King Tuff
King Tuff
King Tuff is a recording artist on Sub Pop Records and Burger Records...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
CountryUnited States of America
chain dad dragging dude remember swinging took
My dad took me and my brother to see Corrosion of Conformity. All I remember was that there was a dude swinging a chain in the mosh pit, and the bouncers were dragging him out.
learned steal took trying
I never took any guitar lessons or anything; I never really learned to play covers. I'm actually happy that I never took lessons as a kid. Now, I'd like to take lessons to kind of go deeper. But I think sometimes lessons can steal a person's personality away, because they're trying to do things so technically.
biggest both burger difference labels people pop seems stuff super
Both labels are super awesome, with super awesome people who want to get stuff done. The biggest difference is that Sub Pop is already established, but working with Burger seems like we're part of something. They're growing, and I'm growing with them. They're my friends, and we're doing it together.
added few good later originally record recorded songs
Every record has been very different, so I can't really compare them. The first record was good. I originally recorded about half the songs on that one in 2003 or something, and then I went back a few years later and re-recorded them and added some other songs.
diverse ended good music rock
I ended up doing these other diverse things, but King Tuff is the thing I always wanted to come back to - just good, straightforward rock n' roll. That music is the most me, you know?
ask matter sitting vermont
My friends ask me what it's like moving from Vermont to L.A., but no matter where I am, I pretty much just end up sitting in coffee shops, thinking about songs.
album few quite release songs
I had just made this album called 'Mind Blow,' a CD-R release on Spirit of Orr. This was in 2003. Quite a few of the songs from 'Was Dead' were actually on that.
I have a 15-passenger van, which is not fun to drive in L.A. ever.
home love vermont
Vermont will always be my home in my heart, but I really love L.A.
attention paying somebody
You do anything long enough, and somebody will end up paying attention to it.
broke far listening mind music opened rock
I think the first person who kind of broke my mind was probably Jimi Hendrix. Listening to him opened my mind up to where you can take music and how far you can take rock n' roll.
music
The very first music I recorded by myself, when I was 17, I said it was by King Tuff.
downfall food
That's always my downfall on tour: the food. I just want to eat everything.
music people roll
Rock and roll music - people want records. For me, it's the whole thing - the package. I don't get satisfaction from buying an MP3.