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10/28/04 9:42 AM
Sarah
(sarah@mckenzieaitken.wanadoo.co.)
Comment:
A blast from the past.
10/21/04 8:42 AM
Janine
(janine_harrison103@hotmail.com)
Comment:
good to see this site still here, keeping the spirit of Kingmaker alive. Kingmaker were one of the most criminally underrated bands who got swept up in all that Britpop nonsense. I adored them!
I am actually in the process of writing a book about the Britpop era, and would love to get in touch with Loz to ask him his feelings about it all, if anyone could give me his email address, or a contact where he can be reached, I'd be most grateful.Thanks.
10/16/04 5:50 AM
Ian Jones
Comment:
Just dug out Eat Yourself Whole. Sounds as good as it did back in 1992! What a discovery, only picked it up on a whim for 8 quid.
7/29/04 8:24 AM
Ian Capes
(Ian-Capes@pwei01.freeserve.co.uk)
Comment:
What a year 1991. Peggy Suicide (Julian Cope) and Eat Yourself Whole, two of my favourite albums of the entire 1990s both released. Add in Achtung Baby, Screamadelica and Slinky by the Milltown Bros and it starts looking like a golden age to me. I saw Kingmaker only once at the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden I seem to remember. I was at least 10 or 12 years older than most of the crowd and got mistaken for their tour manager or something like that. Kids trying to persuade me to let them meet the band afterwards. It must have been the Hull accent or the fact me and my old mate Jon (where are you now?) were safely stood at the bar downing pints and keeping out of the way of the stage diving youngsters. It's the only time that confusion ever happened to me at a gig. A great atmosphere and a great memory. Badly missed in these days of mediocrity.
7/27/04 2:04 AM
Cackmail
(cackmail@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
Hi, Hope this is of interest to someone. (& Apologies for posting if not !) Two rare Kingmaker CDs on eBay UK : Celebrated Working Man CD http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4027287586&ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:UK:1 Best Possible Taste promo CD : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4027287242&ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:UK:1
7/21/04 2:15 PM
Jimmy Fletcher
Comment:
will be in touch
7/6/04 3:51 PM
Tyler
Comment:
If anyone is interested, I'm selling an XL kingmaker shirt on Ebay here.
6/12/04 8:10 AM
Magno Gel
(Prairie_Dog@aol.com)
Comment:
nice site, enjoyed visiting
5/21/04 7:28 AM
Alex
(britpop95@aol.com)
Comment:
Hi,
if anyones interested, I have 2 rare Official Kingmaker Chrysalis Promo videos with sleeves/case etc.
The videos are 'In The Best Possible Taste' and 'You And I Will Never See Thing's Eye To Eye'.
Feel free to make any offers.......
4/22/04 4:47 PM
dee
(dee20@members.v21.co.uk)
Comment:
also, brilliant site, good work man!
4/22/04 4:44 PM
dee
(dee20@members.v21.co.uk)
Comment:
amazing band! why don't they reform? anyone got any kingmaker tab or some gig footage?
4/16/04 12:00 PM
Heidi
(krazelilheidi@aol.com)
Comment:
Yeah she is the shit
4/1/04 12:22 PM
Turgut Koyman
(tkoyman@yahoo.com)
Comment:
Hi, i am another fan from TURKEY. I still love Kingmake and i dont know why they split up after their success! You have done really great site! I could not find that Mp3 selling site of KINGMAER. Could you please help me find it?
3/14/04 4:25 PM
robin
Comment:
brilliant band, what a shame they split and the music press turned on them. they will always have a place in my heart!
2/15/04 10:59 AM
chuck
(chuck.middleton@ntlworld.com)
Comment:
hi... Bumped into Myles at a Wonderstuff gig in sherwood forest last year(aug 2003). He looked well and from what he knew the other two were ok and enjoying life. I'd like to see a reunion and a full best of would be nice to but somehow I cant see it happening. still slip on old lp's and the tracks still cut it. top band. Chuck the Poet
2/9/04 7:23 AM
Lockster
(sim.onl@virgin.net)
Comment:
Cool site man, I thought everyone had forgotton them!
1/26/04 1:51 PM
Rory MacPherson
Comment:
Said it wouldn't last
Said it wouldn't last
This is the last stand against tomorrow
1/19/04 5:50 AM
Michael
Comment:
The iCrunch links don't seem to work anymore but this link does. Anyone know if i can buy these on CD or are they MP3 only? http://www.emusic.com/artist/10562/10562951.html
1/17/04 7:14 PM
last stand
(muckack@aol.com)
Comment:
did a? u said it would not last you was right
1/4/04 5:38 PM
benjamin
(bates@benjaminbates.nl)
Comment:
As a Kingmaker fan in Holland, i never read whatever the UK press wrote about them back in the days. It is only now that i have found this site that i understand why they split up in the first place. Shame if you ask me...
Personally i think all three albums are equally brilliant, and i must admit i never noticed anything of the rec.co's influence on 'Sleepwalking'. I think it's sad they destroyed the bands love for those songs, because in the end, they are theirs and just as beautiful as the earlier ones (same goes for the third album) Hope they are all doing well and thanks to the webmaster for keeping the world informed ;o) Benjamin.
11/26/03 6:48 AM
lee greenwood
(leeg@tedbaker.com)
Comment:
if anyone has loz's e-mail address would they please send it to me? if you are in contact with him would you please let him know i'm trying to track him down (it's been a long time..)? thank y'all v much...and good effort tyler !
11/16/03 12:37 PM
Rod Ray
(rod@backtobase.co.uk)
Comment:
Having been associated with a more recent Hull band , BACK tO BASE, I was pleased to come across a copy of 'SleepWalking' recently. It impressed me. (Rod Ray)
11/13/03 1:08 PM
ms nemo
Comment:
Loz Hardy is now in France teaching English.
11/9/03 8:53 AM
Barry Scurr
(barryscurr@lycos.co.uk)
Comment:
Good site, went to see Kingmaker a number of times in the early 90s, best gig was in the Adelphi,Hull
9/3/03 5:32 AM
Alex
(britpop95@aol.com)
Comment:
Looking for a Bloodshot and fancy free CD - Anyone got one new, second hand or a copy?
7/23/03 4:11 PM
Charlie
Comment:
Hi there, Cool website! I also have a site that covers a sport for those crazy enough to mix Power Kiting and Roller Blading: www.KiteBlading.com [Kite Blading / Kite Skating] Cheers guys, Charlie
7/23/03 3:49 PM
Norris
(ttcdalnet@planet-save.com)
Comment:
Does anyone have any idea what date Kingmaker played Sound City in Norwich, at the Waterfront venue, in April 1992? I have a recording of that show and am trying to pinpoint the date. Thanks in advance for any help!
7/10/03 6:43 AM
Alex
(britpop96@aol.com)
Comment:
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/britpop96/myhomepage/newsletter.html
7/10/03 6:43 AM
Alex
(britpop96@aol.com)
Comment:
Great Band - Just listend to 'To Hell With Humdrum' again and it's still class. I'm moving house soon and have hundreds of cd's avaliable - check out the link above for a few bargains.
7/3/03 9:11 AM
Steve
(steveogrady@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Nice stuff... without your site I would never have found out that the unknown song I've had running round in my head for the last 10 years was (ironically enough) Ten Years Asleep by Kingmaker.... now if only the link to the file of it worked I would be very happy indeed....
6/23/03 1:31 PM
JUSTIN
(info@wolverhamptoncomputers.co.u)
Comment:
I first saw Kingmaker In 1991, supporting the Wonderstuff in Leicester... Blinding band, great songs, excellent vocals... Liked them so much, went to see them in Wolverhampton being supported by a Little unknown band called Radiohead......Strange.....What ever happened to them?!!... Bough every kingmaker album and still love there song's inspired me to play guitar and form my own band.....that you Kingmaker... Love to email Loz Hardy anyone got his email address..?
