Ty Tabor

[Michael Mars]

Saw Kings X a couple of weeks ago at Gramercy in NYC. Always loved the band. Very Underrated IMO.

Ty Tabor has never gotten the attention for not just playing, but writting great songs that he deserves.

He will always be one of my Favorite guitarists.

 

[2112]

Is Ty. Is good.

 

[Frankencat]

Ty is the man. One of my favorites for a long time and a great dude on top of it.

 

[Lysander]

I'm still kicking myself about King's X cancelling a local concert last year. Really hope to catch them live someday, i love this band.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Drop some choice tracks for the uninitiated!

Ty Tabor has never gotten the attention for not just playing, but writting great songs that he deserves

 

[Lysander]

Drop some choice tracks for the uninitiated!

Well, he has co-written pretty much all of King's X discography...



...and has a bunch of solo albums, too:

 

[TSJMajesty]

 

[DrewJD82]

Hell yeah!!

I had the pleasure of seeing my one and only King's X show in the Mackie room at NAMM2011, maybe 30 of us crammed in a small room for a full band/PA performance. Just hearing Dug's bass before it came through the PA was a trip. IIRR, both Dug and Ty were running Fractal's into real cabs? What surprised me the most was watching Jerry play; that dude hits the cymbals like they owe them money but he's not making a scene about it. A very controlled "BAM MUTHAFUCKA"

As great as they are, as time goes on I realize more and more there's very few songs of theirs I really dig. The entire Dogman album is perfect, every song is great, but before and after that it's pretty spotty for me.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

As great as they are, as time goes on I realize more and more there's very few songs of theirs I really dig. The entire Dogman album is perfect, every song is great, but before and after that it's pretty spotty for me.

I was really tempted to make a thread about Kings X recently, I downloaded their albums to my phone to check out while running, and really tried to make it click. I’d listened to Dogman a few times through the years, mostly because it’s so highly regarded and because Brendan O Brien produced it.

I really can’t get into them, it just sounds like proto-Nickelback to me, with maybe slightly better guitars but worse overall. I don’t mind Nickelback at all for what they are but I feel like there must be more to Kings X that I’m not getting. There’s obviously amazing talent and ability there, and cool riffs, but the vocals and lyrics are so corny and I just don’t find the songs to be that good. Chad Kroeger is at least a great songwriter.

If anyone has a playlist on where to start with them to make it click I’d love to hear it.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Gretchen Goes to Nebraska is where it's at, imo. Dogman isn't heavy, no matter what people try to tell you and putting Beatles harmonies EVERYWHERE for me is barf inducing.

 

[OrganicZed]

Ty is also one of my favorite players. He has written some great riffs / songs and his tones have always been good. I think one of best things about his playing is his choice of chord voicings.

 

[2112]

King's X are a classic "your favourite band's favourite band" listening experience. Totally understand how they can land flat with a lot of people. Learning their stuff on guitar definitely made my appreciate how nuanced Ty's playing and tone is.

Out of the Silent Planet, Gretchen and Dogman are the 3 arriving I can listen to day in, day out. They're heavy in the way RATM are heavy IMO; tight but super groovy.

 

[Lysander]

They're heavy in the way RATM are heavy IMO; tight but super groovy.

So much this.

 

[DrewJD82]

I was really tempted to make a thread about Kings X recently, I downloaded their albums to my phone to check out while running, and really tried to make it click. I’d listened to Dogman a few times through the years, mostly because it’s so highly regarded and because Brendan O Brien produced it.

I really can’t get into them, it just sounds like proto-Nickelback to me, with maybe slightly better guitars but worse overall. I don’t mind Nickelback at all for what they are but I feel like there must be more to Kings X that I’m not getting. There’s obviously amazing talent and ability there, and cool riffs, but the vocals and lyrics are so corny and I just don’t find the songs to be that good. Chad Kroeger is at least a great songwriter.

If anyone has a playlist on where to start with them to make it click I’d love to hear it.

Bro I can understand not digging King’s X……but fucking Nickelback?!?!?!

I’d accept ‘Candy Land AIC’ long before Nickelback. We’d have no AIC if it weren’t for King’s X, they were doing the glam-punk thing until Cantrell heard Hope Faith Love and said “Oh shit, we should put some vocal harmonies over some heavy guitars….” and a year or two later we had Facelift.

 

[Jarick]

I didn't really know much about King's X until about a decade ago, unfortunately they haven't played any live shows close to hear in that time frame. I'm bummed as I probably won't ever get to see them.

 

[Devin]

Seen King's X live countless times; always incredible


Been a big fan forever

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Bro I can understand not digging King’s X……but fucking Nickelback?!?!?!

I’d accept ‘Candy Land AIC’ long before Nickelback. We’d have no AIC if it weren’t for King’s X, they were doing the glam-punk thing until Cantrell heard Hope Faith Love and said “Oh shit, we should put some vocal harmonies over some heavy guitars….” and a year or two later we had Facelift.

this is just straight Nickelback to me



although I’d say the lyrics are arguably worse. I can hear how AIC took influence from them for sure, but Kings X just sort of fall down on the things I think are most important for a band.