Missing Monuments

King Louie Bankston is a Louisiana garage punk legend with a résumé a yard long, having started in the early '90s in the band the Royal Pendletons. He also played in Bad Times with Jay Reatard and, most famously, was a short-term member of punk heroes the Exploding Hearts, writing "I'm a Pretender" and playing keyboards on the classic Guitar Romantic album in 2003. After spending time as a one-man band and in a couple of other combos, Bankston and his guitar playing friend, Julian Fried, started Missing Monuments in 2009. They recruited drummer Aaron Hill and bassist Bennette Bartley and started playing shows. In 2010, the band released their first single, "Black Rainbows"/"Tailspin" for Douchemaster (under the name King Louie's Missing Monuments). The next year saw their debut album, Painted White, unleashed by the same label. Bartley left soon after and was replaced by Benny Divine of the band Wizzard Sleeve. The group then put out a single ("I'm Gonna Love You Back to Life") on Hozac in 2012 and began work on an album. The self-titled record was released by Dirtnap in summer of 2013.
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