6/8/03 1:04 PM
barton Kitchensink
(freetoall@hotmail.com)
Comment:
who the hell is dave? He is giving people from Hull a bad name. I am also from Hull and I can say with my hand on my heart that it is utterly cack. So maybe dave is right. Oh dear.
6/8/03 12:58 PM
dave bangfish
(spankytwatcumface@hotmail.com)
Comment:
yo yo yoy yoy oyo i AM FROM HULL and i am mentally imbalanced.
6/5/03 10:58 AM
BLAKE WALLINGTON
(ZEKE2677@OPTONLINE.NET)
Comment:
I'm still a kinmaker fan in 2003!
5/23/03 1:36 PM
Spijder
(spijder@spijder.com)
Comment:
Through the web spun of countless sites
Spijder meandered aimless, pausing here
in appreciation of the unique delights
and penned this poem to make it clear
4/18/03 3:13 AM
Ste
(steven.fitzsimmons@lycos.co.uk)
Comment:
If no-ones heard the Coming Up For Air, Missing in Action, Piss Up On A Rope or Ersatz Love mp3's then go to http://emusic.com/artist/10562/10562951.html and join up for the 50 free mp3's offer and download from there and cancel the membership when done. Just an idea.....
3/9/03 7:38 AM
Alex
(achampagnesupernova@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Anyone got any mp3's/ rare tracks etc?
Whats Loz up to aswell? Surely he should have some solo stuff out?
3/6/03 8:47 AM
dee
(dee20@members.v21.co.uk)
Comment:
does anyone have any videos of Kingmaker when they were touring?
2/12/03 5:34 AM
victoria hoban
(bridgetmcbeal@hotmail.com)
Comment:
i loved kingmaker way back when and went all over to see them and i have recently blown the dust off my copy of eat yourself whole. id forgotten how fantastic an album it is. relly scrape the sky is way up the top of the list alongside ocs's day we caught the train. feel good music never felt so good!! is there anyone out there...
1/26/03 8:34 AM
Dave
(starshaped@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Excellent band - Love to see them get back together again or for Loz to do some solo work
1/8/03 3:20 AM
Mark
(mark@indark.com)
Comment:
Great site you have! Mark
1/2/03 4:01 PM
BjØrn
(Bjoernb66@yahoo.com)
Comment:
hey! great site! excellent! im listening to Kingmaker right now"to hell with humdrum" and i thught id check out if there were any kingmaker sites on the web..come to think of it,i think ive been in here before..oopps...anyway,keep up the good work!
12/30/02 8:48 AM
MikeG
(janee.glasper@btopenworld.com)
Comment:
I went to junior school with Loz (New Marske Junior school). I came second in the school to him at Maths before we went to secondary school. Thought you might like to hear of my slight brush with fame.
12/22/02 3:39 AM
richard
(stickybeaver@yahoo.com)
Comment:
Dave Torrington, your message has finally been clocked!
12/22/02 3:19 AM
richard
(stickybeaver@yahoo.com)
Comment:
I was saddened but more shocked to see how badly shat on this band were by press and Chrysalis in their latter stages of existence. As a local competitor in the Hull music scene, we were all jealous of these guys and even when we got to support them around the area, we had a strained / non-existent relationship. I could never trust Loz. We both had entered bands in a local talent contest, he said we were shit and sounded like Lloyd Cole (apparently). We said they were shit and sounded like U2 (definitely). I also harbour long-term suspicions, since High as a Kite had a very similar climax to the last song on our first EP. Paranoid obsessive at the time. Too much speed and LSD. They became big stars, they did Top of the Pops (I think) and The Word. They had a very important friend in Steve Lamacq of the NME, who fucked off as soon as he could. I still feel that he must have been paid by their record company to eulogise in the way he did and then to stop writing about them so suddenly. I recall that twat claiming they were one of the great 3 pieces of rock, up there with The Jam. Over the top and too fast. This kind of nonesense was causing resentment from other music papers and from other bands, who would support Kingmaker and be completely ignored by this wnaker journalist, now big on Radio 1. We could see after record number two, the EP with High as a Kite on it, that they were being squeezed to change their sound. In the Year and a half of ascent, they changed from sounding like U2 to Eat (also sadly disappeared after a superb debut) to The Wonder Stuff to nothing much at all. If only Paul Jackson of the Adelphi had got them off on a different foot with a better record company, and they had been nurtured as an intelligent rock band, as were Radiohead, instead of thrust into inappropriate spotlights, they would have been much longer lived and well-known. Still, they got their 15 minutes. Looking for Adam, Indigo Trashcan, The Mandelbrot Set, The Penny Candles, Pink Noise, Death by Milkfloat, The Hitchcoks, on the other hand, got nowhere. Kingmaker were picked from a very strong local music scene in Hull at that time. As it was all kicking off, there were lots of why the type questions. But it became clear when their first EP came out. Freewheeling was (and is) a fantastic emotional and mature sounding song. High as a Kite was monstrous live. They deserved to get where they did. But they did not deserve what quickly followed. Why do Hull bands fuck it up? Red Guitars is another story from another era....
12/22/02 3:01 AM
richard
(stickybeaver@yahoo.com)
Comment:
I was saddened but more shocked to see how badly shat on this band were by press and Chrysalis in their latter stages of existence. As a local competitor in the Hull music scene, we were all jealous of these guys and even when we got to support them around the area, we had a strained / non-existent relationship. I could never trust Loz. We both had entered bands in a local talent contest, he said we were shit and sounded like Lloyd Cole (apparently). We said they were shit and sounded like U2 (definitely). I also harbour long-term suspicions, since High as a Kite had a very similar climax to the last song on our first EP. Paranoid obsessive at the time. Too much speed and LSD. They became big stars, they did Top of the Pops (I think) and The Word. They had a very important friend in Steve Lamacq of the NME, who fucked off as soon as he could. I still feel that he must have been paid by their record company to eulogise in the way he did and then to stop writing about them so suddenly. I recall that twat claiming they were one of the great 3 pieces of rock, up there with The Jam. Over the top and too fast. This kind of nonesense was causing resentment from other music papers and from other bands, who would support Kingmaker and be completely ignored by this wnaker journalist, now big on Radio 1. We could see after record number two, the EP with High as a Kite on it, that they were being squeezed to change their sound. In the Year and a half of ascent, they changed from sounding like U2 to Eat (also sadly disappeared after a superb debut) to The Wonder Stuff to nothing much at all. If only Paul Jackson of the Adelphi had got them off on a different foot with a better record company, and they had been nurtured as an intelligent rock band, as were Radiohead, instead of thrust into inappropriate spotlights, they would have been much longer lived and well-known. Still, they got their 15 minutes. Looking for Adam, Indigo Trashcan, The Mandelbrot Set, The Penny Candles, Pink Noise, Death by Milkfloat, The Hitchcoks, on the other hand, got nowhere. Kingmaker were picked from a very strong local music scene in Hull at that time. As it was all kicking off, there were lots of why the type questions. But it became clear when their first EP came out. Freewheeling was (and is) a fantastic emotional and mature sounding song. High as a Kite was monstrous live. They deserved to get where they did. But they did not deserve what quickly followed. Why do Hull bands fuck it up? Red Guitars is another story from another era....
12/19/02 7:48 AM
leon lumsden
(leonlummer@*REMOVE*yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
hi, excellent site, brings back some wonderful memeories.
Update please!
