My name is Michael Rubin and I am the lead singer and guitarist of King Falcon. I started the band in 2019, but it took me quite a few years to assemble the group that King Falcon is today. The original bassist quit, and as I was looking for a replacement I met Joe. Joe actually booked us to play a gig and as I called him to cancel the gig he said, “Dude I already know all the Falcon songs just let me play bass.” He played that gig with us and he was immediately better than anybody else who had ever played bass with this band prior.

The next missing piece was Dip. Joe and I went out to an open jam and heard one guy in particular absolutely shredding it on the drums. I knew Dip was the right drummer for the band in that moment. His drum chops are unmatched, the dude is absolutely sick at his instrument and he’s a terrific guy to be around.

Just when I thought the band was finished, I met Sergio. Sergio worked for my guitar tech and one day I saw him shredding on one of my guitars and that was basically his entire audition. Two weeks later he was in the van on tour with us and it’s been that way for almost a year now.

Hard hitting, melody driven alternative rock. With lots of guitar solos! I often like to tell people that it’s indie rock with much better guitar playing but that might be a little bit self indulgent. I’ll let you be the judge of that.

The bands who I am influenced by are not bands that King Falcon sounds like at all ironically enough. My guitar playing in particular is heavily influenced by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, but I wouldn’t say we sound like that band. I have also been a massive Steely Dan fan for my whole life and that doesn’t come through too much in our music either I don’t think. I think it’s more about the musicality and proficiency of the band than it was about actually trying to sound like them. 

I tend to write songs about my experiences in life. Plastic Crown is about a falling out that I had with some guys that I had been friends with for quite a long time. Sometimes people prove themselves to be fake, so the lyric “you can’t be king with a plastic crown” is my way of saying that I only want to surround myself and the band with people who are real and genuine. The chorus reiterates that with “I’d rather be alone than in bad company.”