I couldnt tell you how many times I had to sit through a OKD set. They seemed to play all the time in the CT/MA/RI area. I was a not a fan of them although they did provide some amazing times and memories for me. The thing with them is that they had a lot of fans! Which meant a lot of stagediving opportunities! I remember one gig at “club infinities” in springfield mass that was particularlly packed and a friend and I would just try to do the stupidest shit possible. Good times all around. Thank you OKD.
btw – can anyone tell me what one king down means?
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I love this shirt deign. I’m moshing thinking about it. The name itself means nothing but god damn that band ripped.
agree with zach, but price is too high.
stagediving to bands you “aren’t a fan of” is not honest behavior.
club infinity…yikes, that place was a dump. also, i’m pretty sure one king down is a chess reference
VISTA: Where did the name, ONE KING DOWN come from?
Michael: Derrick thought of the name. It has no real meaning, it just sounded cool to us. We had to change our nae from DROWN to ONE KING DOWN, after Electra {record label} put out an album by an industrial band, named DROWN.
http://vistafanzine.blogspot.com/2011/02/one-king-down-interview-with-michael.html
@ Jeff Novak … Club Infinity? A dump? Compared to the Metropolitan Opera House maybe. I don’t know what kind of palaces you hang out in, but wasn’t Infinity nicely air conditioned, with a serious fucking sound system and a great sized stage for diving? And I’m pretty sure it had it’s own parking lot.
I could be thinking of the wrong place, but I’m pretty sure its the place I saw the Revelation Records summer tour in 1998 and a late 90’s Madball show, amongst others.
OKD, they weren’t that good, but kids definitely liked to kick the shit out of each other during this band. Always a pleasure to watch.
Maybe he’s confusing it with Fat Cats?
What about this gig? Wild.
April 16th 1998 @Club Infinity Springfield Mass: The Year Of Our Lord, Barrit, Cavein, Pieblad, Bane, Shai Hulud, and Bloodlet
I always thought it was inspired by Rob’s involvement with chess, but maybe that’s thinking too much into it.
Fat Cats was a dump for sure. Infinity was a sweet spot. Saw madball and e-town concrete there in 98 as well as that bloodlet show
Also, they were called One King Down before Rob was in the band, so it doesn’t have to do with chess, although I thought that at one point as well.
I have no beef with fat cats. Saw the best Hatebreed(performing under the name “a call for blood”) at fat cats. It was after they were big. It was on a new years day. They played under the knife 7″ and satisfaction is the death of desire in order. Sooooo fucking good. Ended in a huge riot against bouncers. Police, mentions of a gun being pulled, Dave Murphy was stagediving! What more could you ask for?
Would pay handsomely for a video
@ rickyjxxx to be fair, I think my memory places all Springfield clubs in the “dump” category. Though, I do remember the stage being great for dives there (such as that Earth Crisis, In My Eyes, Indecision, RTS show)