11/23/02 12:30 PM
Roland
Comment:
I recently found that most of the live tracks (four albums or so) are available at emusic.om
11/19/02 4:03 AM
Ann-Marie
(mary@shirkie.fsworld.co.uk)
Comment:
Great site and just to say Myles if you visit this site much, still loving ya!!
11/5/02 10:06 PM
Alex
(britpop95@aol.com)
Comment:
Not sure what Loz is up to these days - surely he's releasing some solo stuff given that he's a songwriting genuis?
If anyone knows, drop me a line.
Ta :)
10/13/02 4:52 AM
roj
(rogeraveris@hotmail.com)
Comment:
brought back some happy memories of gigs gone past in my youth
10/9/02 3:40 AM
Richey
(dee20@members.v21.co.uk)
Comment:
Kingmaker were one of THE best indie bands of the nineties. F'ing brilliant on stage and just as good on CD! I wish they didn't split up.
Does anyone have any Kingmaker stuff like mags or videos?
I still think 'When Lucy's Down' is one excellent tune!
9/10/02 8:23 AM
Mana
(mana414@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Loz Hardy was the first 'rauck star' I ever interviewed for the Student Rag(@ Newcastle Riverside 1994) and he made the whole experience a pleasure. If you can imagine a 19 yr old with a notepad and bitten down Bic - I was petrified. He put me at ease and laughed in all the right places. Thoroughly nice chap. I hope whatever he's up to he's doing well!!! 'In The Best Possible Taste' remains one of my top 5 albums of all time.
8/27/02 9:29 AM
Tyler
(tyler@limeweb.com)
Comment:
Jamez, John works for the BBC, Loz (I've heard) is teaching in Turkey (i think). No word on where Myles is.
8/26/02 7:46 AM
jamez
(jamez@totalise.co.uk)
Comment:
just spinning some ov me old indie tunes and wondered what the hell happended to kingmaker???any1know??
8/23/02 3:07 PM
Banjoboy
Comment:
I met Loz in the Blue Lamp, Hull, 1993. Nice chap. The guy can't play darts for toffee. Nevermind, I forgave him cause he wrote Freewheeling. I feel there is nothing more satisfying than throwing yourself around a room to 'Really scrape the sky'. But i still think 'Playground brutality' is the best thing they've done. Well done to us for liking a band like Kingmaker. In the words of Bill Hicks 'Play from your fucking heart!!'. They did for the first few years anyway.
8/19/02 9:38 AM
Gary Parkinson
Comment:
Ah, Kingmaker. Being at Uni in Hull 1992-95 meant they were easy to catch. A very good live band, although they did once play atrociously (possibly drunkenly) at a benefit gig for the Adelphi's Paul Jackson (benign father of the Hull music scene). Anyway, I digress. Fine, fine live band who had the unfortunate knack of choosing a succession of support acts who'd go on to much greater success. Sometimes life ain't fair. But they were good, and this very weekend I transfered some of their old stuff on to MiniDisc. They still have a place in my pocket.
Great site, too.
8/12/02 11:38 AM
Tyler
(junk@limeweb.com)
Comment:
Dan: Jen posted once and it probably posted it twice. The guestbook is imperfect. I guess I'm not such a (computer) nerd after all. :) Hope dinner treated you well. Mark: John's working for the BBC - something in the UK with their Asian reporting or some such. He stops by the site every once in a while, so there's a good chance he'll see your message. I remember being blown away by what a fantastic drummer he was when I saw Kingmaker live. Hope he didn't sell his kit.
8/6/02 11:39 AM
Dan
Comment:
Actually let's screw dinner.I was thinking why did Jane say the SAME THING twice?
8/6/02 11:36 AM
Dan
Comment:
Anyway,I was just thinking...Oh.You're lucky my dinners ready
8/3/02 9:21 AM
Mark
(Nostalgiaband@comcast.net)
Comment:
Played with John Andrew in a couple of college bands in the mid '80s - one somewhat appropriately named the Big Ego Band and another at the U of Florida. Lost touch with him in the early '90s - now I know why! Anyone know where he is now?
7/31/02 2:09 AM
Grayson
Comment:
Thanks for making this site. Kingmaker rocks!
7/23/02 3:24 PM
Dee Kirk
(iceman492@thefreeinternet.co.uk)
Comment:
Excellent! Kingmaker made the world a
better place. Love the site! Wish there were more Kingmaker sites out there.
7/12/02 5:00 PM
Ian
(iturner100@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Saw them at the XFM gig in Finsbury Park early 90's. I was there to see Bob Smith and the boys. Didn't ha ve a clue who they were but they were ace. Went out the following week and bought Sleepwalking and listened to it solidly for about a year. Then my flat was broken into and it was just one of the many CD's that got nicked. Haven't found it anywhere to buy since...
6/30/02 7:42 AM
Alberto
(afer1952@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Great site.
6/22/02 3:20 PM
Ned
Comment:
I really love you. Eat Your Self Whole. Ned
6/18/02 4:32 AM
Andy
(andy@toomuchstatic.co.uk)
Comment:
Fantastic site well done, Your discography shows a few holes in my collection though :) cheers. Andy
5/17/02 3:28 AM
Jane
(dodgy_scar@hotmail.com)
Comment:
saw Kingmaker a lot in the early 90's. They made our day as 17 year olds by letting us into the Camden Underworld for their soundcheck because we were too young to get in the convensional way. The Stuffies turned up as well - we thought we'd died and gone to heaven!!!
5/17/02 3:27 AM
Jane
(dodgy_scar@hotmail.com)
Comment:
saw Kingmaker a lot in the early 90's. They made our day as 17 year olds by letting us into the Camden Underworld for their soundcheck because we were too young to get in the convensional way. The Stuffies turned up as well - we thought we'd died and gone to heaven!!!
3/19/02 1:37 PM
Tyler
Comment:
It's true. I am so lame!
3/17/02 8:57 AM
Dan
Comment:
A really big nerd.Stop living in the past, man.Admit it.This is your life.One and a half hours after I wrote, you replied.Coincedence,I think not.Sorry Tyler,but you clearly ARE a nerd.It might be a good thing though,who am I to say.I've been here twice in a fortnight.Maybe we just all need to let go a little.
3/11/02 11:24 PM
steve
(theboyfitz@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Has anyone got a copy of Kingmaker playing "Really Scrape The Sky" live on The Word. As a youngster I watched that performance in awe and wouldn't mind a re-run.
Anyhow, if any one can help send us a mail. Ta.
3/8/02 4:13 PM
Tyler
Comment:
Loz had said he was going to help me fill out the lyrics section, but I lost contact with him, so the non-album tracks is sadly still a bit incomplete. And if signing a guestbook makes you a nerd, what does running the site make me?
3/8/02 2:47 PM
Dan
Comment:
I was going to write something but my girlfriend told me not to be a nerd.And where exactly are the lyrics to Strip Away??
2/27/02 7:52 AM
Antje
(an-ka@gmx.de)
Comment:
Hello from Germany,
its so funny, i can€t believe i found a page about kingmaker. I bought one cd from them many years ago and it was very hard to become this cd because in germany nobody knows kingmaker. I saw them many years ago on super channel. Please excuse my bad english.
Viele Gr½œe aus Deutschland!!!
2/9/02 3:06 AM
Jisha
(jisha78@yahoo.com)
Comment:
Thanks, for years I've been wondering whatever happened to Kingmaker. But the great grunge early 90s whatever sounds you name tham are well on their way to a revival, its been nearly 10 years now.Kingmaker, Spin Doctors, Nirvana, all going to come back in a nostalgia trip.
2/3/02 5:21 PM
a Turkish Kingmaker-fan
Comment:
I liked kingmaker. I don't give a damn about the press or anything. a real music fan must know that the music press is shit. so i dont agree when loz says it must be diffucult to be a kingmaker fan. we bought the best possible taste with a friend four years ago, and we found the music excellent. i like the lyrics of loz. i like his style of playing. and site is very good.
