Missing Monuments

King Louie Bankston is a Louisiana garage punk legend with a résumé a yard long, having started in the early '90s in the band the Royal Pendletons. He also played in Bad Times with Jay Reatard and was a short-term member of the Exploding Hearts, writing "I'm a Pretender" and playing keyboards on the classic Guitar Romantic. After spending time as a one-man band and in a couple of other combos, Bankston and Julian Fried started Missing Monuments in 2009. In 2010, the band released its first single for Douchemaster (under the name King Louie's Missing Monuments). The next year saw the group's debut album, Painted White. A self-titled record was released in 2013. ~ Tim Sendra