, the funk-rock “We Were…
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The band landed the opening slot for Iron Maiden in Europe on their No Prayer for the Dying tour in late 1990, and AC/DC on their Razors Edge tour in the U.S. and Europe for the first half of 1991. In the middle of that year, their song “Junior’s Gone…
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In 1989, the band released their second album Gretchen Goes to Nebraska . Considered by many fans to be their landmark album and most creative period, the album fared only slightly better from a commercial standpoint than Out of the Silent Planet . The band played with a wide variety…
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The group released its debut album as King’s X, Out of the Silent Planet , in 1988. Despite highly positive reviews, the album did not fare well commercially and peaking at No. 144 on the Billboard album charts. The songs “King” and “Shot of Love” were released as singles, but…
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By 1985, the group had made connections at Star Song Records based in Houston , Texas and were encouraged to move the band there. The first order of business for the three was to become part of a touring band for CCM artist Morgan Cryar . Tabor and Pinnick are…
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By 1983, Henderson had quit the band and Pinnick, Tabor, and Gaskill decided to continue on as a trio. They also decided to change the name of the band, and settled on calling themselves Sneak Preview.