1/24/02 10:32 AM
Joe
(dungboy@rocketmail.com)
Comment:
just wanna say thanks for the site and the interview with Loz. I'm Malaysian and has been a fan of KingMaker after being given the band's last album for reviews in a column I used to run at a national newspaper here. I always find it targic the way the band suddenly disappeared, just when I was getting into them to! Hope Loz will do something soon. During its days, Kingmaker was surely one of the monarchs of British pop. cheers Joe
1/14/02 6:14 PM
Dave Mandelbrot
(dave@torrington77.freeserve.co.u)
Comment:
Okay, so I was looking to see if my old band (Mandelbrot Set) was anywhere to be found, but apparently not! It's nice to see that not all Hull music from the golden days (sic) has been forgotten.
Hey Loz, remember Tombstone Graffitti? I've still got the tape, but if anyone bought one at Hull Poly in '92, it's a fake done by our opprtunist lead singer! And as for Pure Records...
1/12/02 5:33 PM
mick mercer
(mercerm@supanet.com)
Comment:
Kingmaker pics and tons of other equally cool bands on my site: www.mercerm.supanet.com
1/11/02 8:53 PM
Tchrin
(tchrin@tchrin.net)
Comment:
Wow....finally Kingmaker has a decent home on the web! Thanks for putting this site together and for interviewing Loz. I finally know the truth about where one of my favourite bands of all time went to. Keep up the good work. And heres to Loz releasing some music under his own name for himself (& not on a Porn soundtrack!) Tchrin.
1/7/02 1:50 PM
Tyler
Comment:
Check the "Where To Buy" link on the left - your best shot is Ebay for the CD's - also try gemm.com - hope it helps.
1/7/02 7:00 AM
Rich Chapman
(richard_a_chapman@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Best gig I ever went to, Kingmaker, Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham (UK) probably in winter 92/93. Started with Playground Brutality and just went up and up. Can't get any of their work on CD and my tapes are starting to get knackered. Thoughts anyone? By the way, my Dad works in Homebase too, so we are 'connected'...
12/31/01 4:23 PM
simon
(simon.winterling@chello.at)
Comment:
Sometimes I thought that I€m the only fan of kingmaker in the world. Now I know that I€m just the only kingmaker fan in Austria. That€s good to know. Go on like that because their music is so unique and valuable. Thx
12/5/01 5:38 PM
Seymour Glass
(missblackamerica@buryman.freeuk.)
Comment:
Wow! A Kingmaker website! And it's great! 'Eat Yourself Whole' was the first 'indie' album I listened to when I got to Upper School, and (along with Carter USM and Ned's Atomic Dustbin) helped lure me away from my former life as devotee of Simple Minds and Genesis and all that nice, grown-up Dadmusic which I'd thought was the be-all and end-all. I immediately bought a bass guitar and learned every part on the album, plus all the b-sides, and joined what was pretty much a Kingmaker tribute band called Delicacy. I was 13 at the time, and 9 years later I'm the singer in a band (called Miss Black America), and things are going rather well for us, partly because seeing what happened to the bands I loved like Kingmaker and Carter - which was heartbreaking, and still is, when you listen to brilliant songs like 'I'm In Love' and 'Broadmoor Hotel', which SO should have been on 'Sleepwalking' - has helped us avoid being royally fucked over the way they were. Anyway, I don't know if any of the band ever read this, but I still think you rule, as do an amazing amount of people, really. And my band still bashes out 'Two Headed' of a Sunday lunchtime when we should be playing our own songs, and I still know all the basslines... Before I go, does anyone know where I can get a copy of the Two Headed EP? I lost my copy 5 years ago and it's driving me insane.
11/25/01 4:54 PM
BjØrn
(Bjoernb66@Yahoo.com)
Comment:
Hi! i was just sitting in my living room,listening to kingmaker when i ran across this cool site! wow....Kingmaker are awesome,ive been a fan ever since their first album. keep up the good work ,man. cheers!
11/24/01 6:26 AM
Matt
(Mattbabylon@hotmail.com)
11/21/01 9:52 PM
claudia
(claudiawlb@aol.com)
Comment:
good to know there are other kingmaker fans. i bought Eat Yourself Whole almost ten years ago, and was able to see them live once probably that long ago as well. groovy.
11/13/01 3:44 PM
steve
(theboyfitz@hotmail.com)
Comment:
yeah suede, who the f**k were they ?? suppose there's only radiohead left where you still get away with the 'ol 'they used to support kingmaker..honest' comment.
11/13/01 2:02 PM
el wanko
(el_wanko_2000@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
A pleasant blast from the past! anyone got any bass tabs mail me plse! nice site by the way!
11/13/01 10:10 AM
Paul Leigh
(paul.leigh@rpa.gsi.gov.uk)
Comment:
What a fantastic band,so under rated
One hot summer night at Reading uni they were supported by some band called 'Suede' who ever they are
10/21/01 3:21 AM
Matt
(Montyburns25@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Do people think it would be worth starting up a Yahoo! Kingmaker club? I'd be willing to run it!
10/17/01 3:39 PM
ade
(ade@iamwasted.com)
Comment:
reaaly great site, nice to see that this great band are noy forgotten..
10/16/01 4:56 AM
richie james scaife
(starsimian@hotmail.com)
Comment:
its cool to have found this as i was sick of peoples confused and vacant looks when asked about this awsome band!
10/7/01 5:53 AM
Sand
(shakermaker777@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Only saw them the once at Southampton Uni in May 95...just a few months before they called it a day. Stumbled upon them as a kid while watching 'The Beat' on ITV...Ten Years Asleep,Armchair Anarchist,You And I,Honesty Kills,Queen Jane,Saturdays Not What It Used To Be....Need i go on?
C'mon Loz, get the lads back together and come back better than ever.....
Cheers :)
9/26/01 3:05 PM
Chris
(oranguman@cwctv.net)
Comment:
Hi folks! Anyone got any Kingmaker, Wonder Stuff, Neds Atomic Dustbin bootlegs they would like to trade?
Please get in touch!
9/17/01 1:43 AM
steve (theboyfitz24@aol.com)
Comment:
Ben, I'm sure there are many copies of the Waterproof EP knocking around. There are
plenty of copies around my neck of the woods anyway?!?!?
9/9/01 6:44 AM
Ben (ben@thereedfamily.fsnet.co.uk)
Comment:
Just thought i would check in on this site again. good stuff. Just a tip though.
None of the English fans have ever heard Where You Stand because its not on the UK
release of Eat Yourself Whole. Could you put an mp3 in the audio section?
8/4/01 11:06 AM
Ade (aprhyatt@aol.com)
Comment:
Wonderful, wonderful, AMAZING website. I really didn't think that anyone else remembered
them. The only Kingmaker stuff I've got are a few singles and 'To Hell With Humdrum',
so I was well chuffed with the free downloads. Ta!
Would someone tell Loz to get off his arse and write some more songs? All our
best lyricists have moved to America.. He's the only one left. He has a DUTY!!!
7/30/01 1:33 PM
John (pingujohn@JJ72.org)
Comment:
Great band - you and i will never see things eye to eye- best song. I've never seen
them and regret it cause i was too young at the time - i'm know 18. Hope someone
gets them back for one more gig.
Cheers guys!
7/22/01 11:09 AM
Mat
Comment:
I miss them - they were good weren't they?
6/28/01 2:49 AM
Leo (leo_g_goldsmith@hotmail.com)
Comment:
I'm so pleased I've found a Kingmaker resource. They've been one of my favourite
bands for years now. My evangelising has even sprung a few converts to the temple
of Hardy. Oh, and Hi everyone.
