About Royal Blood
Hometown
Brighton, England
Formed
January 2013
Genre
Alternative
English bass-and-drums rock duo Royal Blood has earned two UK chart-topping albums and a 2015 BRIT Award win for Best British Group.
∙ Royal Blood’s first two singles—2013’s “Out of the Black” and 2014’s “Little Monster”—were back-to-back No. 1 hits on the UK Rock & Metal Singles chart.
∙ In 2014, their double-Platinum self-titled debut was an international smash, topping the album charts in the US, UK, Ireland, and Scotland.
∙ The band won six honors during the 2015 awards season, including Best New Band and Best Live Band at the NME Awards.
∙ On their 2017 sophomore LP, How Did We Get So Dark?, the band worked with Grammy-nominated producer Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Simple Minds).
∙ As part of the supergroup Live Lounge Allstars, they participated in the 2020 chart-topping cover of Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These,” which raised money COVID-19 pandemic relief.
Members of Royal Blood include, or have included, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.
Influenced by Royal BloodRoyal Blood has influenced the music of Aaron Rizzo, Tigress, Cloudless and more.
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