DIRT POOR KINGS + Band in Boulder, CO

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ABOUT

Boulder’s Dirt Poor Kings know that true rock can’t be delivered with synthesizers and skinny ties. That’s why at a time when most rock and roll is as diluted as light beer, DPK is serving up 100-proof bourbon that bites hard and burns on the way down—the way good rock and roll should. The band’s motto? “Be loud and break sh*t,” says singer/guitarist Retox King. Along with bassist Diablo King and drummer Cadillac King, DPK welds the aggression of Motörhead with the blues backbone of AC/DC, what Cadillac describes as the bastard son of Lemmy and Johnny Cash. All the elements are present in the band’s first single, “I Know,” a hot-rod rocker calling up echoes of Bad Religion and NOFX. DPK’s philosophy is spelled out in “Together We Drink,” a double shot of voodoo junkyard blues in which Retox takes the lead like a Baptist preacher with a buzzsaw. The band does a souped-up cover of Robert Johnson’s “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” that’s so greasy you can taste the motor oil. And the drunken swagger of “Country fu*k” is a backwater stomp that struts through a graveyard while a church burns in the background. Perhaps the band’s most emblematic song is “Hotter Than Hell,” a groove-blues monster that shreds like a hollow-body on fire. It delivers a brand of rock symbolic of the band itself: with no pretense. It’s not hip. It’s not cool. It’s the Dirt Poor Kings. And they’re claiming dominion over the world of rock and roll—by force.

Our playing schedule thus far:

Larimer Lounge - 10/29/2008
Buffalo Rose - 10/30/2008
Fox Theatre - 11/26/2008
Larimer Lounge - 12/10/2008
Continental Club - 12/26/2008
Joe’s Grotto,Phoenix Az - 1/10/2009
Outa Bounds Saloon - 1/16/2009
Bushwackers - 2/7/2009
One Eyed Jacks - 2/14/2009
Gothic Theatre - 2/19/2009
One Eyed Jacks - 3/7/2009
Hot Topic,(acoustic in-store) - 3/13/2009
Cork Club and Grille - 3/15/2009

One Eyed Jacks - 4/3/2009
Rocket Room - 4/11/2009
12 Volt Tavern - 4/24/2009

Screen name:

DIRTPOORKINGS

Member since:

Mar 16 2009

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years together:

1

Gigs played:

10 to 50

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Age:

46 years

Influences

Lemmy's and Johnny Cash's bastard child!

Members Of Band

Retox King - Vox,Guitar

Diablo King - Bass, Backing Vox

EQUIPMENT

Gibson/Epiphone hollow body/solid body guitars and basses

Retox - Vox head and cab
Gibson and Epiphone Guitars

Diablo - Ampeg heads and cabs
Vox Cabs
Gibson/Epiphone basses

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