6/7/01 11:31 AM
Stuart (Stig@supanet.com)
Comment:
To be honest looking for a Kingmaker site was a bit of a shot in the dark but i'm
glad i looked.I only managed to see them three times but every time even towards
the end when the crowd numbers showed they were on the way out, they were absolute
quality.The 'rawness' of the music coupled with the honest,sometimes scathing lyrics
made the band stand out.At the risk of sounding a bit of a muppet they will always
remain in my memory as simply a superb band.
5/8/01 7:48 PM
Stuart (Stuart.Whiting@pgen.com)
Comment:
Great band and a great loss.
Got to see them a couple of times - I remember a festival in the rain in Cambridge!
Cheers kids
5/5/01 10:59 PM
Bailey (baileybuse@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Great Web site! Does anyone have the Ten Years Asleep video? Or know where I could
obtain it? Thanks!
4/10/01 3:16 AM
jan (hurricane2108@yahoo.com)
Comment:
I finally found a KINGMAKER website..
I still like them even if they aren't around anymore.
I have 3 albums and I will look for that compilation CD.
Favorite songs are : Armchair anarchist, You and I will never see things eye to eye..
Nice website..
4/7/01 2:10 PM
Alflavor (alflavor@thefreeinternet.co.uk)
Comment:
What an absolutely perfect tribute site. I didn't realise Loz co-wrote two tracks
on 2nd Elastica LP. Just listened, and yeah, i can see it now!! Never saw KM live
:o( Keep the site going.
4/3/01 7:50 AM
Sarah Walters (sarah.walters@buttonmoon.zzn.com)
Comment:
Aah, at last my browser found a Kingmaker site related to MUSIC AND NOT FUCKING CASTLES
OR MANUFACTURING!!! Wow, at last, it's amazing.
Tried to set up an unofficial PRINTED Kingmaker fanzine once, and got loads of stuff
from them for competitions and written interviews. All the people we tried to interview
were too lazy though, so didn't get past issue one. I could try and dig out the old
interviews and pictures they drew for us, and maybe you could feature them here.
They were surely one of the most under-rated bands of my formulative years. Loz
hardy taught me real music was about lyrics and words, and not just about a tune...
Sarah
3/3/01 8:24 PM
Roger (rsvp998@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Great site. Having read about the reasons for the split etc,seems like my dream to
win the lottery and put the band back together is wasted. Still play the old albums
when my housemate's out!
3/3/01 8:03 PM
Roger (rsvp998@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Great site. Having read about the reasons for the split etc,seems like my dream to
win the lottery and put the band back together is wasted. Still play the old albums
when my housemate's out!
2/28/01 9:12 PM
sandy (wonderwall21@talk21.com)
Comment:
seeing as the lads wont get back together again, looks like we'll have to start a
tribute band.right ok, i'll be loz.....any takers for the rest of the band?....seriously
though, great band, great songs....greatly under-rated. viva la loz
2/28/01 7:55 AM
ondine lickerish (ondinel@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
kingmaker were great, i spent many lustful teenage years trailing around after them,
loz even e-mails me occasionally, but i am NOT giving anyone else his address. kingmaker
were great and if i ever win the lottery i will pay the a million quid to play at
my wedding. hugely fabulous, hugely under-rated.
2/23/01 12:37 PM
Matt (montyburns25@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Kingmaker are cool; like the site
2/13/01 2:05 PM
TwistedSister (mark.d.allen@talk21.com)
Comment:
Just to let you know that the promo ep's of Waterproof and Two Headed that I've got
have different b-sides to those you've shown. Bit completist, but when a band starts
off this good and the first time you see them Radiohead are support why not
1/4/01 5:59 AM
FiTz! (leefitzuk@hotmail.com)
Comment:
at last ! a reasonable kingmaker website. your site is very well put together and
is of VERY good content. If only for the excellent Celebrated Working Man E.P the
Kingmaker Boy's deserve the highest of praise.
Keep up the good work.
12/22/00 7:06 AM
Sand (acquiesce707@aol.com)
Comment:
Great to see a site on surely the most underrated british band of the 90's. Possibly
the most influential band during my teenage years. Even the B-sides are utter class.
Loz, youre only 30, get the band back together again! If anyone has any kingmaker
cd's/tapes/videos from the old tv programme 'the beat' etc to sell or trade get in
touch.Cheers :)
12/21/00 4:14 AM
Phil (nospam@goldingweb.co.uk)
Comment:
Brilliant site, a great tribute to one of the most influential bands of my teens.
Just trying to replace my kingmaker album collection after it got stolen along with
the autochanger in my car... proving harder than I thought. If anyone out there fancies
selling me their cds, (E.Y.S.W and Saturdays....) or if anyone can do me a copy,
drop me an email!
Phil
12/19/00 4:19 PM
Tyler (tyler@limeweb.com)
Comment:
Jackie,
Long time... hope you've been well. I was in the habit of sending out to my own private
collection of address of Kingmaker fans, but decided the egroup would be a better
place to let folks know about the changes. But you're right, the email list tends
to run cold. If anyone wants me to start a Kingmaker website mail list let me know
and I'll get it done.
12/15/00 7:49 PM
Jackie S (jackie54321@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Hi again - just checked the lyrics section - cool! I've always wanted to know the
Beautiful Garden lyrics - Ta!
12/15/00 7:40 PM
Jackie S (Jackie54321@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Hi Tyler! Don't know if u remember me, but u shoulda sent out a newsletter about
the site - I stopped checking the e-group cos it seemed pretty dead - glad I checked
it 2nite! Nice new web page - and Loz interview - Excellent!!! How did u find the
guy? Your page is in my favourites now :-)
11/17/00 3:13 AM
Tom King
Comment:
Cool stuff, good to hear that some still likes them, and that they're still alive!
11/15/00 5:30 PM
Chris Harley (chris@funks.co.uk)
Comment:
Kingmaker should've reformed to support the stuffies.
or get loz to strap on an acoustic and run through some of the oldies
11/14/00 2:27 PM
Norman - ex-Freewheelin' (L.hampton@wolvesfan.net)
Comment:
Hey Macca I was at the Derby gig too, Ace wasn't it?!! Far better than Cambridge.
I'm still trying to track down Bod and Janie Jones who I lost touch with, well Freewheelin'
feel apart. Any ideas out there?!
11/14/00 2:25 PM
Norman - of ex-Freewheelin' (L.hampton@wolvesfan.net)
Comment:
11/14/00 2:21 PM
Lou (Fluff@wolvesfan.net)
Comment:
Great to read the words of Loz again!! Prefered the old layout, more
'showbiz'!! :) Keep up the good work
11/10/00 2:12 AM
macca (macca_uk10@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Kingmaker kept me sane in the early 90's and the songs meant a lot - but time passes
by. Still dig out Eat Yourself whole every now and again. favourite gig - 1993 at
Derby University with Elastica supporting, blinding performance and I can't remember
a crowd being so whipped up for it. Nice one.
11/2/00 6:19 AM
Chris Griffiths (chrisgriffiths@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Like the new look, enjoyed the interview with Loz (a bit of a sad story in the end).
Keep up the good work!!
10/2/00 7:07 AM
Helge
Risøy (helgeman_2000@yahoo.no)
Comment:
I love the album "eat yourself whole". I still think it is one of the best
albums of the 90,ties. It has an exiting variation with good songs and intellegent
lyrics. I hope people listen to this album in year 2040 and that it will never be
forgotten
9/17/00 2:46 PM
Erin (baileybuse@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Bezza-Thanks! That was pretty helpful! I e-mailed the site to see if there is any
chance of them adding Ten Years Asleep. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions where
to get that video, please let me know! Thanks again!
