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Royal Blood
Royal Blood at SXSW 2014
Background information
OriginBrighton, East Sussex, England[1]
GenresGarage rock, hard rock, blues rock, post-grunge
Years active2013–present
LabelsWarner Bros. Records / Black Mammoth Records[2]
MembersMike Kerr
Ben Thatcher
WebsiteRoyalBloodBand.com

Royal Blood are a British rock duo band formed in Brighton in 2013.[3] The band's sound is reminiscent of and rooted in modern garage rock and blues rock.

Background

The band, composed of bassist/singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher, was formed in Worthing in 2013,[4] and played their first gig a mere two days after Kerr's return to England from his "working holiday" in Australia.[5][6] During the summer of 2013, Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders was seen wearing a shirt supporting the band (before the release of their first single) during their Glastonbury Festival concert in July.[1] On 11 November 2013, the duo released their debut single, "Out of the Black",[2] which came with a B-side called "Come On Over".[7]

In November 2013, it was announced that Royal Blood would be supporting Arctic Monkeys for two Finsbury Park shows in May 2014.[8] In December 2013 Royal Blood were nominated for the BBC Sound of 2014.[9]

Royal Blood released their second single, "Little Monster", on 11 February 2014. The band also released a four-track EP, featuring "Out of the Black", "Little Monster", "Come On Over" and "Hole" on 11 March 2014 in North America.[10] Their debut album, Royal Blood, was released on 25 August 2014 to commercial success & was well-received by critics.[11] Royal Blood was verified by the Official Charts Company as the fastest-selling British rock debut album in three years in the UK.[12]

Royal Blood performed at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in March 2014;[13] at Liverpool Sound City festival and at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow in May;[14] and at Download Festival and Glastonbury Festival in June.[15] They performed at T in the Park festival in July, and at Reading festival as well as Osheaga in August 2014.[16]

Mike Kerr has previously used the name Royal Blood when living in Australia in 2012, working with drummer Matt Swan.[17]

A video clip for "Out of the Black" entered rotation as part of cable network AXN Japan's "AXN Tunes" program in October 2014; music videos aired on-the-hour as filler in between regularly scheduled, syndicated programming.[18]

In October 2014, Royal Blood announced details of their biggest European tour to date,[19] starting in Germany on 10 January, and ending in Sweden on 23 March.

On 10th November 2014, Howard Stern said on his radio show that he was a fan of the band. He had watched them on a MTV Awards Show and was impressed at the sound coming from only a two-piece band.

Also in November 2014 Led Zeppelin's guitarist, Jimmy Page said "I went to hear them in New York. They were fantastic. Absolutely riveting,they're such fine musicians.Their album has taken the genre up a serious few notches. It's so refreshing to hear, because they play with the spirit of the things that have preceded them, but you can hear they're going to take rock into a new realm – if they're not already doing that. It's music of tremendous quality."

The band, along with Iggy Pop, are due to support Foo Fighters on select dates during their 2015 UK tour.

Band members

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[20] 		AUS
[21] 		CAN
[22] 		DEN
[23] 		GER
[24] 		IRL
[25] 		NLD
[26] 		NZ
[27] 		SWI
[28] 		US
[29]
Royal Blood 1 3 16 18 40 1 13 6 6 30
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

EPs

Title EP details
Out of the Black
  • Released: 11 March 2014
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[32] 		UK
Rock 		US
Rock

[33]

US
Alt.

[34]

US
Main.

[35]

CAN
Rock

[33]

"Out of the Black" 2013 78 1[36] 47 31 2 35 Out of the Black & Royal Blood
"Little Monster" 2014 74 1[37] — — — —
"Come On Over" 68 — — — — —
"Figure It Out" 50 — 21 15 3 2 Royal Blood
"Ten Tonne Skeleton" — — — — — —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ a b "Royal Blood – Figure It Out". Mojo. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Royal Blood Share 'Out Of The Black' Track". This Is Fake DIY. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Royal Blood". Facebook. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Brighton's Royal Blood shortlisted for BBC's Sound of 2014". The Argus. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Royal Blood start a band after living on the Gold Coast..." Triple J. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Royal Blood Interview". Triple J. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Royal Blood (New band of the day)". The Guardian. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  8. ^ "XFM's Great X-Pectations #1: Royal Blood". XFM. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  9. ^ "BBC Sound of 2014 longlist revealed". BBC News. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Connecting to the iTunes Store". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Royal Blood reveal debut album details with studio video". NME. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  12. ^ Moss, Liv. "Royal Blood score fastest-selling rock debut in three years". OfficialCharts.com. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. ^ "UK duo Royal Blood heard above the noise at SXSW". thestar.com. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  14. ^ "Liverpool Sound City 2015". Liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  15. ^ "BBC - Glastonbury 2014 - Line up". thestar.com. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  16. ^ "Arctic Monkeys to headline". Reading Festival 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  17. ^ "Royal Blood at Oh Hello!". Brisbanemusicandculture.wordpress.com. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  18. ^ AXN Japan; Sony Pictures Entertainment |Royal Blood "Out of the Black" |Warner Music Japan |"AXN TUNES" video clip rotation, 9 October 2014~
  19. ^ "Royal Blood announce a major 2015 European tour". Fit4Talent. 17 October 2014.
  20. ^ "Royal Blood" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  21. ^ "Discography Royal Blood". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 August 2014. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  22. ^ "Royal Blood – Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
  23. ^ "Discography Royal Blood". danishcharts.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  24. ^ "Discography Royal Blood". danishcharts.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  25. ^ "Discography Royal Blood". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  26. ^ "Discografie Royal Blood" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  27. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Royal Blood". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  28. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Royal Blood". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  29. ^ "Royal Blood Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  30. ^ "Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2014: The real winners revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  31. ^ "BPI Certified Awards > Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  32. ^ "Royal Blood" (select "Singles" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  33. ^ a b "Chart Search - Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  34. ^ "Royal Blood". Billboard.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  35. ^ "Royal Blood". Billboard.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  36. ^ "Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive, Week ending 19th July 2014". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  37. ^ "Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive, Week ending 22nd February 2014". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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