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The King Blues

Index The King Blues

The King Blues are a British punk rock band from London credited for fusing punk and hip hop together with influences from ska and spoken word. [1]

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  1. 60 relations: Alexandra Palace, Anarchism, Arab Spring, BBC Radio 1, Bleach Blood, Bonkers (song), Clive Langer, Cooking Vinyl, Dexys Midnight Runners, Dizzee Rascal, Elvis Costello, Enhanced CD, Enter Shikari, Flobots, Folk punk, Folkestone, Hevy Music Festival, Household Name Records, Indymedia, Island Records, Jonny "Itch" Fox, Last Hours, Live Lounge, Love Music Hate Racism, Madness (band), Mike Davies (broadcaster), Morrissey, Murder of Sophie Lancaster, Noel Gallagher, Paul Mullen, Pete Donaldson, Phil Clifton, Public Enemy, Punk & Poetry, Punk rock, Radio X (United Kingdom), Reading and Leeds Festivals, Rob da Bank, Robert Browning, Rollo Armstrong, Roundhouse (venue), Save the World. Get the Girl, Scroobius Pip, Ska punk, Spring.me, Status Quo (band), Tariq Ali, The Automatic, The Clash, The Specials, ... Expand index (10 more) »

  2. British musical quintets
  3. English ska musical groups
  4. Household Records artists

Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in North London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey.

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Anarchism

Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is against all forms of authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including the state and capitalism.

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Arab Spring

The Arab Spring (ar-rabīʻ al-ʻarabī) or the First Arab Spring (to distinguish from the Second Arab Spring) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Bleach Blood

Bleach Blood is a dance punk band formed in north east London in 2012 by Jamie Jazz (singer/guitarist, formerly of The King Blues), Paul Mullen (guitarist of The Automatic and formerly Yourcodenameis:Milo, Julia Webb (vocals and keys/synths), Luke Godwin (guitarist), Tom Aylott (bass guitarist) and Paul 'Invisible Frank' Lane (drummer) of The Voodoo Binmen.

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Bonkers (song)

"Bonkers" is a song by English rapper Dizzee Rascal and American producer Armand van Helden.

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Clive Langer

Clive Langer (born 19 June 1954) is an English record producer and songwriter, active from the mid-1970s onwards.

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Cooking Vinyl

Cooking Vinyl is a British independent record label, based in Acton, London, England.

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Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners (currently Dexys, their former nickname, styled without an apostrophe) are an English pop rock band from Birmingham, with soul influences, who achieved major commercial success in the early to mid- 1980s.

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Dizzee Rascal

Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), known professionally as Dizzee Rascal, is a British rapper and MC. He is often credited as a pioneer of British hip hop and grime music and was ranked by Complex as one of the greatest British rappers of all time. His work has also incorporated elements of UK garage, bassline and R&B.

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Elvis Costello

Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television presenter. The King Blues and Elvis Costello are Island Records artists.

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Enhanced CD

Enhanced CD is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both compact disc and CD-ROM players.

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Enter Shikari

Enter Shikari are a British rock band formed in St Albans in 1999 by bassist Chris Batten, lead vocalist and keyboardist Rou Reynolds, and drummer Rob Rolfe. The King Blues and Enter Shikari are English alternative rock groups and political music groups.

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Flobots

Flobots is an experimental rap rock band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2005 by Jamie Laurie.

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Folk punk

Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock.

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Folkestone

Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England.

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Hevy Music Festival

Hevy Music Festival was a rock festival established by Claire Baker and James that took place annually near Folkestone, Kent, in the UK.

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Household Name Records

Household Name Records is a DIY punk rock record label, based in London, UK founded in 1996.

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Indymedia

The Independent Media Center, better known as Indymedia, is an open publishing network of activist journalist collectives that report on political and social issues.

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Island Records

Island Records is a Jamaican multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Jonny "Itch" Fox

Jonathan "Jonny" Fox, better known simply by his stage name Itch, is an English rapper.

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Last Hours

Last Hours (known as Rancid News prior to 2005) is an anti-authoritarian publishing collective.

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Live Lounge

The Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio stations BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra.

