Howdy! M’name is Gus Kumo, and you can call me Gus. I’ve been makin music since 2004 or so with sampler loopy machine thingamabobs! Somewhere along the line, I met a good pal by the name of Doggy P. Lips (he’s the fella with antennas). We had the idea to join forces and perform for people, with Gushing Cloud music being the backdrop. Since 2007 we’ve been performing our unique brand of electro-funk-dj party-meets-weirdo-performance-art-goodvibes-mayhem for lovely pals across the fine state of Illinois. Along the way we’ve been joined by other friends to enhance the show, friends like Stan, Oedipus C. Dopanopolis, and Uncle Brian. We’d love to perform for you!

“In an age of quantized, compressed, volume-leveled, digitized, music, it’s great to see a band fall back on the spirit of pushing the envelope, throwing out the click track, playing by feel, and creating something truly organic and heartfelt.”
-Darrin Snyder, IndyInTune

The Kings Rising is a hard rock band sprawling out of the suburbs of Chicago. Their recently released 16 track self titled album is a mixture of grunge, hard blues, and southern style rock. The 4 piece outfit is comprised of Stone Mason-vocals/guitar, Ryan Mason-lead guitar, James Lippert-bass/vocals and Josh Fritschle on drums.

Stone and Ryan are imports to Chicago from southern Illinois. James grew up right here in Chicago, and Josh came here from St. Louis. The band members bring their own mixture of styles together to form The Kings Rising. Check them out at a venue near you.