Featured Artist of July 11, 2024
With the album: Memento


Artist's Biography

The Kings of Strings are an independent rock ‘n roll / blues rock band from Detroit, Michigan. The band formed in the Summer of 2016 by high school classmates Luke Porada & Jake St. Pierre and consists of Aaron Weisman (vocals, rhythm guitar), Jacob St. Pierre (lead guitar, vocals), Luke Porada (bass) and Noah Wojcik (drums). With sounds and influence from the likes of Rage Against the Machine, The Raconteurs, Bob Mould, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and many others.

About the Album

'Memento'

Their second full-length studio album released June 29, 2024, is a time capsule containing many songs written during the band’s teenage years with several new songs written to represent the passage of time between the different eras of the band. Having undergone two lineup changes since the formation of the band back in 2016, Memento contains songs from each iteration. Just as the band has done with their self-titled debut album, this new release is also a self-recorded and self-produced album containing eleven original songs.

On July 22, 2023, they released the first single for Memento called All the Way.

Songs like Disapproval, No Time and Lack of Communication highlight some of the struggles the band had to endure to keep things together during unforeseen circumstances. Other songs such as By the Wayside with its 1950’s song style laments over the loss of loved ones that have come and gone. Songs like Head Hunter with its soft intro kicks in and rocks with its free flowing groove and guitar riffs while Between the Cushions is the first time three of the band members each sing a verse on the same song.

The last song on the album Remember, was the first song the guys had ever written, and the inevitability of aging and missing one's youth. This album is dedicated to friends and family, both with us and those that we lost along the way. To you, we leave you our Memento, the time will never be forgotten.

Featured Artist of November 16, 2022
With the album: The Kings of Strings


Artist's Biography

The Kings of Strings were formed in the Summer of 2016 by high school classmates Giovanni Rugiero on Vocals, multi-instrumentalist Jacob St. Pierre on Guitar, Luke Porada on Bass and Ben Bustamante on Drums. Close friend and the bands second multiinstrumentalist Noah Wojcik would later replace Ben on the Drums and help to define the bands current sound. Giovanni would later leave the band to pursue other obligations and be replaced with another longtime friend and fellow classmate, Aaron Weisman on Vocals and Rhythm Guitar. The band played many covers from the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, and AC/DC just to name a few. In 2018, the band began to write their own original songs and perform them in bars and clubs in and around Metro Detroit, Lansing, Chicago and Toledo. They have been performing both originals and covers ever since. The Kings of Strings officially published their first original music featuring the current lineup in September 2022, releasing We Were Young.

About the Album

Our first self-titled debut album, The Kings of Strings, was released November 12, 2022, to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other streaming services and contains eight original songs (In the Mind, One Hell of a Ride, No Shame, Take Me from the Sun, We Were Young, Wicked Road, Ignite and Soul Food). All songs were written, recorded, and produced by The Kings of Strings. The Kings of Strings are: Aaron Weisman (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Jacob St. Pierre (Guitars, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Piano), Luke Porada (Bass, Backing Vocals) and Noah Wojcik (Drums).

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