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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = One King Down| image =| background = group_or_band| origin = Albany, New York|Albany , New York | genre = Hardcore punk | years_active = 1994–2002| associated_acts =| label = Equal Vision | website =| current_members =| past_members = One King Down was a straight edge hardcore punk|hardcore band from Albany, New York that recorded and performed from 1994 until 2002.
Background
One King Down was an Albany, New York -based metallic hardcore band that played crunchy, danceable metal-influenced music by such scene contemporaries as Snapcase and Earth Crisis .
In 1997, the band released the Bloodlust Revenge|Bloodlust Revenge EP , released on Equal Vision Records and is regarded by most fans as the band's finest recorded hour. The group toured with Erie, Pennsylvania -based Brother's Keeper (band)|Brothers Keeper and other bands, selling several thousand copies of the record at shows and through major independent distribution channels. The next year they released a split EP with Spirit of Youth through Europe's Good Life Recordings .
Internal friction caused the ousting of singer Rob Fusco shortly before the band was to embark on a national tour supporting Earth Crisis and Madball , to be followed by another tour with Hatebreed . One King Down scrambled to find a replacement, inviting then Burn It Down (band)|Burn It Down vocalist Ryan Downey to fill in for them. This union only lasted for two shows before the singer-less One King Down returned home to regroup. Eventually, they teamed up with Syracuse, New York|Syracuse native Jon Peters, who lent his vocals to the band's debut full-length album, 1998's God Loves, Man Kills (album)|God Loves, Man Kills , which was also released on Equal Vision.
One King Down re-formed and Fusco was eventually invited to rejoin. One King Down released the Gravity Wins Again EP in 2000, a collection of newly penned songs together with older, previously recorded tracks. They played a few shows before Van Wie left the group, with Wood switching to drum duties as the Albany band pared down to a four-piece. In 2001, after skipping an appearance at Hellfest (punk festival)|Hellfest , it appeared that the band was done once and for all. - Ryan J. Downey / Allmusic
Five years after the band's initial break up, One King Down reunited again in 2006, yet, as of 2008, no live shows have been performed. Three new songs from a 2006 session were uploaded on the band's http://www.myspace.com/xokdx myspace page.
