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Based in Milwaukee,
Citizen King mix hip-hop, soul and punk in a style much like
Fishbone (who they've toured with) on their 1995 debut album Brown Bag. Guitarist
Kristian Riley, vocalist
Matt Sims, pianist
Dave Cooley and turntable expert
Malcolm Michiles formed
Citizen King in 1993 after their previous band Wild Kingdom broke up. Local praise for the group's live show caught the ear of
Arrested Development's Speech, who produced several tracks on Brown Bag. After the five-song EP Count the Days and shows with
Fishbone,
Citizen King played at Austin's South by Southwest convention. Executives at the major-label subsidiary 510 were impressed, and signed the band; Count the Days followed in 1996, and they returned in 1999 with
Mobile Estates. ~ John Bush