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Carousel Kings is an American
pop punk Pop punk (or punk pop) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined for its emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti- suburbia themes, and is distinguished from other p ...
band from
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population among ...
, United States, formed in late 2008 by founding member David Alexander. They started their career on
CI Records CI Records is an independent record label in Lancaster, Pennsylvania owned by Jeremy Weiss. Originally created to distribute the releases of his band, Stand Up, an early 1990s melodic hardcore band, CI expanded to include releases from bands ...
and are currently signed to
Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...
. Their Victory Records debut album, ''Charm City'', was released on February 10, 2017, entering the iTunes rock charts at number 14.


History

Carousel Kings began in late 2008/early 2009 with the release of their EP ''Here Comes Trouble''. They made the release free to the public to try and gain as much attention as possible. The band self-released their first unsigned full-length album titled ''Speak Frantic'' in 2010 and toured unsigned DIY with other bands such as Major League and So Many Ways. They opened for numerous national acts locally in their hometown of Lancaster such as Sky Eats Airplane, Alesana , and The Bled gaining the attention of long time manager /owner of CI Records Jeremy Weiss. In March 2012 the band removed Speak Frantic from online outlets , and recorded and added more songs to create and release their first Indie Label album titled ''A Slice Of Heaven'' on CI Records out of their hometown in Lancaster. They then toured relentlessly with bands like Major League , Darling Parade, Better Off , City Lights, We Were Sharks , Rust Belt Lights , Auburn , One Year Later. In November 2012 the band released an EP titled ''Road Warrior'' along with a music video for the song. Two years later the band released their third album titled ''Unity'' . They toured the United States and Japan/China as well as appeared on the 2012 and 2015 Vans Warped Tour while being signed to CI Records. Carousel Kings signed to Victory Records and released their third full-length album, ''Charm City''. The album art was done by artist from India Archan Nair. CK did another round of Warped in 2017 as well as Japan , and multiple US and CAN dates with bands such as Our Last Night, A Loss For Words, My Ticket Hone, Knockout Kid, Count To Four, We Were Sharks , Abandoned By Bears, Badcase, Survay Says, Keep Flying , Picture Perfect , The Pink Spiders , GutterLIFE, Post Season, Old Again, Altars, The Vegas Wakeup, Freshman 15, Everybody Run, Lions Lions, For the Win.


Band members

*David Alexander (vocals) *Will Barovick (guitar, vocals) *Danny Wilkins (drums) *Cody Williams (bass, vocals) *Kyle Fisher (guitar)


Past members

*Andrew Zell (Bass/Guitar) *Luke Harvey (Guitar/Vocals) *Jarrod Galler (Drums) *Max Fastnacht (Drums/Guitar) *Jarrod Shirley (Guitar) *Kyle Cater (Guitar) *Wes Good (Guitar) *Brad Herr (Guitar) *Kyle Salaga (Bass) *Carmen Carangi (Guitar/Vocals) *Matthew Bozievich (Bass) *Clinton Tustin (Touring Guitar)


Discography


References

{{Authority control Musical groups established in 2009 Musical groups from Pennsylvania Victory Records artists