King Prawn

King Prawn

Infobox musical artist
Name = King Prawn


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Origin = London, England, United Kingdom
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Genre = Ska punk
Reggae
Hardcore
Metal
Hip hop
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Years_active = 1993–2003
Label = Moon Ska Europe
Spitfire Records
Golf Records
Associated_acts = Suicide Bid
Babar Luck
Asian Dub Foundation
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Past_members = Al Rumjen
Babar Luck
Nikolai
Devil Hands
Dr Nelly
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King Prawn were a prominent band of the UK ska punk scene during the 1990s and early 2000s.

King Prawn were viewed as one of the most innovative bands of this period, blending elements of punk, hardcore, metal, ska, dub, reggae, and hip hop into their music, which they dubbed "wildstyle". [http://www.derdude-goes-ska.de/Kingprawni.html] Their name is derived from the porn industry term given for the action of spitting on one's partner's anus for lubrication before anal sex. [http://www.derdude-goes-ska.de/Kingprawni.html] Since the London band's formation in 1993, they were subject to critical acclaim, having been nominated for the Best New British Band category at the "Kerrang!" Awards in 1998, and then again under the Spirit of Independence category in 2000.Fact|date=February 2007 King Prawn toured regularly with broad range of bands, varying from hardcore to traditional and 2 Tone ska bands. King Prawn songs often contained political lyrics that, along with the band's blending of genres, led to comparisons with bands such as Rage Against the Machine.

In 2002, the Band played for the first time in Italy at the Goa-Boa festival in Genoa with a big success.King Prawn played their penultimate concert on December 20, 2003 at The Forum in Kentish Town which was recorded for their live DVD, their final gig followed the next night at the Pitz club in Milton Keynes and members have since moved on to other projects, such as drummer Nikolai forming Left Step Band an eclectic four piece Hip Hop groove machine, Babar Luck has his solo project and the Household Name Records-signed music collective Suicide Bid.

In the summer of 2007 Al Rumjen joined Asian Dub Foundation as their new vocalist after MC Spex left. His first performance as a member of Asian Dub Foundation was at Womad Festival in Singapore, and his first album with the band will be Punkara.

Members

*Al Rumjen - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Melodica
*Babar Luck - Bass, Vocals
*Nikolai - Drums
*Devil Hands - Guitar
*Dr Nelly - Cornet

Discography

EPs and LPs

*First Offence - 1995
*Fried in London - 1998
*Your Worst Enemy EP - 1999
*Surrender to the Blender - 2000
*First Offence - 2001 (remastered & re-released)
*Fried in London - 2001 (remastered & re-released)
*Got the Thirst - 2003

ingles

*Poison in the Air - 1995
*Felled/Depths of my Soul - 1997
*Not Your Punk - 1997
*Day In Day Out- 2000
*Someone to Hate - 2000

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/kingprawnvideos King Prawn Videos]
* [http://www.myspace.com/originalkingprawn Myspace profile]
* [http://www.golfrecords.co.uk/golfweb/redesign/golf_kingprawn.htm Golf Records profile of King Prawn]
* [http://www.derdude-goes-ska.de/Kingprawni.html King Prawn interview]


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