Lack of label support and changing tastes in the UK guitar music scene led King Adora to split in 2005.

In 1998, Matt Browne and Martyn Nelson formed King Adora in Birmingham, England, after leaving their respective bands the Blaggards and the Joylanders.

[3] While out celebrating Grimmit's arrival, the band completed the lineup by adding drummer Dan Dabrowski,[3] who cancelled plans to move to Nottingham in order to join.

[5] Drawing strong glam influences from the likes of Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper, T-Rex, David Bowie and Blondie,[6] King Adora drew comparisons to Suede, Pixies and early Manic Street Preachers.

[12] The tour also included King Adora's biggest ever headlining show, when the 19 May London date was moved from the Mean Fiddler to the Astoria, due to demand for tickets.

[3] On 31 October, King Adora headlined a Lamacq Live gig for BBC Radio 1 at the Sanctuary in Birmingham, in place of Weezer and debuted new songs "Tokyo Honey", "Born to Lose", "The Chase" and "Love So Volatile".

[30][31] A short UK tour took place in December (featuring support from Kinesis, Kid Galahad and the Candys) with the band debuting more new songs,[32] including Asleep and Come.

[29] King Adora continued writing their second album in early 2002, though the proposed single release and tour planned for February failed to happen.

[34] The band played their first gig of the year on 11 April at the Jug Of Ale in Birmingham,[29] with new Mercury Records joint-managing director Steve Lillywhite in attendance.

[29] It was confirmed publicly in June that King Adora had been dropped by Superior Quality Recordings and that Hall Or Nothing would no longer handle their PR.

[29] The band later expressed their relief about finally being dropped after a long period in limbo,[3] but they felt they had been branded with a "damaged goods" tag, which kept interest from new labels low.

[36] Tour manager George DeRosa later commented that the sales for a band of King Adora's size were good, but it was during a transitional period for the British music industry.

[3] After working on further demos for their second album and leaking them on their official website,[36] King Adora toured the UK in October and November 2002, debuting new songs "Kamikaze" and "Maniac Love".

[36] Drowned in Sound announced in November that King Adora had signed to Mushroom Records,[38] but the report was quickly discounted as being false.

[39] In March 2003, the band signed a two-single deal with MH Records and released their first new material in over eighteen months with the limited edition double A-side single "Born to Lose/Kamikaze",[40] which charted at number 68.

[41] "Born to Lose" was later included on the Love Music Hate Racism compilation album Fear of a Black Kennet, released on 8 December through R*E*P*E*A*T Records.

[49] King Adora's final live performance took place at Birmingham Academy on 29 May 2005 (on a multi-band bill featuring New Model Army, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Turbonegro and Future Ex-Wife) and new song "Can't Stay Away" was debuted.

Rumours spread of a third album, a live DVD release (a Birmingham Academy 2 performance from 2004 had been filmed professionally) and the band discussed changing their name and reforming.

[54] The band ceased activities in early 2010 and Browne moved to Galway, Ireland in 2011 to run the Rowdy club night with his brother.

[51] In October 2012, Dabrowski posted previously unreleased studio recordings of "Tokyo Honey" and a cover version of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" on SoundCloud.