9/9/00 6:39 PM
Julian (jblaker@ukonline.co.uk)
Comment:
Mr Lemacq (probaly spelt wrong...)? Where ar you now, mate?
9/9/00 6:36 PM
Julian (jblakwe@ukonline.co.uk)
Comment:
Mr Lemacq?
9/7/00 1:11 PM
Bezza (michaelberesford@hotmail.com)
Comment:
You can find a couple of Kingmaker video's online at www.launch.com "Really
scrape the sky" and "where you stand"
8/10/00 10:57 PM
Erin (baileybuse@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Hi. I am looking for the 1993 Kingmaker Sleepwalking music video. Is anyone willing
to part with their copy? If so please e-mail me! Thanks.
7/31/00 8:07 AM
Tyler Jacobson
(tyler@limeweb.com)
Comment:
To let you know, there is possibly a 4th Kingmaker album that will be coming out.
Look for details in "News" as they arrive. :)
7/8/00 7:10 PM
Bezza (michaelberesford@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Someone stole my copy of Ten years asleep at uni, any chance of getting the B-sides
on MP3 or anything, I've got Waterproof EP on Vinyl that I could copy in exchange
7/6/00 1:53 PM
Qmoq (graemec@tinyonline.co.uk)
Comment:
I love Kingmaker, always have since I saw them on Going Live with Pip Schofield doing
Really Scrape The Sky and making all the kids look confused.
Best song has to be
Kissing Without Anasthetic, which STILL makes me cry at times.
Love the site. Didn't
know there was so much early stuff (pre Celebrated) that I didn't have!
6/21/00 1:33 PM
Jug
Runner (run.the_jug@hazzard.bo)
Comment:
Twenty five reasons to live in London:
1 - Everything changs
2 - Loz
3- Loz
4 - Loz
5 - Loz
6 - Syd Skelton
7 - ...............
.....Loz
24 - Loz
25 - That feeling you get when you walk past Big Ben
Lots of love
Gary Kirk
6/6/00 4:34 PM
Tyler Jacobson
(tyler@limeweb.com)
Comment:
You may also want to check the sites on the links page. moremusic.co.uk used to have
a fair amount of used singles. Don't know if they still do though....
6/6/00 10:06 AM
Chris Griffiths
(chrisgriffiths@hotmail.com)
Comment:
www.opalmusic.com and www.vinyltap.co.uk are two places I have used and are very
good service. www.101cd.com aren't too bad but they sometimes do not have what they
advertise which can be frustrating. Hope that helps your search a little.
Chris G
6/5/00 1:04 PM
Simon Brooks
(shabaranks@totalise.co.uk)
Comment:
Love Kingmaker but where can I find a reliable source of back catalogue stuff
6/5/00 8:12 AM
chris
Comment:
kingmaker rule the world, or at least they did before they split up, how about putting
all the rare b-sides and stuff on this site in mp3 format, i can donate your place,
electric sue, no way out, and saturday's not what it used to be if you want, oh by
the way my email is eat_yourself_whole@shit-4-brains.co.uk, it wouldn't fit in the
little box above.
chris
5/27/00 9:27 AM
Iain (iainrpeate@hotmail.com)
Comment:
I remember seeing Kingmaker at Newcastle Riverside, all members being completely
pissed. The result was a shocking attempt at 'Foxy Lady' with the singer from Delicious
Monster. My friend then vomitted so we had to leave. Damn good band though. By the
way I have a bit of floppy vinyl given to me free at the Sunderland S.U. gig featuring
the unreleased track 'stained and sinking fast'. I never listen to it so I'll take
your offers.
5/22/00 11:29 AM
Nick Hartley
(songface@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Kingmaker was one of the greatest bands ever. I miss these guys and regret to have
never heard of them when they were still around. Any fans out there want to chat?
E-mail me.
5/7/00 4:21 PM
Brian
Slade (MaxwellDemon@VG.com)
Comment:
This band is bloody naff.
5/5/00 10:17 AM
michael (michael.nunez@pg.com)
Comment:
Didn't the band also release 'Gimmie Shelter' for the imaginatively titled 'Gimmie
Shelter@ compilation?
4/24/00 4:53 PM
ondine (ondinel@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
it's me again, this is getting to be a habit. i found this site while i was supposed
to be researching african debt for a dissertation type thing. it is so good to know
that the best band ever to walk the earth are still appreciated and loved. i was
wondering if anyone has a copy of stained a sinking fast, as my vinyl copy has never
been played and i have lost the only other copy i had. if anyone has, please let
me know as it is still one of my favourite tracks. with regards to the reunion gig,
i have had a few leads as to where i can find the boys, i need your help. anyone
out there who wants to help me get this idea going then e-mail me and hopefully we
can get them to do a gig in hull as a farewell to all those who grew up in their
bedrooms blasting out eat yourself whole and lady shakespeares bomb. remember anything
is possible if you try hard enough, get in touch. speak to you all soon.
4/23/00 10:00 AM
ondine (ondinel@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
please, please can someone out there find them? i have been trying to track down
the original line up to try and persuade them to do a final gig, we need closure
in this. if anyone has any info as to how/when/where i can contact any of thgem let
me know as soon as. i know that i could get them to do a last gig and it would be
fantastic. if loz is reading this, i still remember we got style. take care, someone
get in touch, it would be so nice to hear from fans.
4/22/00 6:21 AM
Pounou (corvez@wanadoo.fr)
Comment:
Another thing, i am looking for a girl from Manchester in England, whose name was
Louise. She used to be my english assistant when I was in College in Bonsecours near
Rouen in France.(I was 11).
She was a kingmaker Fan. If she recognizes herself in this descripton, write me now,
please !
Pounou
4/22/00 6:12 AM
Pounou
(corvez@wanadoo.fr)
Comment:
Hi everybody !
This is a great website ! I'm happy to know that i am not an isolated fan of the
Kingmaker ! It's my favourite band ( I have Eat Yourself whole, Sleepwalking, hell
with Humdrum and the Single in the best possible taste) but actually I didn't know
a lot of things about the members and their discography. But i really love the sound,
the melodies, the voice and the drummer ! I hope you keep goin'on listening Kingmaker
! I add tis page to my favourites !
Pounou from Rouen in France.
PS : my website deals about Rouen Ice Hockey Team not with music ;-)
4/21/00 11:47 AM
Phallus
(bruceless@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Ahh those where the days my friend, queing up outside the Tower taking secret swigs
from my beer. Waiting to get inside and hear the finest band to tread the streets
of Hull. I pity the kids of today, what have they missed out on.
4/8/00 2:42 PM
David (anotherlonenut@yahoo.com)
Comment:
Wow - people are still into Kingmaker! When I was 15, I always thought they were
always a cut above all the other 't-shirt' (ned's, senseless things, carter) bands
around at the time. Sigh - didn't retain any of their albums. Blimey, if one listens
to all the current 'indie' bands like Idlewild or whatever shite the young'uns are
listening to now, it makes me glow that I was a fully paid up memebert of the long-sleeved
t-shirt era.
4/5/00 11:57 AM
Norman - Friend
of Bod (louise.hampton@talk21.com)
Comment:
Hiay Kingmaker nuts!!!!
Does anyone remember Freewheelin' ? Does anyone know what became of the 'zine legends
that were Bod and Janie Jones? Where are they now? What happened to Steve Roach?
Missing them all - Norman!
Oh by the way, Kingmaker's 4th member was Matt the keyboardist. I gave him a toy
chicken!!!!!
3/23/00 8:38 AM
bystander (hugefan@sad.net)
Comment:
where is loz now?
seen in a sandwhich bar in central london with elastica's leading lady
Loz we need more music!!!
do it for the kids.
