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King Rich - Singer Songwriter
King Rich was born in Birmingham, England in 30th July 1979. He moved with his family to Worcestershire in 1988, and was bought his first guitar as a random Christmas present, aged 10, which was a spanish 3 quarter size guitar.

He left his A levels a quarter of the way through it's tenure to focus all his attention towards his passon - music.

Early Bands
King Rich was involved in numerous local musical outfits, including being front man for rock outfit Elixir (with David Swift on lead guitar) which he spent a year focussing heavily on guitaring and voice, followed by Channel 12 (with Abbs, Jingle and Browny) - where the band focussed on playing King Rich self penned material, with early versions of Live Ur Life, Scarlet Ocean, Forever and Ever, and Downpour. As a performer in Channel 12, King Rich was a nervous and deeply energised individual. His gigs would see him displying various eccentricities - from doing exercise routines during performances to vocalising apache indian noises whilst running around the audience. He was once berated by the bands roadie for embarrassing Channel 12 after a gig at The Fountain on the outskirts of Kiddeminster - to which KR took very little notice of. One recording session with Channel 12 was a marginal dissaster, and was hosted around Browny's house, where, whilst trying to attain a good quality drum sound, the band decided to put a sofa on it's side in an attempt to sweeten the direction of sound in the room. Around the age of 18, King Rich suffered a vocal-spasm-to-his-soft-pallete injury, which doctors advised him never to sing again. King Rich could not take this advice, as he wanted to do music with his life, as his passion for it was extremely deep, and he believes it is what he was put on the Earth for. The vocal spasm is still with him to this day. After suffering vocal issues, he left the band to concentrate on his songwriting. He loved going out into fields, oceansides, forests, mountains and riversides and songwriting in nature, where his thoughts, feelings, dreams and music could all meander in it's own freedom, as he attempted to unlock the music of his soul. Many hours singing in a derelict shop, and lonely naturistic landscapes, creating early tape based albums such as one entitled 'Evolution' (where one of the recordings was made in a cave entitled 'Caveman'), occupied King Rich's early musical days.

His next step was to enrol at Kiddrminster College, at the age of 19, doing Performing Arts. The college was where he concocted his next band - A.K. His Majesty's Circle - which was an aloof, crazy and controversial rock outfit. A.K. featured musicians Matt 'Bruce' Lees (lead guitar), Sidney Griffin (Bass), and Dean Ashton (Drums and Backing Vocals). The act played mainly around the counties of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. They recorded a couple of studio albums, recorded at Matt 'Bruce' Lees house, recording tracks King Rich had written and felt the band should have a go at. Recordings of Live Ur Life, The Unknown, as well as controversial versions of Take a Virgin and Bus Stop Bird, were tracks A.K. would beat out on regular gigging and jamming occasions, where they gained a healthy local following. Other notable moments at Kidderminster College for King Rich included him becoming Performing Arts student of the year, as well as delivering avant garde performances. On one occasion he whipped a fake rubber cobra out of his trousers during one live performance, the next - destroying lighting equipment whilst jumping hectically up and down on a stage, as well as whipping out a tennis racket and smashing it to pieces during a chilled out cover version of Lionel Richies 'Easy Like a Sunday Morning'. He also did duet work with female singer Karla Drust, who he met at the college, and a couple of their chemical recordings, (Single Woman, Vanish, and It's Where I'm Goin') featured on later released King Rich solo albums. After his 2 year Performing Arts course, King Rich enrolled on a Music Management course for two years, where he was tutored by local music guitarist Kevyn Gammond. He joined the music label MAS Records, which had an ambassidorial connection of Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, where he released a few of his own self penned tracks through the label. King Rich also came runner up in the Clifford T Ward songwriting competition, for his song Be Away, in a compettion which featured thousands of entries. He also had notable support slots with acts such as The Levellers, Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Roy Harper and Adrian Byron Burns (Acoustic Artist of the Year 1999, 2000) around the mid 2000s, as his solo tour gathered good ground and pace. During his time at the College, and in the years slightly after his departure frrm Kidderminster College, King Rich joined forces with a highly passionate fellow musician - Nick J Townsend of Weak 13, which he had a good opportunity to connect with, as they were on the same course in Music Management. They would do numerous local musical antics (including hosting a rock/ acoustic night at Kidderminster venue Redwoods over a two year period), and a local controversial fanzine / magazine called PMT, which was a free 5000 publication fanzine which was available in many outlets across the Midlands of England.

The Solo Touring Trail
After leaving the band and local scene behind, Kng Rich embarked on a vast tour of his solo material, playing numerous venues up and down and across the UK. He played mainly cover versions. His act was normally around 2 hours long. His act involved him singing, playing acoustic guitar, and variations of him playing piano, harmonica and foot percussion - in varying combinations. His music on the road has been met with mixed reactions. Tears, Joy, Laughter, Love and Hatred are reactions King Rich has witnessed from audience to audience, as he has plied his musical vision.

King Rich gigs between the years of 2003 to the current day have witnessed a colourful scene. A hourney back into his solo gigging history has seen audiences jumping off tables and ripping ornaments off venue walls, psycopaths screaming violently centimetres from King Rich's face whilst he ignores them as King Rich carries on playing, people being carried out into ambulances (with the same person making it back for last orders), riot police being drafted in to arrest the rioters to a venue which had a boat above the position where King Rich was playing, debris being hurled at King Rich's tour van as he left a hostile gig in the valleys of Wales, as well as King Rich winding up at a gothic bridal suite after a gig for an after show party.

