We The Kings, an alternative pop/rock band from Bradenton, Florida are on the rise and poised to reign in 2008. We The Kings catchy, melodic songs are resonating with fans and as a result, their song “Check Yes Juliet,” and the companion music video has been consistently in the Top 5 on iTunes’ Alternative Top Songs and Alternative Top Video charts. The “Check Yes Juliet” video, a modern day Romeo & Juliet story has also been receiving airplay across the entire MTV Network and recently had its debut on TRL entering in at #7. The video is also in highest rotation on MTV2’s “Elite 8” and mtvU and is the #1 Most Streamed video on mtvU.com.
We The Kings self-titled debut CD (S-Curve Records) has been regularly charting in the Top 10 on iTunes’ Alternative Top Albums chart and has spent multiple weeks in the Top 10 of the Billboard Heatseekers chart and the Top 5 of Billboard’s Alternative New Artist chart. “Check Yes Juliet” is in the Top 10 of AOL Radio’s Top Alternative Rock Songs chart.
Additionally, We The Kings also has a huge presence on the Internet with over 5.9 million plays on MySpace and they are consistently in the Top 10 of MySpace’s Alternative Top Artist chart. Over on YouTube, they’ve garnered over 1.2 million plays for their first music video for their song “Skyway Avenue.” The recently posted “Check Yes Juliet” video, which was directed by Alan Ferguson (Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Boys Like Girls, etc.) has already received over 500,000 plays. The video has also been added to Fuse “Steven’s Untitled Rock Show”.
After several national tour supporting bands such as Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, and Madina Lake, We The Kings are on a national headline tour, “Long Hair Don’t Care Tour.” The tour has been extremely successful with venues either sold out or moved to bigger rooms. Supporting We The Kings on the tour are Valencia, The Cab, Charlotte Sometimes and Sing It Loud.
We The Kings, Travis Clark (vocals/guitar), Hunter Thomsen (guitar, backing vocals), Drew Thomsen (bass) and Danny Duncan (drums), took their name from King Middle School, where all four band members attended. On their debut, the Florida natives embrace their upbringing showing love for Bradenton. Songs such as “Skyway Avenue,” August Is Over,” and “This Is Our Town” speak directly to Bradenton locales and the culture of the resort community.
“We really just wanted to reflect on how much our hometown means to us, how it sculpted us and, even beyond the band, how long we’ve all been together,” says singer/guitarist/songwriter Travis Clark.
In 2007, the band inked a deal with S-Curve Records and went into the studio to create their debut album. The album was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo (Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship) and mixed by Lou Giordano (Plain White T’s, Taking Back Sunday) and Tom Lord-Alge (Fall Out Boy, Blink-182). We The Kings is managed by Bret Disend/Ozone Entertainment (Boys Like Girls, Metro Station).
After the “Long Hair Don’t Care Tour” wraps next month, the band will perform at Bamboozle followed by their first trip abroad to the UK where they will support Boys Like Girls. In June, the band will play dates with Cobra Starship before embarking on the entire Vans Warped Tour this summer.
Itinerary For The Remainder of The “Long Hair Don’t Care Tour” Is As Follows: (All Ages Shows)
All Shows Are All Ages
April
29 Living Room, Providence, RI
30 Webster Underground, Hartford, CT
May 1 ICC Performance Hall, Allston, MA
2 The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY
4 Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ
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