3/15/00 8:38 AM
Chris
Griffiths (chrisgriffiths@hotamil.com)
Comment:
Kingmaker Tabs r here. As well as other Indie stuff from early 90's - CUD Ride etc.
Requests taken. Most probably wrong but hey it's a start.
Chris
3/14/00 1:14 PM
Humble
Yorkshire Newsagent (sidskelton@bloodyjesus.org)
Comment:
Once, when I persuaded both eyes to peer in the same direction I saw, from the window
of my North Cave newsagency, a young lad in his mothers Citroen AX (Miami, special
edition) heading off with a guitar in his boot. "Marie", I said to my Daughter,
"There goes a popstar, if I'm not mistaken". Right I was too! I could see
even then that young Master Hardy was the man to take those Elastica's out of their
muggery and bloody Jesus if he didn't even write them some songs... Heart of Gold
that lad.
Now that Ian Cleary,
bloody useless! I always said he's amount to nothing and where is he now, eh??? Couldn't
get a job within a 50 mile radius they said ad they were right, happen he's fetched
up in London or some nonsense.
Right gotta go, papers
are waiting.
Squints forever
Sid
3/14/00 1:06 PM
Gary on his Mothers
bike (garybike@pigwank.com)
Comment:
I am Gary, hear me roar!
You may wonder where
I fit in but I once chattered to John Andrew in Room and bought my Premier Olympic
in the Hull Daily Mail classified. I'm now a pig inseminator and I drum in a Madness
cover band. My friends, the pigs, tell me that I've not lost it.
I am Gary, hear me
roar
3/14/00 1:02 PM
Adam Goulding
(adammada@uk.packardbell.org)
Comment:
Don't call me Shakespeare, 'cause he was a good friend of mine
3/14/00 4:47 AM
ondine (ondinel@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
hello, nice to know that the boys have not been forgotten
3/11/00 6:54 AM
Adam Howell
(adam.howell@eurostar.co.uk)
Comment:
Sitting at my desk at work, so board that its beyond belief, I decide to "surf",
and what do I find but a site devoted to one of the best bands of the 90's.
I suppose that I'm
biased seeing that Myles is family!!!!!
Good to know that
there are still people out there that like the music.
3/10/00 5:12 PM
ALEX (SANDAPG@AOL.COM)
Comment:
THE APRIL 2000 ISSUE OF 'Q' MAGAZINE (NO.163) HAS A 'WHERE ARE THEY NOW?' ARTICLE
ON KINGMAKER-IT'S ONLY HALF A PAGE BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. AFTER THEY SPLIT
UP IN '95, MYLES STUDIED PSYCHOLGY AT HULL UNIVERSITY THEN WORKED IN HOMEBASE!!!!...THEN
AS A JOURNALIST FOR A LOCAL PAPER...JOHN ANDREW WORKS FOR THE BBC WORLD SERVICE!
AND THE LEGEND THAT IS LOZ "KEEPS A LOW PROFILE"-ACCORDING TO JOHN. HE
LIVES WITH DAMON ALBARN'S(BLUR) EX-JUSTINE FROM ELASTICA AND WROTE A COUPLE OF TRACKS
ON THEIR LAST RECORD. THEY DON'T SPEAK TO EACH OTHER ANYMORE WHICH IS A SHAME BUT,......THERE
YOU GO.
3/9/00 6:21 AM
roger the shrubber
(shrubbery@thebella.com)
Comment:
My name is Roger. I work as a shrubber down Londons trendy Portobello Rd servicing
rich peoples gardens. I have seen Loz in The Star. If only i'd gone to Spiders and
not LA's maybe he'd talk to me.
3/7/00 7:45 AM
ondine lickerish
(ondinel@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
where is loz now. i used to see him at gigs/festivals all the time,we were mates.i
must find him ,help if anyone has any info let me know.i've been looking for him
for three years now.
3/5/00 2:36 AM
Russ
(russ@no-132.co.uk)
Comment:
What a fantastic surprise to find a Kinbgmaker site at last.
Good Work
Russ...KTF
2/29/00 10:17 AM
Jake (big_man_jake@hotmail.com)
Comment:
who's gonna take us higher now?
2/22/00 4:38 AM
Keith
(Ivan_osokin@yahoo.com)
Comment:
Non Kingmaker related here, but yes. The original bass player for The Housemartins
was one Ted Key.
He only played on their first release, the "Flag Day" single. Got replaced
by Norman Cook at that time.
Of course, the Housemartins
were entirely brilliant, and Fat Boy Slim and The Beautiful South are crap in comparison.
2/20/00 7:25 PM
Alex (APG100G@NETSCAPE.NET)
Comment:
BORED OF PLAYING 'PLAYGROUND BRUTALITY'?! WELL NO LONGER BECAUSE NOW THERE ARE 2
SONGS ON THE WEB(WHY ONLY 2????!)THE CHORDS TO 'END OF THE LINE' FROM 'IN THE BEST
POSIBLE TASTE' ARE EM,C,D AND G......WELL-THAT'S MY SIMPLIFIED VERSION ANYWAY!
2/20/00 5:05 PM
ben (winstonchurchil2000@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Wasn't Ted Kay an early member of the Housemartins, Hull's other great band, from
whom fat boy slim and the beautiful south arose (the latter of whom took the piss
out of kingmaker for living in castles on the outskirts of hull?)
There should be a housemartins site!
2/17/00 4:47 AM
Gary
Kirk (gary@pigwank.net)
Comment:
I wonder how I can remove the smell of pig dung from my body. No amount of antiseptic
wash can shift it. Am I a loser???? Answers on a postcard.
Love Gary
xxx
PS: If I'd listened
to Ian & Nick and not run off to make love to Charles I too could have been successful.
If only...
2/16/00 4:29 PM
Ian (fire3500@hotmail.com)
Comment:
I forgot to mention. Fonda 500, love for always!!!
Take Jesus, Take Marx, Take Hope
2/16/00 4:26 PM
Honeybubble
(fire3500@hotmail.com)
Comment:
1: For Chris Mandelbrot
2: For Ted Key
3: For Death by Milkfloat
4: For me.
I remember chasing
down to Sydney Scarboro's for my virgin copy of Celebrated Working Man (Sacred Heart),
my Waterproof EP was worn to death and we simply squealed with delight as Loz and
Myles trod the hallowed corridors of South Hunsley.
Most Americans will
know little about Hull. There's very little to know but maybe you should visit regardless.
The Tower has a stripper on a Monday night and various drinks promotions.
love Ian
PS: Honeybubble still
rock!
2/14/00 9:20 AM
John (silversun@nme.com)
Comment:
*sigh* don't you just miss them? wouldn't it be amazing if they did a reunion gig?
still, great site, renewed my faith that there are still people with taste.
2/13/00 6:12 PM
ALEX (a_pg_uk@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment:
Kingmaker on the internet - fantastic! They were without doubt the greatest english
band of the early 90's. Good old Loz!
1/29/00 4:00 AM
ben
Comment:
i can supply you with the lyrics to wave - everything in life -lies before kisses
- loose lips sinks ships - never too high to fall - saturdays not what it used to
be - broadmoor hotel, im in love, dont come over if you want
1/28/00 5:55 PM
komakine
(komakine@yahoo.com)
Comment:
great!
1/22/00 12:04 PM
ben (ben@thereedfamily.fsnet.co.uk)
Comment:
Is there anywhere that kingmaker tab or chords is available. Im dying to leatn songs
from Eat Yourself Whole - well ive got a wah wah peddle so i may as well!
1/20/00 7:15 PM
Andrew
Kendall (andrewkendall@yahoo.com)
Comment:
It is very good to see a Kingmaker site on the web.