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Love Music Hate Racism

Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) is a music-oriented antiracism campaign based in Britain.

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Madness (band)

Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, north west London, who formed in 1976. The King Blues and Madness (band) are English ska musical groups.

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Mike Davies (broadcaster)

Mike Davies (born August 8, 1978) is an American firefighter and former disc jockey on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom.

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Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. The King Blues and Morrissey are Island Records artists.

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Murder of Sophie Lancaster

The murder of Sophie Lancaster occurred in England in August 2007.

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Noel Gallagher

Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English musician, singer and songwriter.

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Paul Mullen

Paul Mullen (born 6 September 1982) is an English musician, multi-instrumentalist & singer songwriter who first gained recognition for being vocalist and guitarist of the band Yourcodenameis:milo, who went on hiatus in 2007.

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Pete Donaldson

Peter Donaldson (born 30 April 1981) is an English podcaster and radio presenter.

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Phil Clifton

Phil Clifton is a British television and Sony nominated radio presenter, appearing on MTV (UK and Ireland), Radio X and formerly Channel 4.

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Public Enemy

Public Enemy is an American hip hop group formed by Chuck D and Flavor Flav on Long Island, New York, in 1985. The King Blues and Public Enemy are political music groups.

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Punk & Poetry

Punk & Poetry is the third album by The King Blues.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.

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Radio X (United Kingdom)

Radio X is a British national commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global.

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Reading and Leeds Festivals

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England.

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Rob da Bank

Robert John Gorham (born 24 June 1973 in Portsmouth, Hampshire), known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is an English DJ and co-founder of music festivals Bestival, originally on the Isle of Wight and now moved to Lulworth, Dorset and Camp Bestival, also in Lulworth.

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Robert Browning

Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets.

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Rollo Armstrong

Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong (born 8 May 1966), known professionally as both Rollo and R Plus, is an English music producer.

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Roundhouse (venue)

The Roundhouse is a performing arts and concert venue situated at the Grade II* listed former railway engine shed in Chalk Farm, London, England.

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Save the World. Get the Girl

Save the World · Get the Girl is the second album by The King Blues.

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Scroobius Pip

David Peter Meads (born 3 August 1981), known professionally as Scroobius Pip, is an English actor and podcaster as well as a former spoken word poet and hip hop recording artist from Stanford-le-Hope, Essex.

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Ska punk

Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music.

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Spring.me

Spring.me was a social networking service.

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Status Quo (band)

Status Quo are a British rock band.

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Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali (طارق علی;; born 21 October 1943) is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual.

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The Automatic

The Automatic (also known as The Automatic Automatic in the U.S.) were a Welsh rock band.

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The Clash

The Clash were an English rock band that formed in London in 1976 and were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. The King Blues and the Clash are English punk rock groups and political music groups.

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The Specials

The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. The King Blues and The Specials are English punk rock groups, English ska musical groups and political music groups.

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Transmission Recordings

Transmission Recordings is a British independent record label owned and operated by the Notting Hill Music Group plc.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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Ukulele

The ukulele (from ukulele, approximately), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii.

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Under the Fog

Under The Fog is the debut album by The King Blues, originally released by Household Name Records in 2006 and later re-released on Field Records, a subsidiary of Island Records in 2008.

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What If Punk Never Happened

"What If Punk Never Happened" is a song recorded by English punk rock band The King Blues, and is the eleventh and final track on their second studio album Save the World. Get the Girl.

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Yourcodenameis:milo

Yourcodenameis:milo are an English alternative rock/experimental/post-hardcore band from Washington, Tyne and Wear. The King Blues and Yourcodenameis:milo are English alternative rock groups.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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Zane Lowe

Alexander Zane Reed Lowe (born 7 August 1973) is a New Zealand radio DJ, live DJ, record producer, and television presenter.

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1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

The Tiananmen Square protests, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989.

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3RRR

3RRR (pronounced "Three Triple R", or simply "Triple R") is an Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne.

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See also

British musical quintets

English ska musical groups

Household Records artists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_Blues

Also known as Itch (Band), Itch (musician), King Blues, Long Live the Struggle, The Engine Room Acoustic Session.

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