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SOIL's TIM KING Says New Bands Will Never Get To Feel What It Is Like To Be 'Wined And Dined'

May 2, 2014

Kick Acts magazine recently conducted an interview with SOIL bassist Tim King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Kick Acts: Who are your musical heroes and influences? Why?

Tim: Nikki Sixx [MÖTLEY CRÜE] made me wanna play bass. I loved his look and attitude. Also loved his business sense. As for other bass heroes, I like Dave Ellefson from MEGADETH. Great player. Duff McKagan from GUNS N' ROSES. Another highly underrated player. Love [jazz fusion electric bass player] John Patitucci. He is probably my favorite technical player hands down.

Kick Acts: Do you have any advice for someone just getting started in the music business?

Tim: Yes. Give it all you have. If you don't want to sacrifice everything to make it, and I mean EVERYTHING (family, relationships, children, weddings, funerals, jobs, house, car, etc.),then just do it as a hobby, because you won't make it in this business otherwise. Well, unless you are rich to begin with.

Kick Acts: What do you think about the current music scene or lack of? Care to address that?

Tim: I feel sorry for the new bands the most. They will never get to feel what it is like to be "wined and dined." The days of excess are over. It's all bare bones these days. It's so tough to sell records these days and technology is killing everything. Streaming on Spotify and Pandora is killing the sale of songs and albums.

Kick Acts: Do you think reality shows like "American Idol", "The X Factor" and "The Voice" have helped or hurt the music industry as a whole?

Tim: I think they just kinda make a mockery out of the business. They laugh and mock the people that have no business even being on TV cause they suck so bad and then they take the real talent and brutalize them into competitions.

Kick Acts: What is your opinion of unauthorized music downloads?

Tim: It's killing everything we do. It's hard enough to sell music to people, let alone do it when a click away you can get it before streetdate.

Read the entire interview from Kick Acts.

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