| No More Kings | |
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| Origin | Providence, RI |
| Genre(s) | Pop/Rock |
| Years active | 2006 - present |
| Label(s) | Astonish Records |
| Members | |
| Pete Mitchell Beau Burtnik Christian Wojcik |
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The name "No More Kings" comes from an episode of School House Rock, one of many of No More Kings' inspirations. Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films that aired during Saturday morning children's programming on U The particular episode dealt with the Pilgrims leaving England, seeking freedom and independence.
No More Kings are led by front man Pete Mitchell (born September 7th, 1973 in Providence, Rhode Island), who is responsible for writing the songs on the album along with longtime friend Neil Robins of the Louisville-based band Dirt Poor Robins. Pete studied fine art in college and has worked for Disney and the Jim Henson Company; he is an accomplished animator and also speaks Japanese. The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. Pete claims his main sources of musical inspiration are the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Radiohead, Billy Joel, Beck, and Genesis. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Radiohead William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. Beck' s birth name was Bek see the sources given This is not a typo and should not be changed without good reason
The rest of the live band is made up of Beau Burtnick (bass) and Christian "The Woj" Wojcik (guitar).
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Music Videos
No More Kings got much of their exposure from their 2007 music video "Sweep the Leg", which is a humorous continuation of the 1984 film The Karate Kid and features the entire original male cast except for the late Pat Morita, who portrayed Mr. Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Morita Noriyuki)--> ( Miyagi in the film. William Zabka, who played villain Johnny Lawrence in the movie, directed the video as well. William "Billy" Zabka (born October 20 1965 is an American Actor, Screenwriter, and Film producer. Pat E. Johnson, who was the martial arts director for the 1984 The Karate Kid as well as the martial arts director for Bruce Lee, worked on this video. Bruce Lee ( November 27 1940 – July 20 1973 was an American-born Martial artist, Philosopher, instructor, Martial arts actor and the "Sweep the Leg" was featured on MTVu. com, Vh1. com, MySpace. com, YouTube. com, and E! Astonish Records released a special edition CD/DVD of "Sweep the Leg" in 2008.
In 2008, No More Kings followed up the "Sweep the Leg" video with "Michael (Jump In)", which was animated by San Francisco animation company GhostBot. In "Michael (Jump In)", lead singer Pete Mitchell is a hero-wannabe who attempts to help people out, but just makes things worse.
History
Origins
Pete Mitchell and Neil Robins started the band by themselves in the 1990s, and were later joined by Adam DeGraide (bass). They broke up in the late 1990s, but were reformed in 2005 with Pete and five new members for live performance: David Grant, Tim Maglothin, Josh Taylor, Beau Burtnick, and Christian "The Woj" Wojcik. They are now signed to Adam DeGraide's record label, Astonish Records in Orlando, Florida.
All The King's Men
All The King's Men is the publicity street team for the band No More Kings, which helps in bringing friends to the shows, phoning local radio stations to request the band's songs, putting up posters, and posting to band forums or related bulletin boards online. The name was picked from suggestions by the street team.
Discography
- No More Kings (album), Astonish Records released on March 6, 2007. No More Kings is the debut album by Los Angeles rock band No More Kings. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
External links
- No More Kings Official Website
- No More Kings at MySpace
- No More Kings YouTube page
- Official "Sweep the Leg" video website
- Pete Mitchell's Interview Show on LiveVideo.com
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