“This song came from a place of reflection, standing at the crossroads of looking ahead while finally starting to look back. It’s a toast to the moments when life felt limitless, when all you had to do was believe.”
— Frankie Muriel on his new video “Those Were The Nights”
VIDEO NEWS — The Gateway Arch, the Mississippi River and Laclede’s Landing are all part of the great history of St. Louis Missouri… and so are the band Kingofthehill.
Fans from the area are all familiar with the history of what started out as the band Broken Toyz (1987), who made the trek to Los Angeles, got signed and evolved their quartet into Kingofthehill (1990).
Frankie Muriel was the band’s charismatic multi-talented frontman who also co-founded Dr. Zhivegas (1995) after KOTH ran its course.
Now nearly four decades later, Muriel has released an epic new video single titled “Those Were The Nights” from his debut solo album ‘I’m Still Standing.'”
Muriel on the new video: ““THOSE WERE THE NIGHTS” is my love letter to the wild, free days of our youth — a tribute to the fans who believed in me, the bandmates who shared the stage, and the dream that became my reality.
“This song came from a place of reflection, standing at the crossroads of looking ahead while finally starting to look back. It’s a toast to the moments when life felt limitless, when all you had to do was believe. I hope it brings you back to your own nights like these — the ones you’ll never forget.”
Muriel along with those Kingofthehill bandmates; Jimmy Griffin (guitars), George Potsos (bass) and Vito Bono (drums) were part of St. Louis’ rock scene in the 1980’s into the 1990’s, and found their way out west to sign a record deal with SBK Records in early 1990.
The band’s “ST” debut was produced by Howard Benson (1991), and soon followed magazine press, radio play and videos for “I Do You” and “If I Say”, both of which received spins on MTV.
The band also toured in The U.K. with Extreme and hit the road with stateside with Steelheart, Lynch Mob and Trixter.
Now all of that appears to be in the past for Muriel who has now given a heartfelt message to anyone who will listen.
Watch Frankie Muriel‘s “Those Were The Days” tribute video below.
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