EXTREME Guitarist NUNO BETTENCOURT In Praise Of KING'S X - "If Faith Hope Love Was Released In The Last 10 Years Or Even Yesterday, They Would Be As Big As MUSE Is Right Now"

March 30, 2015, 8 years ago

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EXTREME Guitarist NUNO BETTENCOURT In Praise Of KING'S X - "If Faith Hope Love Was Released In The Last 10 Years Or Even Yesterday, They Would Be As Big As MUSE Is Right Now"

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has posted the picture above along with the following message online via his official Facebook page:

"Ok. I know you didn't ask, b if you did ask me who is the most underrated rock band of all time? It would be the band who was fronted by this man right here: King's X. 

Yes, they had previous releases, but when Faith Hope Love hit the scene in '89-'90, I truly believe it was the right album at the wrong time. No one coming out of '80s rock and metal was ready for this. This band fell through the cracks of the historic transition between the Mötley Crües to the Pearl Jams of the music scene. But I believe with every fiber of my being, that if Faith Hope Love had come out any later, it would have been a different story for Doug and the boys.


If I needed more proof, I got it when I hit play on their follow up Dogman. I nearly drove off the road I was so pumped. How do I know I'm right, because when you put on these albums today they don't age ONE BIT, that's the true sign of the classics. If Faith Hope Love was released in the last 10 years or even yesterday and I heard 'We Are Finding Who We Are' on the radio I would be freaking out compared to what's out right now. King's X would be as big as Muse is right now. I mean, they are only a three piece, but if you told me Hendrix teamed up with Lennon and McCartney and released a heavy album laced with soulful lead vocals, incredible harmonies, meaningful lyrics, groundbreaking guitar tone, the tastiest guitar solos, amazing musicianship, beautiful sounding production, I would say bullshit. But that's what I hear and feel when I hear King's X. And I was as blown away live, as they were truly who their albums said they were. 

And I can't be 100% sure, but if you ask Jerry from Alice in Chains, a great band of course, he may just confirm that that heavy drop tuning with a side order of layered harmonies may have originally come from King's X. And if they truly got the support they needed at the time, who knows where their creativity would have taken us. 

I know this is art, and at the end of the day my opinion is only my opinion. But at the very least if you don't already know, give it a shot. Have an affair with it. You may just agree."



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