Royal Blood

Royal Blood are an English rock music group. The group was made in Worthing in 2011. The members of the band are Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher. Kerr sings and plays the bass guitar. Thatcher plays the drums. The band has made three albums: Royal Blood (2014), How Did We Get So Dark? (2017), and Typhoons (2021).

Royal Blood
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Royal Blood in 2021
Background information
OriginWorthing, England
Genres
Years active2011–present
Labels
Websiteroyalbloodband.com
Members
  • Mike Kerr
  • Ben Thatcher
Past members
  • Matt Swan
  • Joe Dennis

The band was made in 2011. It was made when Kerr met Matt Swan. Swan was the band's first drummer. At this time, the band had Joe Dennis playing the guitar. Dennis left the band in 2012. Because of this, Kerr started playing the bass guitar in many different ways. He used different effect pedals to make his bass guitar sound similar to an electric guitar.[1][2] The band played music in Australia, but Kerr went back to Worthing.[3][4] Ben Thatcher replaced Swan.[5] Thatcher and Kerr continued making music.

References

  1. Barker, Emily (16 September 2014). "Royal Blood: Everything You Need To Know About The Brighton Duo". NME. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018.
  2. Quinton, Jon (21 December 2016). "How does Mike Kerr from Royal Blood sound so good?". onlineguitarlessons.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. "Royal Blood start a band after living on the Gold Coast..." Triple J. 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  4. "Royal Blood Interview". Triple J. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  5. "Brighton's Royal Blood shortlisted for BBC's Sound of 2014". The Argus. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.