Kottonmouth Kings

Hip-hop/punk rock band from Placentia, California. Original line up consisted of Saint Dog, Dustin Miller, and Timothy McNutt. Brad Xavier joined shortly afterwards. Johnny Richter left due to legal issues, whereupon Pakelika and DJ Bobby B joined. Kevin Zinger and Brad Xavier then founded Suburban Noize Records and got a deal with Capitol Records. But Saint left KMK after the release of Royal Highness due to creative differences. After this Richter came back to join KMK and to record their second album High Society. In 2010 David Alexander joined but Pakelika was let go. In 2014, there was a legal dispute with label manager Kevin Zinger, which led to the band starting a new label, United Family Music. At this time Adams and Richter left the band. The band went on a hiatus shortly afterwards, until 2018, when the original founding members Miller, Thornton and Richter reformed to release Kingdom Come. Thornton passed away in October 2020 and Richter left again due to legal disputes around the same time. A new line-up was created in 2023, consisting of Miller, Chucky Chuck, Taxman, Daniel Rogers and Lou Gaez.