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Royal Blood is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Spandau Ballet, Robbie Williams, Vanessa Carlton, Gloria Gaynor and Elton John. Those roots explain a lot about how Royal Blood arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Blue Stones, Nothing but Thieves, DEAD POET SOCIETY, Himalayas and Cleopatrick, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nothing but Thieves and K.Flay, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Royal Blood, reaching back through Spandau Ballet and forward to Nothing but Thieves. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Royal Blood are an English rock duo formed in Worthing in 2011. The lineup consists of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher (drums). Their signature sound is built around Kerr's 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. The duo were signed by Warner Chappell Music in 2013 and have since released four studio albums: Royal Blood (2014), How Did We Get So Dark? (2017), Typhoons (2021), and Back to the Water Below (2023).
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Royal Blood connections
Royal Blood grew out of Spandau Ballet, Robbie Williams, Vanessa Carlton and Gloria Gaynor, shares an orbit with The Blue Stones, Nothing but Thieves, DEAD POET SOCIETY and Himalayas, went on to shape Nothing but Thieves and K.Flay. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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