On 23rd of September this year the Future Kings of Spain posted this on their MySpace blog: http://blogs.myspace.com/futurekingsofspain
"Future Kings Of Spain started out in February 2000 as Joey Wilson, Anton Hegarty and Bryan McMahon. They rehearsed for 5 months until they had a set of songs long enough to play in front of people. Finally and with no name, in July 2000 they played to some friends in a nightclub in Dublin.
In December 2000, introduced as Future Kings Of Spain, they played their first real show. They were joined by Karl Hussey in late 2003 and remained a 4-piece until they brought things to a close in June 2009.
The band recorded 2 LPs and 1 EP. The first LP and the EP for Red Flag Records; the second and last LP for their own label, What’s The Kim? Recordings.
From Dublin, Ireland FKOS toured, recorded and made friends in North America, Europe, the UK, Japan, Australia and Ireland."
FKOS also released two excellent albums, played numerous gigs and festivals, got a Meteor Award as well as wrote great indie rock music!
Upside Down
This is the End
Legacy: There were many pissed off comments that there was no 'final farewell' gig and that the band just burned out! However I'm sure A Lazarus Soul will be back with a new album soon and I have just discovered that two of FKOS are part of a new power rock trio 'The Black Triangle'.
Here are links to the two demo tracks on http://www.theblacktriangle.net
Fall For The Placement
T. B. T.
It's also worth noting that FKOS have influenced a whole new generation of bands. At a recent 'A Plastic Rose' gig I noticed one of the band members was wearing a FKOS t-shirt!
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