King's X
Since the release of their debut record, Out Of The Silent Planet, in 1988, KING’S X released a dozen albums that have seen them rightfully earn their place on the rock royalty family tree.
Fusing progressive metal, funk and soul grooves with vocal arrangements rooted in blues, gospel and even the British Invasion era influences, KING’S X created a style all their own which continues to be an inspiration for bands to this day.
Featuring vocalist and bassist Doug Pinnick, guitarist Ty Tabor and drummer Jerry Gaskill, KING’S X have never changed their line-up, a rarity in the music world and a testament to the band and musicians and friends.
Critically acclaimed from the start, KING’S X are musician’s musicians, name-dropped by everyone from Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies to Iron Maiden and Blue Murder for their instrumental prowess.
Trope
Trope is an alternative rock band with progressive elements featuring vocalist Diana Studenberg. The band formed in 2016 and spent the next couple of years writing and recording demos which became their debut album "Eleutheromania" released in 2021. They garnered the attention of the music industry including Mike Fraser (ACDC, Metalli- ca) who engineered the album. David Bottrill (Tool, Peter Gabriel) creatively consulted and mixed the album, and Ted Jensen (Alice In Chains, Pantera, Stone Temple Pilots) joined the team as mastering engineer.
In early 2022, Trope joined The Pineapple Thief on a 27-date European tour seeing the band play in 15 countries, in just over 30 days, playing the Trope set acoustically with just guitar and voice. Trope then joined The Pineapple Thief again in the US, for 6 dates on the East Coast, before joining up with Symphony X and Haken for a US National tour playing 27 shows fully electric. 2023 will see the band join Kings X on select shows in the US and abroad.
Trope have played the main stages at Summerfest for two-consecutive years and were invited on an 18-date European tour with Kings X in 2019, and to open for The Cult in Reno, Nevada that same year. They've played world-renowned venues including the Viper Room, The Whisky and the Hollywood Improv, and were featured as one of HEAVY Mags' Top 40 Female Rock Acts in their Ladies of Rock Edition in 2019 alongside Lzzy Hale, Lacuna Coil, Jinjer, The Runaways and more. Trope were added to the Spotify Rock Hard Editorial spotify playlist with over 750k listeners, Featured in Prog Magazine, Louder Sound, Metal Hammer Germany, Loudwire (Best songs of April Staff Picks), added to the Loudwire Spotify Playlist and Performed at NAMM 2020 for Sennheiser.