Kingpin to Shotgun Messiah

Happy November. It is hard to believe the holiday season is almost here.

Before Shotgun Messiah was a thing, a version of the band was known as Kingpin. The Swedish Kingpin released an album called Welcome to Bop City and it has some pretty catch tunes on it, including "Don't Care About Nothin'" and you can hear that one below.

I was listening to "Don't Care About Nothin'" and was struck by how much the song sounds like Open Up and Say... Ahh! era-Poison. The albums lived in the same time universe as Welcome To Bop City came out in 1988 just like Poison's Glam masterpiece. "Shout It Out" was also on Welcome To Bop City and that song was a hit in Sweden before the band was rebranded as Shotgun Messiah.

It never ceases to amaze me that super-star-tough-guy bassist Tim Skold was in Kingpin/Shotgun Messiah.

Just for fun - some clips of Tim Skold with Marilyn Manson.

Comments

[stu]

“second coming” is an all-time favorite of mine. sure it’s great, but more or a right place, right time kind of thing. skold did a solo tour a while back but i couldn’t make it - i was bummed since i never had the chance to see shotgun tour.

[crued]

@stu I'm a huge SM fan! especially the album "second coming"! the drums on that are thunderous plus harry Kody is amazing! I found a really cool documentary on them. check it out. Fave line off "red Hot"? "Fuck you all I'm tired"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGkxgJ-Y5eo&t=184s

[Kixchix]

Cried. That YT link didn’t work for me. What the title of the documentary? All I found was a 7 minute 7 retro doc from Metal Magic Reviews. Wanna learn more about these guys since Heartbreak Blvd is a fav of mine. Cheers!

[crued]

@kixchik try this,,,,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGkxgJ-Y5eo&t=250s

if that doesn't work .. here is the creator,,,, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_o_SN2NLhO_K5Lpf8Uu9eQ

[crued]

@kixchik enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8BbcSRQizk&t=19s

[crued]

shotgun messiah fans add this! to your faves! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9mDukiO5DY

[crued]

hmm, will @him,@metalboy and others shit on my fanboy moment? hehe

[Mike]

I've seen Skold a couple of times solo, as well as with Manson. Never got to see Shotgun Messiah, but have been following them since "Shout It Out" video was released.

Lots of respect for Skold and Cody, "Second Comig" was great, and they were ahead of the curve with Violent New Breed.

Tim Skold is featured on a brand new video by Jyrki69 (of 69 Eyes)... what a great guitar player on top of his songwriting, singing, producing and bass playing skills.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9j5CiAMqo

Come to think of it, I also have a Tim Skold instructional DVD where he breaks down the solo for Manson's "Putting Holes In Happiness".

[Him]

We all start somewhere, right? SM was a good band that didn't get a lot of attention. And I prefer Skold to Zan. VNB, in my opinion, pointed to where Skold was going. But I like, in this order: SC, VNB, SM.

Crued, what's with the question? When have I taken a dumpy-doo on your comments? Moreover, I always flag my fanboy status when I post on something. We all have that problem, right? Hehe, as you might write.