In November 2013, it was announced that Royal Blood would be supporting Arctic Monkeys for two Finsbury Park shows in May 2014. On 11 November 2013, Royal Blood released their official debut single, " Out of the Black", which came with the B-side of the re-recorded "Come On Over". In 2013, Arctic Monkeys' drummer Matt Helders was seen wearing a Royal Blood shirt during Arctic Monkeys' performance at Glastonbury Festival, boosting interest in the band. They joined the same management company as the band Arctic Monkeys. The band developed their music in the studios of Brighton Electric, and it was during this time that they were signed by Warner Chappell Music. Initially, the new duo "couldn't get a gig in Worthing for months" and "ended up just playing a lot of open-mic nights with acoustic singer-songwriters". He was picked up at the airport by Thatcher, and the two decided to continue under the Royal Blood name together with Thatcher replacing Swan on drums. Kerr and Swan played around the Brisbane and Gold Coast area, before Kerr eventually decided to return to Worthing, ending this incarnation of the band. The first single, "Leaving", premiered on Australian radio station Triple J in 2012 Kerr and Thatcher later recorded a new version of the song and renamed it " Come On Over". They relocated to Swan's home country of Australia, where they recorded an EP in Brisbane. Dennis left in early 2012, leading the band to discover what is now their signature sound, as Kerr's unique bass playing style (which sees him using various effects pedals and amps to make his bass guitar sound like an electric guitar and bass guitar at the same time) became the main focus. The band were initially a trio consisting of Kerr on vocals and bass, Joe Dennis on guitar, and Matt Swan on drums. Royal Blood formed in Worthing in March 2011, after Kerr met original drummer Matt Swan. They first met around 2005 when they were teenagers for a brief period, they were part of the same four-piece band called Flavour Country, for which Kerr was the keyboardist and keytarist. I wanted to do something I hadn’t done before.” They found that fresh something by tracing a through line between hard rock and dance music, giving the nickname “AC Disco” to the lithe grooves of “Trouble’s Coming” and “Typhoons.Royal Blood consists of vocalist and bassist Mike Kerr (born 19 June 1990) from Worthing and drummer Ben Thatcher (born 12 February 1988) from Rustington.
“I didn’t want to do something out of my comfort zone.
“When bands try and do something out of their comfort zone, they end up doing something where they feel and look uncomfortable,” singer and bassist Kerr tells Apple Music about the making of their third album, Typhoons. For the duo from Brighton, on England’s south coast, the key is understanding the difference between pushing your music into interesting new places and just being radical for the sake of it. Across their first two albums, they brought the rock thunder via swarming riffs and ’70s harmonies (“Lights Out”), blues-flavored firecrackers (“Loose Change”), and the pursuit of experimental impulses (“Hook, Line & Sinker,” which uncorks hiccuping percussion, half-sung spoken word, and piercing falsetto). Within a deceptively elemental framework-drums and bass played in stormy, vigorous harmony-Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher create a multitude of intriguing textures.
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