Royseven

Infobox musical artist
Name = Royseven


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Origin = flagicon|IRL County Dublin, Ireland
Genre = Alternative rock
Years_active = 2003–present
Label = Universal and IRL
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Current_members = Paul Walsh
Sam Garland
Darragh “Dazzy” Oglesby
Paul “Lego” O’Hara Eamonn Barrett Bernard "Ber" O’Neill
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Royseven are a six-piece alternative rock band from County Dublin, Ireland. Their debut album "The Art of Insincerity" was released in October 2006. The band have received the Hope for 2007 award at the Meteors. [http://www.meteor.ie/misc/MIMA.html#2007]

Royseven's influences vary from Muse, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and Jeff Buckley to Pink Floyd, Rufus Wainwright, Keane and The Beatles. [http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=7321023&ar=royseven] They have enjoyed considerable success in Germany and have played both the Oxegen and Bud Rising festivals in Ireland in 2007.

Career

They came together in September 2003 and were then known as Jove. Over the next couple of years they became one of the most important alternative acts on the Dublin scene and developed a loyal and enthusiastic fanbase. In March 2005 they headlined a night at the Olympia, one of the most prestigious venues in Dublin. They were the first unsigned act to do so. Fact|date=February 2007 They signed to Universal and IRL and their debut album, "The Art of Insincerity", recorded in Grouse Lodge studios, was released in Ireland in October 2006. It was released in Germany and other German-speaking countries in May, with slightly different packaging. Royseven performed at Oxegen 07 in July 2007 and supported Kaiser Chiefs and The Fratellis at Bud Rising in Marlay Park in August 2007. A forthcoming Irish tour with Luke Slott [http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/royseven-confirm-tour-support-act/spId/97EB2944-AFF7-C9FA-45679A6CDAA40C05.html] will be in support of the release of their next single, "Crash" on September 14 2007 the fourth single taken from their "The Art of Insincerity" album. [http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=7321023&ar=royseven]

Royseven are currently recording their second album which will be released later this year.

Members

Paul Walsh, the lead vocalist and chief songwriter grew up in Clonmel in a family of musicians and performers (his father was a showband saxophonist and clarinet player). Paul studied the piano as a child and started playing the guitar at twelve years of age; it was then that he started writing songs. He joined his first original band (Swerve) at the age of fourteen and played with them for four years. During his teenage years he also performed character roles in over 15 musicals and plays and undertook voice training at the Leinster School of Music. He relocated to London to attend university where he continued to receive formal voice training. He moved to Dublin to join Jove.

Sam Garland, lead guitar, started playing the guitar at the age of 9. He studied classical guitar from the age of 13 to 20.Fact|date=March 2007 He then continued his studies in the Dublin Institute of Technology for two years majoring in classical guitar and piano attaining a grade certificate in classical guitar performance and sight reading. He travelled to California in 2000 for a year where he met guitar-smith Tom Anderson. He then completed a sound engineering course at the Sound Training Centre, Dublin achieving two City and Guilds diplomas with distinctions. He had been working as a sound engineer for four years in the factory studios in Dublin, while also performing and rehearsing in various bands.

Darragh “Dazzy” Oglesby, drums, is a fourth generation drummer. He started playing drums in the world famous Artane Boys Band at the age of seven, where he remained for ten years, studying percussion and xylophone. During these years in performed in Carnegie Hall, Rushka Stadium (in Moscow), Sky Dome in Toronto and on Irish National television on several occasions. In addition he played support percussion for INXS and Perry Como when they visited Ireland. He toured Ireland with tribute bands for two years before joining jove. Dazzy also plays the piano and guitar and has studied at the Walton School of Music in Dublin.

Paul “Lego” O’Hara, keyboard, started playing the piano at the age of fourteen. He is self taught and has played with Housebroken (led by "The Commitments" actor Robert Arkins) - who won the "Sunday World" Band of the Year Competition - and with Liquid Wheel who won a hot press award for Dance act of the year. Lego has recorded in Rac Studios and Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin.In total he has performed on two albums and three EPS (reaching the top twenty in Ireland and the Cool Cuts Charts in the UK). Lego has performed at Féile, Oxegen and the Point Depot in Dublin. In addition he has played on the same bill as Moby, David Holmes and Carl Cox in the SFX, Dublin.

Eamonn Barrett, guitar, comes from a family of musicians.He is a self taught guitar player who has featured in several original bands. He has performed with Adrian Crowley on two of his albums. He also played with Velveteen at the Manchester in the City Festival where they were voted one of the top ten bands at the festival by NME. In addition, played and released with the Lost Poets including performances in the Olympia and the Point Theatre in Dublin. Eamonn toured the East Coast of the United States with the Brilliant Trees in 1998. He is also a popular DJ in Dublin city and has performed in the Red Box and the Morrison hotel to name but a few. He appeared in a recent Guinness Draught advert as part of a worldwide PR campaign for the drinks company.

Bernard “Ber” O’Neill, bass, is a qualified sound engineer.Fact|date=March 2007 He started playing the bass guitar when he was thirteen and was in a band called Maened for five years. At the age of 19 he went to Pulse recording college and qualified with a City and Guilds Certificate in Sound Engineering (basic and advanced). Bernard performed with Jenny Linfors on her first album and toured with her for three years. He was the production manager at the Factory Studios in Dublin. Bernard has engineered such bands and musicians as: The Corrs, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, Britney Spears and Van Morrison - all in his capacity at the Factory Studios.

Discography

Albums

* "The Art of Insincerity" - 20 October 2006 (Ireland)

Singles

* "Older" - Debut single, reached #6 in the Irish Singles Chart. (Ireland, September 2006)
* "Happy Ever Afters/Roy" - Double A-side Download and very limited CD Single release. (Ireland, October 2006)
* "Crash" - German debut single. (Germany, January 2007)
* "I'm Revived" - (Ireland, February 2007) reached #26 in the Irish Singles Chart.
* "Crash" - Irish release (September 14 2007)

Awards

* On the February 1 2007 Royseven received a prestigious Meteor Music Award in the category of Hope for 2007. [http://www.meteor.ie/misc/MIMA.html#2007]
* Royseven won the Best Band Award at the Balcony Tv Awards 2007.

External links

* [http://www.royseven.com/ Royseven Official website in English and German]
* [http://www.royseven.lazyink.com/ Royseven Official Forums]
* [http://www.bebo.com/royseven/ Royseven's bebo page]
* [http://www.irl.org.uk/royseven.htm Royseven on Independent Records]