History King 810

1 history

1.1 formation (2007–2012)
1.2 memoirs of murderer (2013–2015)
1.3 la petite mort or conversation god , other releases (2016–present)

history
formation (2007–2012)

the band officially formed in december 2007 in hometown of flint, michigan; however, 4 members had been performing before , had gained following. lineup consists of frontman , vocalist david gunn, guitarist andrew beal, bass player eugene gill, , drummer andrew workman. david gunn revealed in metalhammer documentary started writing lyrics band when arrested , applied lyrics band, had developed sound recognized, adapted said lyrics style.

in 2008 reported band had signed equal vision records, chiodos guitarist jason hale member of band, making band side project, , intended release full-length studio album in 2009. toured across america in december 2008. band released demos on myspace, , reported had recorded album mark michalik @ detroit s 37 studios. however, in august 2009 band abruptly left label without stated reason, , no album released. presumed jason hale left band around time, since not mentioned in of later activities. number 810 , area code flint, used in band name after left equal vision

in june, 2012 gunn assaulted when refused hand on bag during robbery. shot , stabbed, survived attack , went on write band s debut , independent ep, midwest monsters, heavily inspired particular event , previous experiences. album composed gunn , produced josh wickman, , officially released physically.

memoirs of murderer (2013–2015)


king 810 performing on coldcock american herbal whiskey stage @ mayhem festival 2014

they released music video first single, killem , on march 31st, 2014. song later used promote first debut release via roadrunner records, proem. in may band performed @ rock on range 2014 @ columbus crew stadium. band released second ep titled proem on june 9 after streaming online. joined mayhem festival tour of 2014 june august headliners avenged sevenfold , korn.

the band intended perform @ download festival in june 2014, making debut uk performance, had cancel when members david gunn , eugene gill arrested in detroit metro airport in june assault intent great bodily harm, in case dates october 2013. charge against gunn later dropped, gill had appear in court assault intent great bodily harm less murder. in july, along release of second single fat around heart , promoted music video, announced first debut studio album, titled memoirs of murderer , released on august 18 digitally , day later physically. album first enter charts; 18 on billboard s top hard rock albums , 8 on top heatseekers.

the band made debut uk performance in september part of download freezes on tour support astroid boys , hang bastard . in late 2014, toured in support of slipknot along korn, playing u.s. shows including knotfest. continued tour in 2015 in united kingdom. in february released spoken word track comes ongoing series titled anatomy 1:5 not featured on album stand-alone promotional single. band made debut performance in australia part of 2015 s soundwave in late february , march. april 8 june 3 supporting rapper tech n9ne in promotion of new album in australia , new zealand.

after touring band had plans european festival tour in june, taking part in events such download festival , rock ring, had cancel participation due unforeseen issues @ home town, intend create more music videos , other pieces of content during break. band took part in dirt fest in august in michigan. on may 21 band streamed new song titled revenge, featuring hip-hop artist trick-trick, along release announcement of mixtape titled midwest monsters 2. released statement regarding next release our next work features people respect , fans of. we’re proud of else we’ve done.” later released mixtape on september 17 , features guest appearances freddie gibbs, zuse , game spittaz. month later in late october released limited 10 vinyl titled place pain lives... features 2 unreleased songs debut album, song named bad man , string quartet version of devil don t cry , both feature u.k. singer-songwriter rosiemay.

la petite mort or conversation god , other releases (2016–present)

in january 2016, band released song titled gotta ourselves in aid raise money , awareness of toxic water crisis in city of flint, michigan. along release of song teamed local clothing outlet in flint create unique t-shirt, of proceeds go towards community foundation of greater flint s flint child & health , development fund, gunn himself commented believed ..children important people in equation.

in late july band released music video single ain t goin again, , revealed sophomore album titled la petite mort or conversation god , released same year, september 16. other details regarding album include album artwork , track list consisting of thirteen songs.

another track album, titled alpha & omega , released via band s youtube on august 24, 2016.

in 2017, gunn had started light heavyweight mma career.