A soundtrack by The King Blues to a punk puppet opera written by Jonny Itch Fox. It is based on the false alarm that went out in Hawaii in 2018, informing residents there was an imminent missile and took 38 minutes before they were told it was a false alarm.…
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On 11 April 2017, The King Blues released their fifth studio album The Gospel Truth on Cooking Vinyl Records. Their first album since 2012, it attained a number 1 spot on the cassette chart, a top 20 placing on the vinyl chart and a top 40 placing on the overall…
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On 27 February 2016 The King Blues released their comeback record Off with Their Heads on their own Meatball Records with the physical released on Speech Development Records. The title track video, directed by Scroobius Pip , received over a quarter of a million views on the first day. The…
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On 25 November 2015 The King Blues announced they had reformed on their official Facebook page, with the words “Guess who’s back and pissed off again”.
On 6 March 2012, Itch again co-hosted Mike Davies’ Radio 1 Punk Show, previewing the song “Tear Us Apart”.
On 12 February 2012, the fourth single from the current album, Does Anybody Care About Us? was released as a digital download, backed with a live recording of Five Bottles of Shampoo .
On 21 January 2011, The King Blues posted a 40-second preview of a song, “We Are Fucking Angry”. It received radio play on Mike Davies ‘ Radio 1 Punk Show and a few days later the band posted a free download link to the song on the internet.
At the 2011 Leeds Festival , The King Blues announced the commencement of work on the follow-up album to Punk & Poetry , and debuted the song “Power to the People”, which was also played on their subsequent debut European tour. At The Roundhouse in November 2011 they debuted another…
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The King Blues departed on their “London Brawling tour” (10 April until 5 May) along with four different support bands: Mouthwash (all gigs), Moral Dilemma, The Meow Meows and Dirty Revolution. Most nights of the tour the band invited a speaker on stage, including Sophie Lancaster ‘s mother speaking for…
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On 23 March, Zane Lowe aired “Headbutt” as his “hottest record in the world” on his Radio 1 show, and Itch stated on the show that the band had completely finished recording five or six new songs. On their UK tour it was announced that “Headbutt” would be released on…
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