By combining the muscular aggressive of hard rock, the swagger of rap-rock, and
the sugary melodies of modern pop, Autumn Kings built a grassroots audience for
nearly a decade before earning their first genuine hit in 2024 with "Sleep When
I'm Dead." The group formed nine years earlier in LaSalle, Ontario, where
co-founders Jake Diab and Joe Coccimiglio met while working in a grocery store.
With help from bassist Tibor Bognar and drummer Jeremie Brousseau, the teenagers
launched Autumn Kings in early 2015 and quickly moved to Detroit, which became
the band's home base. Inspired b...