April 10, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "There was a time (much of the 90s, into the early 2000s) when the band
Push Down & Turn ruled the Indianapolis club music scene," begins a NUVO column. The alternative weekly newspaper notes that the band was "the go-to
pick" of the era "with big, fat radio rock (and their own stuff added for
legitimacy and depth). Bandmembers Sam King ['94], Jason Brown ['95], Jason Barth ['93],
Tay Bourquein ['93] and Matt DeVore ['94] (all DePauw University grads) were part
of the band that was perennially named NUVO's Best Local Rock Band
winners."
That text is a prelude to an interview with King, who continues to perform.
"I stay relatively busy, but it's a little slower now than it was
before the economy took the downturn in 2008-09," he tells NUVO. "I have a nice niche,
in that if someone wants live music, but doesn't want to pay $800 a
night for a band, I fit their bill. The places seem to rotate a lot,
but some constants for me are Cheeseburger in Paradise in Southport,
The Rathskeller, and the Quarry in Kokomo ... I'm
always writing, but probably not recording as much as I should be. It's
fun for me to try out new things playing them in front of people,
rather than just hearing a recorded version of it. 
There's more emotion
live. And I'm not one of those guys who use a looper pedal or sampler,
that's just not me. If I can't pull it off with just me and a guitar
and win the crowd over, then I need to work harder."
Access the piece by clicking here.
Read about Push Down & Turn in this previous story.