THE CRASH KINGS - The Crash Kings

According to the band, Crash Kings "explore a lot of new terrain" with piano, bass, and drums while maintaining hard-hitting hooks to keep the audience throwing their fists in the air. Los Angeles power-pop balladeers Crash Kings have a blurb on their AbsolutePunk profile that begins, `Crash Kings sound like nothing you have heard before.` It`s not true at all. Crash Kings sound like Ben Folds and Jack White joined CK bros Weezer in a Queen tribute band. Look at "Mountain Man," for example. Dead-on White Stripes lead vocals, theatrical piano-driven back-up (hello, Ben Folds) and epic guitar crunch a la Weezer emulating Queen. "Crash Kings occupy a curious unclaimed space between the White Stripes and Ben Folds Five -- a space unclaimed not so much because nobody thought of it, but nobody really wanted it. Crash Kings lean a bit too heavily on the Folds part of the equation, loving his pounding eighth notes and clever-clever wit. Fortunately, the band has a bit of a melodic flair, too, not so much writing big, anthemic pop hits and ballads but the kind of twisty, winding lines that piano-bound popsters tend to favor. All this does mean that Crash Kings are most intriguing when they play up the Stripes part of their equation." AMG.

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