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The King Blues - 19 Things You Didn't Know! Plus Biography

Numerous festival slots followed before the band were signed to Field Recordings by owner Rollo Armstrong of Faithless after hearing them on a music panel at In The City. Next came the release in 2007 of two killer singles: bass-heavy dub-punk rallying cry Come Fi Di Youth and summer ska tune (complete with some fine vocal toasting), Mr Music Man.

Today friends and supporters range from Tariq Ali to Hard-Fi, who The King Blues supported at Wembley Arena show in 2007 (the first time they played there was in the car park). Their forthcoming single 'My Boulder' has already been championed by Radio 1's Zane Lowe, who recommended it to his studio guest, Noel Gallagher. Meanwhile Zane's Radio 1 colleague Rob da Bank has fallen for the band thanks to the captivating, largely spoken word album closer What If Punk Never Happened.

Right from the get-go The King Blues' music has defied convention. Unafraid to mix up dub bass lines, doo-wop a cappella songs, ska rhythms, Lonnie Donegan-styled skiffle, British folk and gritty poetry, theirs is a stripped-down, hot-wired sound where ukuleles, acoustic guitars and melodicas feature heavily. It is punk music as it was intended - engaging, forward-thinking, all-encompassing.
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