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There are two bands that go by the same name. One was a Finnish rock & roll band from the mid 1970s. The other is a hardcore band from Lubbock, Texas.
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Royals was a Finnish band, playing bluesy rock & roll. The band was formed in 1975. It consisted of Pave Maijanen (bass), Ippe Kätkä (drums) and Albert Järvinen (guitar). The band made two studio albums ("Spring 76" and Out) and one live album (Royals Live). In the year 1978 the band broke up.
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Royals from Lubbock, Texas is a hardcore rock band who've been on tour with...
Paris, France (2005 – present)
It all started with a double bass player, a guitarist and a violinist; all highly talented musicians who are really into swing, Django addicts who enjoy tinkering with electro. Their project swayed a singer, a clarinettist, a trombonist who doubles up on percussion and a guitarist who also acts as DJ. With their “Zazou” look (inspired by Parisian paleo-punks from the 1940s), they serve up festive, frantic music, an improbable futuristic and melodious Charleston fit for the dance floor. Caravan Palace is to swing what the Gotan Project is to tango.
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There are three artists sharing this name.
1. Royal Family is a former Finnish rap group consisting of friends Pikku G, Ezkimo, Skandaali, YOR123, Helpus, Mängimies, Mas and Sophie. Between 2002 and 2004 these artists toured the country and performed hundreds of shows including gigs in Germany and Estonia. They broadcast their own TV show on MTV3/+ and released the very successful album "Pyöreän Pöydän Ritarit" in April 2004, as well as their own clothing line. In 2004 they decided to go their separate ways and concentrate on solo projects.
2. Royal Family is a Swedish soulful house group active...
Formed at the beginning of 2013, Royal Blood are a 2-piece band from Brighton, East Sussex, UK. Having known each other for years in different bands, Mike Kerr (Bassist/Vocalist) & Ben Thatcher (Drums) finally came together and went into the studio to record ‘Figure It Out’ – the first track that brought attention to the band. At the tail end of 2013, Royal Blood released ‘Out of The Black’, their debut single on Black Mammoth Records.
The band released their debut album ''Royal Blood’' on 22 August, 2014 which sold 66,000 copies in its first week. .
Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) is an influential Japanese electropop band, formed in 1978. They are renowned as a major influence in popular music, and for pioneering the electropop music genre. The principal members are Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards).
The band was originally conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono, the other two members being recruited session musicians - the idea was to produce an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) with modern electronics. However the first album (with its cutting-edge production) was very popular, and the studio...
