Description
St. Louis, Missouri band initially known as Broken Toyz. The band gradually introduced original material into their set, until the demand for their own songs allowed them to drop the cover versions entirely. They signed a major label record deal with SBK Records (a subsidiary of EMI Music) and adopted the name KingOfTheHill. They recorded their self-titled debut with Bang Tango producer Howard Benson. The album, released in 1991, mixed party metal in the grand Van Halen style with funk influences, while also touching on AOR, with vocal harmonies that echoed Bon Jovi. The opening single, I Do U, as well as the second single If I Say, had major rotation on MTV and crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. With major backing from their record label the band spent much of 1991 on the road, touring with White Lion, Trixter, Lynch Mob and Steelheart in the USA, and received a rapturous reception as Extreme’s guests on their autumn UK tour. This, the band’s first live work outside their own country, served to sharpen their performing abilities, with the charismatic Muriel becoming the visual focus of the band, drawing comparisons to both David Lee Roth and Prince, not least for his multiple costume changes throughout each show. The band were digging their heels in deep climbing the burgeoning walls of the life of Rock-n-Roll stars and started working on their second album. However the album were got shelved and never released as the music landscape changed almost overnight. That second album now sees the light of day as well as a compilation album of other rare unreleased session recordings and frontman Frankie Muriel says ; We are so excited that we finally have the opportunity to give the fans a chance to hear these long-bootlegged albums – after all these years the way they were intended to be; and also to revisit the vault and release some new compilations of rarities, live shows and bonus tracks.
Track list:
1. Hands On You
2. Save It For Yourself
3. Coming Up
4. Better U
5. Tonite
6. Lisa
7. What Kind Of Man
8. What You See (Is What You Get)
9. Mama
10. Just A Little Bit
11. This Love Is Free