Biography
On August 1, 2019, the St. Petersburg Festival of Festival "Morse" "Rasked" the British duet Royal Blood, which is now called the Savior of Music in the Rock genre - two guys can create such that no longer teams. As the concert's eyewitnesses later wrote, performers managed, as in magic, to start a hall with a half-turn. From the VIP zone, the guitarist Rammstein Richard Kropa was observed.The history of creation and composition
Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher, who lived in West Sussex, were familiar for a long time - back in 2005, being teenagers, they were listed as part of the Flavor Country group. Then their ways were separated - in 2011, Mike, having faced with Matt Konon in Brighton, moved to his homeland in Australia, where a recording of a debut mini album took place. Single Leaving from the plate twisted the local radio station, and the guys performed in the suburbs of Brisbane and Gold Costa.
After 2 years, the vocalist decided to return to the UK, where, on arrival, Ben met him - young people on the way agreed on further cooperation and after 2 days they gave their first joint concert. From this, the history of the creation of "royal blood" began in the current form and composition.
Royal Blood was on the same label as Arctic Monkeys, so the latter strongly supported the first, Matt Hellers, for example, even dressed in a T-shirt with a colleague logo on Glastonbury Festival. Actually, these two Boyz Bend are often compared with each other.
"Royal Blood sounds approximately just as if Arctic Monkeys was further fascinated by Stoner-Rock: the duet plays weighty blues with a distinct British accent; The power is combined with traditional melodic clarity for the British. Certain pomp is present, but does not shive, "wrote about Buro 24/7 British.Music
In August 2014, Royal Blood released the premiere elected collection, met with a bang and fans, and critics: He was named the fastest selling Debut Rock-album of the United Kingdom over the past 3 years, and the cover for him became the best on Best Art Vinyl Award.At this joy of the year, the guys reported on the coming world tour, supported Foo Fighters with Iggy Pop, and also nominated at BBC Sound of 2014.
2015 began with a tour, continued to receive from the hands of Jimmy Page Brit Awards and participation in many prestigious festivals. By the way, the Led Zeppelin guitarist did not pumped into good words to the "colleagues":
"Royal Blood Debut Album Raised Rock to a new level. The duet compositions sound fresh, because the musicians turn to the spirit of things that preceded them, but nevertheless they are able to bring rock music to a new level, if, of course, no longer done it. "After 2 years, young people ripened to replenish discographs the second plate How We We Get So Dark?, Started from the 1st place in the UK Albums Chart.
Royal Blood now
In 2018, the team members held a headline tour in support of the second disk, and in 2019 "returned the worst" Jimmy Page, handing Kerrang award in June! Awards 2019 in the "Inspiration" nomination, and in July, the next creations were submitted to the courts to the courts - Boilermaker and King.
In August, Kerr and Thatcher visited not only the Russian Northern Capital, but also official, becoming one of the honored guests of the Picnic of the Picks. Before the performance, the vocalist and the drummer chatted with journalists, in an interview by admitting that when creating clips, they necessarily need someone third (they themselves are completely immersed in melodic art), and explained why new music write so long:
"When we promoted the first album, we played the same 10 songs for 2 years. Of course, in this case, I want to write something else, and for this you need to stop performing. And, of course, you need to take some break. We are two people writing songs, we have no one who would do it for us. We need time".Learn about the upcoming show or order clothes with the logo of pets, fans can be on the official website of the group, and with relevant photos and videos - to get acquainted on social networks.
Discography
- 2014 - Royal Blood
- 2017 - How Did We Get So Dark?
Clips
- 2013 - Out Of The Black
- 2014 - Little Monster
- 2014 - Come On Over
- 2014 - Figure It Out
- 2014 - Ten Tonne Skeleton
- 2017 - Lights Out
- 2017 - Hook, Line & Sinker
- 2017 - I Only Lie When I Love You
- 2017 - How Did We Get So Dark?
- 2018 - Look Like You Know