The Spotlight: No More Kings

Don't you love it when you find out about something cool all by yourself? It's better than being just a fan... it's like when you've read both the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion and written a senior thesis on the allegorical nature of both long before any of the movies even... uhm... of course, I would know nothing about that personally, seeing as that was a hypothetical situ...

Right... Freeze Ray. The point I was trying to make was that it's exciting when you get to share something cool with people that have no idea what on earth it is that you're trying to show them (and sometimes giving you that "I think this guys nuts" look). It's almost like a personal challenge to sell them on your newfound love in the twenty seconds you have before they leave... or spray you with mace.


My latest discovery is a band called No More Kings. Seriously, these guys are tight. And I don't mean just cool, they're musically tight. But let's just cruise straight past their talent. The thing that gets me about them is the originality of their lyrics and their hilariously genious pop culture themes.

Consider the topics of some of their songs: Sweep the Leg is about the first Karate Kid movie and has one of the best choruses ever. Michael (Jump In) is about the old school Knight Rider TV show's protagonist, Michael Knight... the cartoon music video is an absolutely gem... and you can watch it on their YouTube page, like, immediately. Leaving Lilliput is about Gulliver and the Lilliputians' Radio DJ. Zombie Me is about a guy who trips on his shoelaces, dies, and becomes a Zombie. Do I need to go on? Just go listen to the free tunes on their MySpace already.