Louis XIV is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Lead singer/guitarist Jason Hill, guitarist Brian Karscig, and drummer Mark Maigaard formed the group in April 2003 while living briefly in Paris, France where they held marxist meetings.
Bassist James Armbrust soon joined after. In February -April of 2009 Louis XIV will be on a world tour with the Killers playing upwards of 15,000-25,000 people a night. After a recent show in Manchester at the o2 arena, the manchester tribune called the band," Criminally overlooked". Louis XIV, the band's first album, was released in November 2003. It was recorded in a basement in the Spanish district in Paris, France in the spring of 2003. Recorded on a 16-track tape machine, it was released independently through Pineapple Recording Group, a label started by Hill and Karscig. Although the record was only sold at shows, on the band's website, and in some independent record stores, it sold over 22,000 copies in the first six months. First embraced in the UK in 2004, doing the famous Jonathon Ross show television show one week after Oasis and the Mary Hobbs show on BBC Radio 1. They were embraced by Distillers frontwoman Brody Dalle and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme at the 2004 NME Awards.
Members
* Jason Hill – vocals, bass, guitar,piano engineer,producer
* Brian Karscig – vocals, guitar, bass, piano
* Mark Maigaard – drums
* James Armbrust – bass
Albums
* Louis XIV (November 2003), Pineapple Recording Group
* The Best Little Secrets Are Kept (March 22, 2005), Atlantic – #24 U.S. Billboard 200
* Slick Dogs and Ponies (January 29, 2008), Atlantic
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