I want to know if
anyone knows any members of Kingmaker
or has contact info for them, it's just I've spent the
past year making a video for Hey, Birdman in my local
(scummy) town, I thought it would be cool if anyone of
the band could see it. The would probably hate it, but
hey...
1/16/00 4:13 PM
Ben (ben@thereedfamily.fsnet.co.uk)
Comment:
I cant believe that ive found this site. Kingmaker was my life when I was about 15-16.
They had the original indie blueprint- i remeber seeing them inconcert a couple of
times - They played at the Leeds Heineken festival with Elastica and later I saw
them play with a 4th member - anyone rememebr him? Can't wait to hear these rare
demos - but ive probably already got them cos i was obsessed at one point. Im alright
now though!!! Well, sort of. Great site!
1/12/00 2:53 PM
JohnnaKing
(johnnapig@deathsdoor.com)
Comment:
F*cking great site man - listened to the Kings for the first time in ages today,
and they still cut it.
You and I is one of
the all time great tunes.
Keep the faith
1/4/00 10:04 AM
jimmy (jimmy@crunch.co.uk)
Comment:
sorry there is no info about the album on Crunch at the moment - this was due to
the xmas break - it will be rectified asap. Also due to a rather annoting technical
problem the other two albums won't be up for a week or so. The Cd's Loz gave me 'won't
rip into MP3 properly - as soon as this is sorted i'll get them on the site and let
you know.. happy 2000
12/29/99 2:27 PM
Girl From Mars
(louise.hampton@talk21.com)
Comment:
Great to see a Kingmaker site, and I thought no one cared anymore!!! My sister recently
saw Loz in Nottinghill, and that's it, just thought you might be interested. To everyone,
carry on FreeWheelin' !!!!
12/21/99 12:51 PM
Edgar
Huber (edgar.huber@weihenstephan.org)
Comment:
search the perfect popsong
12/8/99 5:48 AM
Jimmy (jimmy@crunch.co.uk)
Comment:
Just to let you know that three new Kingmaker albums will be available on MP3 format
only from www.crunch.co.uk Loz has collated two albums woth of rarites, demo's etc
for 2 albums called - Ersatz Love and Coming Up For Air. The third is a live album
spanning their career and features tracks such as Queen Jane and 10 Years Asleep.
The albums should be available before xmas.
12/2/99 12:19 PM
neil emery
(maxine@neily.fsnet.co.uk)
Comment:
Well,at least someone is still thinking about them! great site,great band.I first
heard kingmaker at leicester university in 1789!They were supporting god knows who,it
was just before they got a record deal and i remember having a "drunken expert"type
conversation with myles (along the lines of "yoush shudent support these wankers
mate youre brilliant man etc etc)myles just smiled and accepted another drink (id
have punched me!)Anyway,im rambling.Top site mate, neil uk
11/30/99 9:20 AM
labina
Comment:
I found it entertaining but I couldn't find any pictures, can we see more photos
of what Kingmakers look like today! P.S I HEARD LOZ IS LOOKING FOR A GIRLFRIEND,
do you think its possible to hook up?
10/28/99 3:02 PM
Nathan (nathan_loughran@hotmail.com)
Comment:
Wow,a Kingmaker site. Salvation!! I'm not, alone in this insane passion. Wonder if
anyones knows where I could get hold of a copy of "Celebrated Working Man ep",
have everything else. In the meantime a cultural reassessment is inevitable. Roll
on the Kingmaker revival. (Considered setting up a Kingmaker covers band called Kingfaker
but didn't think there would be enough demand)
9/7/99 6:32 AM
julie (julie@icas.co.uk)
Comment:
by the way, I have all their stuff (singles and lp's) on vinyl/tape or cd (obviously)
and while I don't fancy letting any of it out of my sight, I am happy to tape anything
anyone may want - let me know either on julie@icas.co.uk or at home on julie@barrington-parry.freeserve.co.uk
also, if anyone picked
up on Kinmgmaker care of The Wonderstuff, check out www.gigrecords.com for the latest
news on Miles Hunt who is touring solo with a mix of old and new stuff. If you get
a chance, go see him....it'll bring back memories!!
9/7/99 6:18 AM
julie (julie@icas.co.uk)
Comment:
read the Justine Frishman interview in the NME stating that Loz is living with her
and helped on Elastica's new album...but what else is he up to??? anyone know??
8/17/99 2:53 PM
Tyler (tyler@itsamac.com)
Comment:
THIS IS TO ANSWER THE LAST TWO QUESTIONS:
I met my old roommate at the KOD, Kingmaker show. He was taking photos for a local
rag. Met up with him recently and he is going to get me copies and wants me to inform
everyone that he will sell copies for your flaming pleasure.
To answer the second
question: I don't know about new copies, but there are definitely used copies to
be had. Check the links on the front page at the bottom. I believe both have copies.
Will update the site
soon. Promise.
Tyler
8/17/99 11:27 AM
ujles
dickinson (j@z-web.co.uk)
Comment:
Nice one- kingmaker were indeed a class band. I went to a Wonderstuff (have you heard
much of their stuff?) concert at the G-Mex centre in Manchester (think its been renamed
since then) about 7 or 8 years ago and Kingmaker were supporting them I'd never even
heard of kingmaker until then but when the drums started up everyone was paying attention.
Actually met up with a girl i'd met the previous summer whilst on holiday just by
chance which was a bonus. Then bought Eat yourself whole. Now have lost it and am
searching for a new copy which is how i ended up here. Can it still be bought new?
jules dickinson
Macclesfield
England
8/12/99 4:30 AM
erland
Comment:
finally, a kingmakersite on the web. thanks.
must tell ya´ i think kingmaker is (was) one of the greatest band in the world.
and the ´eat yourself whole´ album is one of my absolute favourites.
so there.
too bad they split up, never got to see them live... any concert info/pics on the
web anyone?
rock on.
erland - sweden
7/23/99 02:55 AM
Zoe Howse (Zoe_Howse@mon.bbc.co.uk)
Comment:
Fuck me.....it's Kingmaker on the web!!
I interviewed Loz
back in 1995 for a Kingmaker fanzine.
Anyone want a copy????
7/2/99 03:04 AM
Michael Paterson
(patemic@worthing.ac.uk)
Comment:
I thought that there were no Kingmaker fans left in the world, i only know of two,
myself and my friend, it's good to know that they are still loved for the great music
they produced.
6/13/99 04:04 AM
jeff mcauliffe
jr. (Virginia99@msn.com)
Comment:
It's only now finding this sight that i know that other people have taste in music.
6/8/99 12:04 AM
steve (fitzy63@hotmail.com)
Comment:
WOO-HOO, how long has this site been alive then ???
Would've done it myself
but not clever enough.
Anyway hope it lasts...they're
still the best!
5/25/99 07:12 PM
John Andrew
Comment:
5/23/99 09:59 PM
Tyler
Jacobson (tyler@itsamac.com)
Comment:
Some fans have told me what they've heard. Apparently, Loz is working in some capacity
in the film industry, Miles is working at a Home Depot and in another band (Who's
name I can't remember) and John is working for the BBC. If anyone has any other information,
please share it. Thanks.
5/22/99 01:16 PM
janine (janine_harrison@hotmail.com)
Comment:
I thought I was the only Kingmaker fan left in the world! The site is amazing but
what I really want to know what has happened to the band now they've split up?
5/20/99 10:49 PM
Mary
(buzzmk@flash.net)
Comment:
Hi.
Where is everybody? Surely there's more than
just a few of us Kingmaker fans?
mary in TX
5/19/99 05:33 PM
Tyler
Jacobson (tyler@itsamac.com)
Comment:
If you have any questions or comments about Kingmaker or the kingmaker site, please
leave them here. Thanks. Tyler
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