COMING SOON?
Last July, King’s X were forced to cancel an autumn European and UK tour after guitarist Ty Tabor was troubled by “an unforeseen medical issue”, later confirmed as immune system problems. This came after covid had previously forced the cancellation of the tour.
“I don’t even want to make a prediction on when we might come back, because we’ve let people down twice,” says bassist/ vocalist Dug Pinnick. “When Ty’s doctor gives him the all-clear, that’s when everything gets re-booked, and not before, and right now we don’t know when that situation might change.”
As their producer, manager and mentor, Sam Taylor played a massive part in the rise of Texan trio King’s X. Using knowledgea genre-defying debut album that still ranks among one of rock’s finest introductory statements. For their fifth album, 1992’s the band replaced him at the console with Brendan O’Brien. Although the split was less than amicable, three decades later bassist and frontman Dug Pinnick remains in sporadic communication with Taylor, and every time they reconnect, one particular subject is guaranteed to raise its head.
