Metropolis

Mineral Kings | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 25, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 25, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hillside Records
• ASIN: B00007IJ39
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,503,930 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. North Beach Drifter

2. Vanish

3. Scared to Death

4. A lot Like You

5. Please Don't Take It So Bad

6. Sweet

7. Good Good Man

8. Jack O'Lantern

9. Queen of Apostles

10. The Prize

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

The Mineral Kings sound like no band you have heard before and every band you have heard before. By drawing upon a wide range of influences, and by not trying to focus on a specific genre of rock music, their fans have compared them to such diverse acts as U2, The Cult, The Clash, INXS, Queen and Midnight Oil. Although they can tentatively be labeled as an "alternative" rock band, they have deep roots in the old school guitar-driven bands, which makes them cutting edge performers in a cookie-cutter music industry.

The Kings strike gold with their latest release and their strongest work to date, Metropolis. Back with their original lineup of Tony Morosini on guitars and drums, Art Forte on guitars, bass, and keys, and Carv Tefft on vocals, they return to powerful form with a bass thumping, guitar crunching, larynx punching effort. It’s an angry CD, and that’s a good thing in the rock and roll business! This follow-up CD to Atomic Numbers, their superb debut, allows the Kings to really flex their muscles, and it’s obvious from the opening track that they’ve been supplementing with creatine.

But to step back a bit, just as their music wanders through a broad spectrum of styles, integrating and elevating them to a higher level, the two founders of the band have also been East Coast – West Coast nomads. Carv and Art met through an ad in The Village Voice in Manhattan, and almost immediately became song-writing soul mates. They recorded under the name Release, but after the band’s untimely demise, Art packed up for San Francisco, where Carv was soon to follow. Tony, who had just wrapped up his own CD in Seattle, also migrated down to the now red-hot Bay Area music scene, where bands like Third Eye Blind, Green Day, and Smashmouth were reviving a music scene that hadn’t seen such new talent since the days of flower power. An ad in BAM magazine brought Tony into the fold, and after a brief tour in Europe, Tony returned to San Francisco, and The Kings, in 2001.

Atomic Numbers and Metropolis are The Mineral Kings’ first two CD releases, and both are available on Amazon.com. The band’s first two recordings, Tales of the Wailing Yakbone and Diamondhead, are currently only available in tape format and are not for purchase, though this may change in the near future. The band plans to tour nationally in support of their latest release.

With each successive recording, The Kings get closer to mastering the original formula they started out with – straight-ahead, melodically catchy rock tunes that are all meat and no fat. They have matured into vital artists that are brightening the somewhat dreary, unadventurous landscape of rock that has arisen from the mergers and homogenization of radio. In summary, the formula for the music fan is actually quite simple; if you like rock and roll, you are guaranteed to like The Mineral Kings.

Product Description

Metropolis is the Mineral King's second release. The CD represents the return of the band’s original line up of Art Forte, Carv Tefft and Tony Morosini.

The three members are veterans of the Bay Area, NYC and UK music scenes. With Metropolis, the MK’s have created a sound that fuses a life’s worth of influences and geographies. Individual band members have worked professionally with artists as diverse as Dave Grohl, Steve Miller, Buddy Guy and Journey. The sound is unmistakably unique yet familiar all at once. This is made evident from the first single, "North Beach Drifter".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock for grown-ups, January 19, 2003

By 

M. BELL "smoked_jalapeno" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Metropolis (Audio CD)

A seismic move forward for the MKs, Good Good Man and Jack'o'Lantern are superlative. Vocal quality is unrecognisable from earlier recordings - first rate - reviewers have drawn parallels with Midnight Oil and I can hear what they mean, however this is not a mere parody. Guys - get yourself a deal and DO give up the day job ;o)

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, December 6, 2002

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Basil Babcock (ardsley, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metropolis (Audio CD)

It is far and few between that one ever gets the opportunity to sail off into Mineral Heaven. Metropolis will make you sail into the deep blue yonder. The unbelievably powerful lyrics made me shake in my boots. The hard driving music could propel a freight train to warp speed in under 3 seconds. It did remind me of my youthful whippit and Amile Nitrate days, but other than that I'd buy this CD NOW!!!!!!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MKs rock!!!, November 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Metropolis (Audio CD)

The Mineral Kings invoke sounds of a time gone by with this release. In an era of every band fitting into a prepackaged consumer friendly format, it's nice to hear something original. I love the emotional roller coaster of this CD. It's not all happy songs or all depressed songs. It's more like life. A real record company would never put out a product like this, as it doesn't fit neatly into a marketing person's slot.

Carv Tefft's throaty, masculine voice really pushes these songs. The driving drums, guitars and bass are original yet familiar. My only gripe is that it is only 10 songs.