@WillTheFace the chords sound pretty easy to me...Give it a go, I'm sure you'll do a good job of it. And the guitar solo? Even I could play that! Good luck!
Fantastic memories... my friend Niki and I hitched around the country after these guys in the early 90s. Happy days, uncomfortable nights trying to sleep in phone boxes. Really Scrape the Sky is still my favourite, but this one has my name in it, so... Queen Jane ftw. Hello John!
I remember seeing this video just once in 1993 on "super channel". Never heard of that band or song again. But I do remember being mightily impressed by the way the drummer handles the snare drum. Oh and those lovely English beaches!
Love this band so much. Somebody needs to put out a rarities/outtakes collection, they had like three full albums' worth of top-notch songs that weren't on albums.
cool music, cool band. I live in St Leonards-on-Sea where this was filmed, and I don't remember it ever looking as good as it did in this video, 4 someting years before I was born. And they probably had to saturate/brighten the sky even so.
yeah, I spotted the saturation editing- at 0:31 the moss growing on the groynes in the background (groynes are beach divisions to prevent longshore drift from washing away the shingle) is way more green then it is in real life.
Brilliant, I've been looking for this for ages! I remember buying 'Sleepwalking' on cassette the very next day after seeing this video. The lead singer always reminded me of Buddy Holly. Thanks for posting!
red shirts
Wix44 3 months ago
desperate to find the tab so i can cover it!
WillTheFace 4 months ago
@WillTheFace the chords sound pretty easy to me...Give it a go, I'm sure you'll do a good job of it. And the guitar solo? Even I could play that! Good luck!
TheLinz78 2 months ago
@TheLinz78 yh but im not sure what the chords :/
WillTheFace 2 months ago
Hey iam from Costa Rica and sleepwalking was my first cd. Have great memories about this band.
royabelrh 5 months ago
Proper Hull band - Respect Kingmaker.
TEEMAN75 9 months ago
Miles Hunt innit? He wished.
OrangeFuzz123 1 year ago
Fantastic memories... my friend Niki and I hitched around the country after these guys in the early 90s. Happy days, uncomfortable nights trying to sleep in phone boxes. Really Scrape the Sky is still my favourite, but this one has my name in it, so... Queen Jane ftw. Hello John!
ladymuck 1 year ago
I remember seeing this video just once in 1993 on "super channel". Never heard of that band or song again. But I do remember being mightily impressed by the way the drummer handles the snare drum. Oh and those lovely English beaches!
pantofis 1 year ago
KINGMAKER - Live at the Adelphi in Hull on Dec 11th 2010!!!!
andreja0 1 year ago
@andreja0 GUTTED
ladymuck 1 year ago
2/3 of Kingmaker are playing the Bull & Gate, Kentish Town, this Friday (17th September 2010)
splinkery 1 year ago
Went to see them (not sure why in watching this!) and saw Suede in support: the start of an obsession...
towake 1 year ago
Hell of a lot better than Housemartins/Beautiful South. Great energy and talent
abbamanic 1 year ago
I've been Googling this band for ages. Great stuff. 90s!
abbamanic 1 year ago
Actually bought this IN 1993 it was a two C.D set you had to buy the 2nd disc two weeks later.
bigcosmo1 1 year ago
Great stuff
njmcliffe 1 year ago
Love this band so much. Somebody needs to put out a rarities/outtakes collection, they had like three full albums' worth of top-notch songs that weren't on albums.
pyenapple 1 year ago
Rock on Kingmaker! One of their best!
fightdirector 1 year ago
True Indie music - thank the world.
For all those living in then wilderness - the is what you have been waiting for!
Now - go listen to 'ten years asleep' and tell me I'm wrong!
Allthepiecesmatter 1 year ago
My mates band 'Marmalade Sun' from Sheffield. google em. X
bassthing26 2 years ago
cool music, cool band. I live in St Leonards-on-Sea where this was filmed, and I don't remember it ever looking as good as it did in this video, 4 someting years before I was born. And they probably had to saturate/brighten the sky even so.
GeneralJacksonV 2 years ago
yeah, I spotted the saturation editing- at 0:31 the moss growing on the groynes in the background (groynes are beach divisions to prevent longshore drift from washing away the shingle) is way more green then it is in real life.
GeneralJacksonV 2 years ago
True Indie music at its best! Check out Armchair Anarchist - this band captures the zeitgeist in spades...
Allthepiecesmatter 2 years ago
awesomee :P,, Im 100% not joking when i say,, the drummer is my mates dad :D he lives in hull ;D i 100% promise im not lying :D
hbth19 2 years ago 2
@hbth19 can either of you tell us what ever happened to loz then?!?! x
angieofkent 2 years ago
upload loveless/defamed
frcombi 2 years ago
I came across this band by accident a couple of years ago - glad I did. Sleepwalking is a lost classic, shame they didn't make it.
anmaree 2 years ago
Great band - nearly made it - trouble is the bands that tended to support them did better than they did, they were true kingmakers
villainderby 2 years ago 10
ahhhhhh...it's gratifying to know i'm not the only person in the world who remembers this band.
Schming 2 years ago 12
Haha, Loz has the same glasses as me.
MarqueeMoon95 2 years ago
Haven't heard this one in 16 years! CHEERS!!!!!!
Banner1979 2 years ago
Hastings seafront never looked so cool....
(my home town)
DubvibeProd 3 years ago
"Hastings" and "cool"...
There's two words I never thought I'd see in the same sentence. Great song though!
pompeypirate 3 years ago
F----ing great it's like watch Spiderman play indie guitar.
EtherialMoiety 3 years ago 2
More ska than rockabilly
lovemesomekatemoss 3 years ago
lol patsik asked if this is a 50's.
Fuck not! Their clothes are 60's style somthing of rockabilly. But their rock is i think more similar at indie rock or something else...
cya.
Simonezzz 3 years ago 2
Erm... I suspect Patsik was talking about the guitar being from the 50's.
ThisCharmingBen 3 years ago
fucking amazing.i love this song to bits.cheers
drunklikeme 3 years ago
this really brings back memories! brilliant!
Steviegav 4 years ago
Yeah great guitar!
Is it a 50's?
I believe it's a reissue just like mine! But that doesn't matter.
It's a great guitar!
Patsik 4 years ago
Quality! Went to a few Kingmaker gigs in the late nineties round manchester, They were awesome live!
phatty7777 4 years ago
thanks for this mate! still a very treasured underrated band in my eyes.
modsheff1 4 years ago 2
Brilliant, I've been looking for this for ages! I remember buying 'Sleepwalking' on cassette the very next day after seeing this video. The lead singer always reminded me of Buddy Holly. Thanks for posting!
Richmarkhill 4 years ago