I'm a huge fan of straight forward rock bands that have catchy tunes. When I first heard Royal Blood, I immediately fell in love with the sound that these guys have. THEN...I found out that the band only consists of two people, Mike Kerr on bass and vocals and Ben Thatcher on drums.

Ben is a MACHINE!!  A tasteful rock drummer with shades of Dave Grohl...

Mike uses some sort of wizardry to make his bass sound like a guitar and/or a bass.

At first listen, you would think that their album is a overdubbed nightmare, but according to sources, the Royal Blood duo tried to record their album "live" as much as possible, recording some entire songs in one take. They wanted to be able to sound as good in live performances as they do on the album.  And they succeed!!

Check out this video from a performance back in July of 2011 and let us know what you think!

 

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