Ear Candy

Performer: King's X
Artist: Glen Phillips
Engineer: Brian "Squee-Kwo" Garcia; Randy Miller; Tony Flores; Brian Garcia
Distributor: Bayside Record Dist.

Notes: King's X: Ty Tabor (vocals, guitar); Doug Pinnick (vocals, bass); Jerry Gaskill (drums, background vocals). Additional personnel: Glen Phillips (vocals); Brian "Squee-kwo" Garcia, Tony Flores, Arnold "Border Problems" Lanni (percussion). Producers: Arnold Lanni, Doug Pinnick, Ty Tabor, Jerry Gaskill. Recorded at Milagro Sound Recorders, Glendale, California; Digital Services, Rivendale Studios and Houston Sound Studios, Houston, Texas. Personnel: Ty Tabor (vocals, guitar); Jerry Gaskill (vocals, drums); Snow, Doug Pinnick (vocals); Arnold Lanni, Tony Flores, Brian E. Garcia (percussion). Audio Mixers: King's X; Arnold Lanni; Ty Tabor; Brian E. Garcia. Recording information: Digital Services, Houston, TX; Houston Sound Studios; Milagro Sound Recorders, Glendale, CA; Rivendale Studios, Houston, TX. Editors: Andy VanDette; Randy Miller. Photographer: Catherine Wessel. Rumor had it that Atlantic (King's X label at the time) put pressure on the group to produce a "hit" with their sixth album overall, 1996's EAR CANDY. While a hit was never hatched, the album was another inspired effort. The band's vocal harmonies and hard rock riffs are outstanding on such cuts as "The Train," "(Thinking and Wondering) What I'm Gonna Do," "A Box," and "Looking for Love." EAR CANDY turned out to be their final studio album for Atlantic, as they moved on to Metal Blade for TAPE HEAD two years later.

Entertainment Weekly (6/14/96, p.60) - Rating: A- Q (8/96, p.121) - 3 Stars - Good - "...EAR CANDY still has power in places but the onus here is taken by melody and harmony,...adding some world music, heading off way beyond their driving, minimalistic beginnings....King's X offer some finely appointed powerpop..."

Power trio King's X combine Beatlesque melodies with fierce hard rock and progressive leanings. Formed in the mid-1980s, the band emerged--along with Living Colour--as one of the few metal bands with an African-American frontman. The group's initial videos garnered MTV airplay, leading to increased exposure and lengthy tours. Since the early '90s, King's X has maintained a slightly lower profile, but they still have a very devoted following, eager for the next release to feature the band's genre-hopping sound.

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