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Kottonmouth Kings

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Hip-hop/punk rock band from Placentia, California. Original line up consisted of , , and . joined shortly afterwards. Johnny Richter left due to legal issues, whereupon and joined. Kevin Zinger and Brad Xavier then founded and got a deal with Capitol Records. But Saint left KMK after the release of [m107687] due to creative differences. After this Richter came back to join KMK and to record their second album [m107689]. In 2010 joined but Pakelika was let go. In 2014, there was a legal dispute with label manager , which led to the band starting a new label, . At this time Adams and Richter left the band. The band went on a hiatus shortly afterwards, until 2018, when the original founding members Miller, Thornton and Richter reformed to release [m2339941]. Thornton passed away in October 2020 and Richter left again due to legal disputes around the same time. A new line-up was created in 2023, consisting of Miller, , , and .