KXM | |
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Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Hard rock |
Years active | 2013 | –present
Labels | Rat Pak, Frontiers |
Members | |
Website | https://www.facebook.com/KXMofficial/ |
KXM is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2013, consisting of Korn drummer Ray Luzier, King's X bassist/vocalist dUg Pinnick and Lynch Mob/ex-Dokken guitarist George Lynch. [1] Signed to Rat Pak Records, they have released a self-titled album in 2014, Scatterbrain in 2017 and Circle of Dolls in 2019, the latter through Frontiers Records.
KXM was formed when the three members met during a birthday party for Luzier's son. The drummer took the other two through a tour of his new home studio and suggested the three put together an album. [1] According to Lynch, the name KXM was derived from each member's full-time band: K from Korn, X from King's X, and M from Lynch Mob.
The band released their self-titled debut album on March 11, 2014, through Rat Pak Records. [2]
A second album, Scatterbrain , was released on March 17, 2017. [3]
In January 2018, it was reported that KXM was in the studio recording their third album, Circle of Dolls , which was released on September 13, 2019, via Frontiers Records. [4] [5]
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