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by Mike Gitter
"Everyone acts differently with dif
ferent people," says Kingface vocalist
Mark Sullivan. "Each person has dif-
ferent personalities...a quiver of per-
sonalities. Kingface is who you are
when you're by yourself."
Formed in late 1985, Kingface is the
sound of rock in the Dischord genera-
tion. Combining a bluesy, Van Halen
influence with the idealism that has
long characterized the Washington DC
underground, Sullivan and crew apply
raw emotion to sheer, energetic rock.
Sullivan, a longtime DC local who
sang in a seminal outfit known as the
Slinkies (which later became the better-
known Teen Idles), sees Kingface as a
progression of a scene that gave birth
to Minor Threat, Government Issue and
the Bad Brains. "People change and
people grow. Some people remain true
to the original vision while others cop
out completely. With any group of
people, the bigger a group gets, the
more people will generally float away.
The whole thing has been transformed,
convoluted and improved. DC's very
happening now and there's a whole.
bunch of new, young bands that are
saying what's on their minds."
Kingface's self-released debut Ep is
a monster. Sullivan warbles, croons and
sings magnificently. Guitarist Patrick
Moss executes ringing chords, as
bassist Andy Rapaport and drummer
Larry Colbert keep the rhythms sparse,
tasteful and powerful. While rocking
straight out, Kingface delivers myriad
intelligent lyrical messages.
"Songs like 'Like A King are about
doing what you know is important as
opposed to what is supposed to be
important. Bathing is more important
than scenting. One is cleanliness and
the other is outright affectation. I don't
see much of a difference between
things mental and things physical. I
think that the body is the mind. I don't
follow any Calvinistic thought that
allows you to separate your moral self,
your spiritual self and your thinking
self. That just gets you into trouble,
which is why I tend to use a lot of
images of bathing and cleaning."
A die-hard vegetarian, Sullivan
applies a purified outlook to his
lifestyle. While far from the rule for
other members of the band, he resists
physical and moral corruption on a
variety of levels.
"The application is where you find it.
It might be political, social or just
raising your kids right. There's no hard
rule."
Interestingly enough, Mark's simi
larly dreadlocked younger brother,
Bobby, leads another emerging DC out-
fit, Soulside. "My whole family is full of
kooks. If you ever come to my parent's
house in DC, you'd laugh. It's a real
sedate, safe place. The schools we
went to might have been slightly dan-
gerous, but we were always certain we
were loved. Mom and Dad took very
good care of us, so who knows why
they ended up with two boys with yarn
all over their heads.
I know a lot of the values I grew up
with are the ones I stick by concludes
Sullivan. "Those are the real simple
ones. You go to church and they tell you
to do unto others as you would have
them do unto you, and if you ask me,
that's a pretty good rule."
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