| Future Kings Of Spain | |
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 Galway, April 26th 2007. Photo by Brian Kelleher.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Members | |
| Joey Wilson Bryan McMahon Anton Hegarty Karl Hussey |
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Future Kings of Spain is an Irish rock band, from Dublin. Their self-titled debut album was released in August 2003, and won the band a Meteor Music Award. The follow-up Nervousystem was due to be released in 2006 but was delayed by "scheduling constraints" at former record label Red Flag. The band have, after a 14 month battle, finally managed to successfully and legally extricate themselves from their agreement with their now ex-label. Their second album was released independently on September 28th 2007, debuting at number 24 in the Irish charts. Guess Again, the first single, was released on May 4th, and was chosen by public vote on Phantom 105.2 On the week of its release it was chosen as the song of the week on Irish radio station Today FM and was number seven in the irish airplay charts. The second single, Kick In The Teeth, was released on July 27th.
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Lineup
The line up on the debut album was Joey Wilson (vocals/guitar), Bryan McMahon (drummer) and bassist Anton Hegarty. Lead guitarist Karl Hussey has been added since the debut was released.
Sound
FKOS debut album contained a very guitar-based sound, with a heavy tone on many of the songs, such as the first single 'Face I Know'. The mood ranged from angst ('A Place for Everything') to melancholy ('Simple Fact').
Releases
Future Kings Of Spain
- A Place For Everything
- Your Starlight
- Venetian Blinds
- Hanging Around
- One Look
- Simple Fact
- Meanest Sound
- So Wrong
- Face I Know
- Traps
- Upside Down
Nervousystem
- Guess Again
- One More Mistake
- This Is The End
- Lost And Found
- Syndicate
- Kick In The Teeth
- You Dream In Solid Gold
- 1981
- Chemical Burn
- This Song
- Disappear
Trivia
- The song "Hanging Around" features in the Irish zom-com Boy Eats Girl.
- Joey, Bryan and Anton ('Tony') are also in a lazarus soul
- All the members of the band are feverish collectors of "still-in-the-box" vintage cheeses.
- Karl used to be in Dublin punk band, Bambi.
- Karl played guitar on the "Sun Studios" version of 'Your Starlight' which was the b-side to the "Sun Studios" version of 'A Place For Everything and Everything In its Place' released in September 2002, before the band recorded their debut in New York
- Bryan was in a car crash on Aug 10, 2002 but managed to recover in time to begin pre-production in New York for their debut album on Sept 10, 2002 - just one month later.