He has also met some very beautiful and fantastic people over his decade on the road - friends who have shared in special musical times with King Rich, connecting deeply with his music. A few people of note he has met on his tour include Buffy Nicola Harding (the love of his life), Si The Poet (who has been to more King rich gigs than any fan over the decade) and whom has been on tour with King Rich, all over the country, often offering opions, and always a deep amount of fun, friendship and a close connection. Musicians he has toured with include Chris Jamieson (Jip) who hit many a beat on his bongos, backing King Rich in a rhythmisc sense, Laura Broad and Hannah Jones have also done duet work in some very rough venues across the UK. At one venue Hannah and King Rich dueted at, someone drove into the pub venue on a motorbike, as King Rich, Hannah Jones and Jip were performing. King Rich launched a video channel on YouTube in 2011, where underground video performances of many King Rich tracks and performances can be viewed. He is still touring his music in the UK, and is still recording and releasing his material. He is also still doing numerous live video recordings, which will keep expanding his YouTube video channel, and will continue to display the artists musical soul and spirit.

Discography: King Rich Studio Albums 2004 to Present
The earliest King Rich official recording was done by engineer and percussionist Andy Edwards (who toured with the Priory of Brion featuring Robert Plant on vocals). It was an underground record called Empty State. The song was a theatrical, dark recording which was an artistic offering.

King Rich DVDs

DVD Title: The Vaults Unplugged

Year of Release: 2004

Film Crew: Jospeh Hall, Martin Finney, Margaret Yip

Tracks: 1) Forever & Ever 2) Far Off Incident 3) The Echoin Woods 4) Lifeline Flow 5) Nightingale 6) If U Wanna Go Now (I Won't Mind) 7) Pacified 8) Alone In Ur Eyes 9) It's Where I'm Goin 10) Empty State

Mini Albums (2004-2011) Album Title: T'Emotive

Studio: Narnia Studios, Birmingham

Year of Release: 2004

Producer: Paul Timothy Tracks: 1) Be Away 2) The Echoin Woods 3) Forever & Ever 4) Stay The Night 5) Single Woman

Album Title: T'Artistic

Studio: Far Forest Studios, Far Forest

Year of Release: 2005

Producer: Neutron Tears Tracks: 1) All Alone 2) Callin 3) Love Is True 4) Stop / Start 5) The Magic Marnie Flower Of The Mystic Hour 6) Suicide

Album Title: T'Crossroads of Love Affairs Gone Lost

Studio: Far Forest Studios, Far Forest

Year of Release: 2006

Producer: Neutron Tears Tracks: 1) Hang On My Sweetheart 2) U Don't Understand ... My Heart Anymore 3) Care 4) Short Sighted 5) Desperately Love Me 6) When I Was Dreamin

Album Title: T'Apparitional Auditory Excavation

Studio: Far Forest Studios, Far Forest

Year of Release: 2007

Producer: Neutron Tears Tracks: 1) Far Off incident 2) Stop The Cold In My Heart 3) U R 4) Me Devil - U Angel 5) Stop The Cold In My Heart (Acoustic) 6) Lonely River

Album Title: T'Travellin Sound Circus

Studio: Far Forest Studios, Far Forest

Year of Release: 2008

Producer: Neutron Tears Tracks: 1) Ur 2 Die 4 2) U Were All I Wanted 3) Busy 4) Cud U Be My Girl Again? 5) Tryin 6) Ur Gone

Album Title: T'Forgotten Landsapes

Studio: Helcott Studios, Kidderminster

Year of Release: 2009

Producer: King Rich Tracks: 1) Grave 2) Scarlet Ocean 3) Heart 4 A Compass 4) Gettin Down 2 T Guita 5) Where The Weather Blows 6) Nightingale

Album Title: T'Acoustic Dream

Studio: Far Forset Studios, Far Forest & Helcott Studios, Kidderminster

Year of Release: 2010

Producer: Neutron Tears & King Rich Tracks:1) Vanish 2) Lifeline Flow 3) Ain't It Heartbreakin 4) The Most Beauty 4) 5) It's Where I'm Goin 6) Operation End

Album Title: T'Shack

Studio: Helcott Studios, Kidderminster

Year of Release: 2011

Producer: King Rich Tracks: 1) Great Nite 2) Absent 3) Alone In Ur Eyes 4) Harbour My Heart 5) Don't Runaway Now 6) My Starlight

Full Albums

Album Title: King Rich 2004-2007

Year of Release: 2012

Tracks: 1) Be Away 2) The Echoin Woods 3) Forever & Ever 4) Stay The Night 5) Single Woman 7) All Alone 8) Callin 9) Love Is True 10) Stop / Start 11) The Magic Marnie Flower Of The Mystic Hour 12) Suicide 13) Hang On My Sweetheart 14) U Don't Understand ... My Heart Anymore 15) Care 16) Short Sighted 17) Desperately Love Me 18) When I Was Dreamin 19)Far Off incident 20) Stop The Cold In My Heart 21) U R 22) Me Devil - U Angel 23) Stop The Cold In My Heart (Acoustic) 24) Lonely River