Lamorris "Beat Down" King
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Biography
LAMORRIS “BEATDOWN”
KING
-Biography-
BORN: MARCH 26, 1986 MADISON, GA
PARENTS: VINCENT KING & SERITA CRUTCHFIELD
“WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPLE THING, THEREFORE IN ALL THY
GETTING GET UNDERSTAND
PROVERBS 4:7
Born in Madison,Ga, raised in Atlanta, GA all of his life. Lamorris
“Beatdown” King has always had a passion for music. His father
Vincent King was in band when he was young. He played drums,
bass, and guitar for his family band. His uncles and cousins all played
a variety of instruments. So his gift came natural and was instilled in
him before birth.
Later on at the age of 16 he became a member of (Creflo Dollar
Ministries) World Changers International Church and was noticed by
one of the musician of the church and was asked to join the youth
church band. Lamorris began to play for the church Mass Choir,
Children Choir, Teenage Praise Team, Canton Jones, Generation J,
and Ziklag. Being under the guidance and teachings of International
known drummer Chris Coleman, he was pruned into and very
professional musician he is today.
Thus the name Beatdown was
born. Over the course of the last ten years Beatdown has been
playing for local secular artists and bands such as: Claudette “The Blues Queen”King (daughter of Blues Legend B.B. King),Larry Blackman, EdselRobinson and Nathan Leftenant from Cameo, Complete DesireCorporate Band, The Contagious Band, Kevin "Oz" Osbourne from Jamaica Funk Album, Zay Williams from Arrested Development,
Randy Skinner, Theophilus “Chip” Glass and friends from Parliament
Funkadelics, Darryl “Wiz” Rouse from S.O.S Band ,Keri ”Coco” Jones
,Kelly Love Jones, Gritz and Jelly Butter and just to name a few.
Recently Beatdown has done a reggae recording with "Wade in the
Rhythm" and hip hop album with local artist known as "Deacon". At
the present moment Beatdown in the studio recording and performing
with quit a few new upcoming artists of various genres. In January
2011 Beatdown established his own band "X-Quizit 360" which will
soon be recording later this year . He has made a name and created
a buzz for himself all around the Atlanta and surrounding areas as
one of the most wanted and professional drummer on the scene. Also
be on the lookout for Beatdown’s solo project "Revelations"in 2015
INFLUENCES
*GOD* VINNIE COLAUITA,CHRIS COLEMAN,DAVE WECKL,TERRY BOZZIO,CHAD WACKER,MANDENNIS CHAMBERS,Gary Novak,CHIC COREA,DAVID GARFIELD
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH,Micheal Landau AND Alan Pasqua.
SECULAR BANDS & ARTISTS HE HAS PERFORM WITH AND FOR:
CAMEO, CLAUDETTE “THE BLUES QUEEN” KING (DAUGHTER OF B.B.KING),X-QUIZIT 360 BAND
Mel Waiters, BOBBY MILLER AND THE KING OF POP LEGACY,COMPLETE DESIRE,MUDDY SANDALS, LOLA GULLEY BAND, 2nd 2NONE BAND, ABC (ATLANTA BRASS BAND), HEART TO HEART BAND,KEN FORD,TOMMIE BELL AND THE BASSMENT BAND,CREATIVITY BAND
SOUTH BAY PROJECT,LADY D AND THE SET IT OFF BAND,BOBBY DOLL JOHNSON,SANA BLUES BAND, 14 CARAT GOLD BAND, KEVIN “OZ” OSBOURNE AND FRIENDS,THE SOURCE BAND,THE UNITY BAND, SOUL SULTRY BAND,RICK BOOHER AND THE SOUL MACHINE
KELLY LOVE JONES,THE DOLL DAZE, COCO JONES,THE CONTAGIOUS BAND, COSMICSOL BAND, HEAVEN DAVIS, STILLETO ROSE, RADIO THERAPY BAND
CHOCOLATE THAII, HIGHER POWER,RICK THE HOUSE ROCKER, EAST COAST ENTERTAINMENT, GRITZ & JELLY BUTTER, N’Que The Band
TWANNE BABY, DEBORAH MILLER & COMPANY
AND MANY MANY MORE THOUGH OUT HIS YEARS TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD HE HAS PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT HE IS THE TRUE KING OF THE DRUMMING INDURSTY. DOING TOURS ACROSS THE NATION WITH PRINCE AND MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE TOUR HE HAS MANAGED TO CAPTURE THE HEATS OF ALL HE CONNECT'S WITH. IN EDITION TO BEING ON THE ROAD HE HS MANAGE TO KEEP HIS ROOTS GROUNDED BY STILL PERFORMING AND PLAYING AT HIS CHURCH AS WHILE AS LOCAL CHURCHES ALL OVER JUST TO NAME A FEW.
CHURCHES & GOSPEL GROUPS EXPERIENCES, WORLD CHANGERS CHURCH INTERNATIONAL,NEW BIRTH,NEW LIFE,ANTIOCH LAKEWOOD MISSION, ANTIOCH NORTH MISSION, POWERHOUSE SABBATH CHURCH, CHURCH OF ATLANTA LIGHTHOUSE, IMPACT CHRISTIAN CENTER CHRIST TABERANCLE, THE ROCK CHRISTIAN CENTER, CANTON JONES,ZIKLAG,GENERATION J,TRINITY 5:7, FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTER AND Word of Faith.
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