'Kings Before You' -- New James Durbin Track
Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 06:48PM Today was pretty chaotic. Between Eric dumping a jumbo container of coffee onto the kitchen floor first thing this morning, to me tripping badly over carpet and hurting my back to the cat running headfirst into the wall, the morning was off to a not great start. Add in a huge (read: extra heavy) delivery from Best Buy and some demanding work projects that took about 15 times longer than necessary, and well... it's been a day. I mean, I was eating my Lean Cuisine - yes, that was dinner tonight, sadly - and I realized I had not updated this site, listened to a single song today or even checked the news. Eric was tucked away in his own office all day, one video call after another. I don't think he even ate lunch.
So anyway, I finally sit down and pop open Twitter and see that James Durbin has released his first solo track. It is called "Kings Before You" and it is different from what I expected from him. I was anticipating something a little more Glam and this track is more straight-ahead rock. I think the goal here was to sound in the vein of Judas Priest.
"Kings Before You" is on the upcoming album The Beast Awakens due February from Frontiers.
Oh and for the record - I will always consider James Durbin as being an American Idol... and less ex-Quiet Riot frontman.
Reader Comments (2)
I second Crued. The guy clearly loves metal. But now he wants to rock solo. So be it. He was a bad fit for QR. And he was 'packaged' by AI, so the expectations are all a bit dicey. But I wish him well.
That said, I am not sure that leaning on Jericho is a smart move, metal- or music-wise. That guy is a third rail made out of hair plugs!!! I would rather he take some suggestions from Mike Vanderhule, as he does a good job behind the kit for what remains of Y&T. My point? That guy seems to understand his place in the pantheon (or thereabouts). Humility and ability actually do get you places. Ditto Sparks, a guy who has been in a rogue's gallery of bands near or past their prime and made a career out of it.
And I would say he is trying to go the Dio route, not the Priest path (considering how the song is laid out and some of the lyrical nuggets). Another iffy move given his high voice. He sounds more like Jorn's prepubescent son.