Amazing Crowns

Amazing (Royal) Crowns
Origin	Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Genres	Rockabilly, psychobilly, punk rock
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Monolyth Records, Velvel Records
Members	Jason "King" Kendall J.D. Burgess Jack "the Swinger" Hanlon Judd Williams
Past members	Johnny "The Colonel" Maguire Nate "Super 8" Moir" Dana Stewart Ron North Dennis Del Prete

The Amazing Crowns (formerly Amazing Royal Crowns) are a rockabilly band that began in Providence, Rhode Island in 1993. It was composed of vocalist Jason "King" Kendall, bassist Jack "the Swinger" Hanlon, guitarist J.D. Burgess, and drummer Judd Williams.

In 1999, two years after gaining notoriety by winning the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble in Boston, the band was forced to change their name mid-tour in response to pressure from lawyers representing Royal Crown Revue.

During the quartet's heyday, they won Boston's WBCN Rumble, were nominated for seven Kahlua Boston Music Awards, toured extensively with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Cramps, The Reverend Horton Heat and others, signed with Velvel Records and released a 1998 album entitled The Amazing Royal Crowns.

The band's song, "Mr. Fix-it" is featured as a playable track in the hit video game Guitar Hero II.

In November 2012, the Amazing Crowns announced that hell has frozen over and they will be opening for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones on New Year's Eve in Boston, MA at the House of Blues. There they announced they would consider playing another show and for people to watch out for them.

Rolling Stone magazine described their personal style in the following passage:

King and the Swinger saunter into the exalted Middle East nightclub, their gabardine shirtsleeves creased and their coiffures slightly greased. One part retro and three parts cool...

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