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It's pretty hard to describe a Royale Brothers show — but some absinthe-fueled fever-dream, in which Bo Diddley, the New York Dolls and the Misfits all cavort and caper through a Dia de los Muertos street festival, comes pretty close. The thing about bands this raw and great in performance is that they can rarely capture that sound and energy on a recording. Which is one reason this debut, seven-song disc by New London's Royale Brothers is extra great: not only do the tunes steamroll exuberantly, managing to incorporate all of the live attitude of their concerts, but the songs themselves just flat-out nestle in your brain.
— Rick Koster-the day

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Member Since: 10/01/2007
Band Members: Joey Royale- vocals
Phil Royale- lead/rhythm guitar
Sebastian Royale- lead/rhythm guitar
Daniel Royale- bass guitar
Bobby Crash- drums

Influences: Nick Cave, Gun Club, The Birthday Party, Black Sabbath, The Stones, New York Dolls, Johhny Cash, Dirty Three, Tom Waits
Sounds Like: The Royale Brothers (7-song CD, myspace.com/theroyalebrothers) The lyrics on this fun, guitar-driven goth-country band's debut read like Murder Ballads outtakes: "Stuck my pistol underneath his jaw.../Spilled that bastard's blood upon my floor." In fact, the only time vocalist Joey Royale doesn't sound like a murderous Nick Cave is when he's busy sounding like a murderous Johnny Cash. But beyond the sleeve-worn influences, there's a constant rhythmic innovation and ferociousness in the band's dueling, blues-heavy guitar lines.Tyler Theofilos The New Haven Advocate
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Real Bad News

..TR> One of my best friends, Phil Agins, passed away today. He was the guitarist for the Royale Brothers and he was one of the greatest guys I have ever known. I have never seen that much talent in...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:31:00 GMT

DUDLEYTOWN

we have posted "dudleytown" from our new ep. download it for a limited time.enjoy.-the royale brothers
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:05:00 GMT

Stomp lyrics

I heard they found her, found her floating Floating face down in that cold muddy stream And when they found her, they found her floating Floating, holding a picture of me It doesn't matter, I would ha...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:51:00 GMT

The Last Minute lyrics

I'm tired of hanging around Dreaming of my old hometown While my family and friends are dying while I'm hiding away What happened to the carnival? I'm patching holes up in the wall Everything was supp...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:41:00 GMT