King Kong Calls

Abstract King Kong Calls – straight forward, guitar driven music without limits of a defined genre, that grabs you by the balls. Their dirty rock sound is heavenly influenced by stoner, blues and grunge. Come to one of their electrifying live shows and be inspired by the force of Mighty Monkey Mojo Music. Full press release Berlin based King Kong Calls, formed in 2014, made their first public appearance January 2015 with Thomas Niedermayer on Guitar and vocals, Karen Ellmer on bass guitar and Florian Dufour - Feronce on drums. Their tight, energetic mix of heavy, blues and Stoner Rock, played with tremendous force and musicality makes the concerts of the band a mind blowing experience of honest in every sense. Quickly the power trio gathered a remarkable fan base that regularly fills concert halls in Berlin as well as outside the capital. King Kong Calls do their name justice to amaze with their energy and enchant with catchy, cleverly arranged songs. Right from the start, the band was working with unique creativity. Song ideas are coming from guitarist and singer Thomas Niedermayer, then shaped into completion during rehearsals. Currently, there are 2 EP's: "2Days", recorded in late 2014 and "So What", released in Spring 2016. While "2 days" documents the big ambitions of the band and their powerful playing style, "So What" presents a compact collection of crisp modern heavy rock songs. Their live sets consist of original songs and carefully selected, re-arranged cover songs, that give casual references to the influences of the band about , Deep Purple, MC 5 and anthems. The appreciation within music lovers and concert promoters lead to King Kong Calls opening for New Model Army, Phil Campbell (Motörhead) and American Rock and blues guitarist Tyler Bryant, who himself opened the shows for ACDC and Guns’n’Roses. Thomas Niedermayer, born in 1988, began his musical career learning to play the piano. He taught himself to play guitar and fronted his blues rock school band in Ludwigsfelde. As part of the Berlin music scene he played guitar and sang in various rock-, blues-, and soulbands. Drummer Florian Dufour- Feronce lerned his craft early from internationally known drum expert Tom Holm. He played in various pop bands, entering the Charts,TV and pop shows like „The Dome“. Karen Ellmer joined in autumn 2014. Karen, originally classically trained on the piano, moved to London in 2003 where she was heavily influenced by Londons vast musicaldiversity. She swapped the keys for the bass guitar and played in various rock and folk bands. She counts Billy Gould, Stuart Zender and John Paul Jones her biggest influences.

Media Review:

"The Berliners spread a typically warm blues flair yet approach their songs- silmilar to the early grunge bands- without the stiff vintage self- conception referring to seventies hard rock elements "

ROCK HARD Magazin

A firework for every fan of clean and crisp rock music. Freshly returned from London, Karen Ellmer's super heavy gooving bass lines create a seeting mix of sexiness and passion.

Fanreport

Even the more ballad- like pieces, in which the individual instrumental skills of each perfirmer come fine advantage, will be borne by such intensity that one can not come to rest and does not want to.

Deutsche Mugge

Discography:

• 2 Days , 2015, Zweiklang Music, EAN 9008798174645 • So What , 2016, Zweiklang Music, EAN 9008798205424

Management, Booking, PR:

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