“Over My Head” by King's X

"Over My Head" comes from Gretchen Goes to Nebraska, the second King's X album, a 1989 concept record spun out of a short story by drummer Jerry Gaskill. It's one of the songs where the album's Christian themes come right to the surface, on a record that also takes a swing at televangelists and sings about the burning of Giordano Bruno.

Gaskill, bassist Doug Pinnick and guitarist Ty Tabor wrote it together, all three sing on it, and the band produced it with Sam Taylor, with Steve Ames engineering. The album around it leans on tight melodies and deep grooves with streaks of gospel and psychedelia, and it won the band strong reviews, a devoted following and a reputation as a landmark of progressive metal.

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