King James 1994 - #1 Hard Road To Go

King James
LP: King James
Label: Star Song ‎– SSD 1006
Country: UK
Released: 1994
Style: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Producer – Rex Carroll
Jimi Bennett (Sacred Fire): Lead Vocals
Rex Carroll (Whitecross): Guitars
Tim Gaines (Stryper): Bass
Robert Sweet (Stryper): Drums
Tracklist
1 Hard Road To Go
2 Prisoner
3 Touch The Fire
4 Miracles
5 Desperate
6 Love Is Gonna Find You
7 Stand Up & Fight
8 Choices
9 Miracles (Acoustic Remix)
10 Rev Rider
11 Sunrise In Rio
12 Face To Face
13 Face To Face / Reprise
Hailing from the USA, King James was formed in 1993 by guitar extraordinaire Rex Carol who was the lead axe man for Whitecross back in the 80's and early 90's. KJ started out as a supergroup consisting of Rex Carroll (Whitecross) , Jimi Bennett (Sacred Fire,Viktor) , Robert Sweet (Stryper) , Tim Gaines (Stryper). In order to kick things off, the band released a 3 track demo with the songs "Holding On" , "Desperate", and "Prisoner". Rex Carrol and Jimi Bennett joined forces after coming to know one another in Buffalo, NY at the Kingdom Bound Festival. Both were looking to go in a new music direction and so they decided to form a band with this intention. Rex and Jimi both contacted Bassist Tim Gaines & Drummer Robert Sweet who were in a down time mostly due to the 90's Grunge scene having an effect on the Metal scene. People were starting to listen to more Alternative bands in place of Metal bands. Basically, we saw the emergence of a band so super that they were able to overcome the music scene changes of their day. In 1994 King James released their self-titled full length album. With members from bands like Whitecross, Stryper, and Sacred Fire, King James had the attention of the Metal community. With the shredding abilities of Rex Carroll, to the impressive upper-range vocals of Jimmi Bennett, to the sweet bass lines of Tim Gaines, to the precise drumming skills of Robert Sweet, the band was poised for success. After touring for a few years, King James went through some changes as Robert Sweet & Tim Gaines returned to Stryper.