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Artist
Tko
12+ albums
hard rockheavy metalhair metalDrum and bassGlam Metal
about
There are 5 artists and or groups with this name. 1) Tom 'TKO' Owens is an Australian hip-hop artist from Newcastle, Australia and currently taking the scene by storm. 2) A Seattle-based hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1977 Brad Sinsel (ex-Ze Whiz Kidz, Mojo Hand) formed TKO in 1977 with Rick Pierce (ex-Mojo Hand). Two years later, TKO released its debut LP, Let It Roll. By 1980, 17-year-old hot shot guitarist Adam Brenner joined from a local cover band named Tyrant which featured future Queensrÿche vocalist Geoff Tate. Brenner assisted with the writing of the next album but left in 1982 to become Adam Bomb. The musicians who actually played on this album are Adam "Bomb" Brenner (the lead guitarist on the album), Evan Sheeley (Q5) on bass and Gary Thompson (Q5) on drums. It was recorded at Sea-West Studios in 1981 with some additional recording in 1982 (in which Rick Pierce rejoined the band and guests on a couple of songs on the album). When this album was picked up for release finally by Combat, Sinsel tapped the guys from Culprit (Scott Earl and Kjartan Kristoffersen) and Ken Mary for the tour and promo photos. TKO's best-known album In Your Face, was released in 1984, and its final album, Below the Belt, in 1986. TKO broke up in 1987, and Sheeley and Pierce formed Q5 with Floyd Rose. In 1997, the band reunited for Seattle's Pain in the Grass concerts. The band reissued albums through Metal Mayhem Music, and their Northwest Passage show in 2001 was in celebration
