King Black Acid (Loves a Love Song)

This is the first of what will probably be two blog entries on my newly created Music page. I don’t have high hopes for this particular blog area, it is mainly a way for my to write about music I like and share it with the 3 or 4 people that read this blog. I do not want to advertise this page nor do I have any intention of ever having it show up on a search engine. In reality the only person that will read this will be me.. and I guess you ;)

The first entry is dedicated to one my favorite bands and albums.

King Black Acid  - Loves a love song    I first saw King Black Acid playing live with Television Eye as the Satryicon punk bar in Portland, Oregon. Satryicon was a dingy, dirty, graffiti-ed and band-stickered punk-rock club that had a slight resemblance to CBGB in New York. Television Eye’s set was a very short, curt dirty punk-rock and it was an odd opener to King Black Acid’s more long, melodic crescendo-ing rock. King Black Acid knew exactly how to put on a show, their way. Instead of sticking to the 4-4 beats and the 2-3 minute poppy songs they created songs, and shows, that matched their style and the message that they were trying to get across. The CD track listing is a short 8 songs but they are not the average short 2 to 3 minute poppy song.    Butterfly Bomber is the first track on “Loves a Love Song” and it is a perfect opener. The song is roughly 8 minutes in length and doesn’t even get started until 2 or 3 minutes into the song.The song starts slowly and builds into an immense wall of sound. Other bands tend to fade the song once the high level of intensity has been reached (like, for example, The Comas with “Falling”*), King Black Acid, however, keep it going.

Watching them play live was the best, as Daniel (lead vocals and lead guitarist) would go crazy when the songs reached their high point. Guitar solos tended to be creative and atmospheric and although long they maintain your interest by their constant evolution throughout the song. Daniel goes crazy on his guitar with effects (delays, chorus and reverb mainly) and also with toys (usually a toy ray-gun placed very close to the pickups). Unfortunately King Black Acid has disbanded and is no more although Daniel has created a new band, which I have yet to see live.

Track Listing 

1. Butterfly Bomber
2. Kiss the Beast
3. Into the Sun
4. Colorado (Wherever it is You Are)
5. Born to Sleep
6. School Blood
7. So I Heard You're Still Alive
8. Gentle Collapse (Feels Good)