- Outside royalty
The Outside Royalty is a 6 piece indie rock band originating from Pittsburgh, PA. In 2006, 4 members of the band (Adam Billing, Eizan Miyamoto, Echo Wu, and Brandon Paluzzi) moved to London, England where they were soon joined by bassist Paul Crawford-Smith and cellist Frederique Legrand.
In 2007 the band were among the 14 finalists in the Virgin 'Road to V' competition, and made it to the final 4. They went on to play a UK tour with the Young Knives and Pete and the Pirates. The band have supported many successful artists, including Babyshambles, The Holloways, The Duke Spirit and Good Shoes, and played 2 sell out shows at Club NME at Koko in London.
The Guardian announced the Outside Royalty as band of the day on 16th November 2007. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/nov/16/popandrock8
Releases:
Palladium, download only (Self released - October 2007). Colin Murray played 'Palladium' on Radio 1 several times.
Falling, 7" vinyl (Bloody Awful Poetry Records) (12th May 2008). Colin Murray, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe and Steve Lamacq all played this track on their respective Radio shows for the BBC.
Verification Links:www.theoutsideroyalty.comwww.myspace.com/theoutsideroyaltyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinson/tracklisting.shtml?y=2008&d=20080422http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/colinmurray/blackhole_archive_aug07.shtml (see Thursday 23rd August)
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