Royal Bliss

Infobox musical artist
Name = Royal Bliss

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Band Members (from left to right): Jake Smith, Chris Harding, Neal Middleton, Tommy Gunn, Talyor Richards
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Born = 1997
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Origin = Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Genre = Hard rock
Alternative rock
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Years_active = 1997 — present
Label = Merovingian Music
Caroline Records Capitol Records
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URL = [http://www.thepuppetvideo.com Save Me music video web site] [http://media.merovingianmusic.com/advertise/rb/stf.html Royal Bliss e-card web site]
[http://www.royalbliss.com Royal Bliss official web site]
Current_members = Neal Middleton - Vocals
Taylor Richards - Guitar
Jake Smith - Drums
Chris Harding - Guitar
Tommy Gunn - Bass
Past_members = Brent Bruschke - Bass
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Royal Bliss is an American hard rock band formed in 1997, in Salt Lake City, Utah.cite news
url=http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2007/fbytes_2007-06-07.cfm
title=Pride & Bliss
first=Bill | last=Frost
publisher=Salt Lake City Weekly
date=2007-06-07 | accessdate=2007-08-04] They are currently signed to Capitol Records and have recorded a new album entitled, "Life In-Between". The record is scheduled for release January 13, 2009 via Merovingian Music and Caroline Records under the exclusive license to Capitol Records.

History

Background

Formed in 1997, Royal Bliss regularly plays to sold-out venues in Salt Lake City, Provo, Ogden, and Park City, Utah (Liquid Joes, Port O’ Call, The Huka Bar, The Cabana Club etc.). They also play to sold-out crowds in a number of cities in California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, Illinois and Texas. In September, 2002 they played to a sold-out crowd at the Key Club in Hollywood, California and subsequently have been requested to come back to play. In March 2003, they headlined the Roxy Theatre and the show proved to be extremely successful.

Royal Bliss has shared the stage with Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin of the Smashing Pumpkins, Kid Rock, Everclear, Hinder, Three Days Grace, Candlebox, P.O.D., Saliva, Flyleaf, Buckcherry and The Stone Temple Pilots.

In June 2007, Royal Bliss signed with Jason Flom while CEO of Capitol Music Group. In August and September 2007, the band recorded a new CD at The Commune, a recording studio in Oregon, produced by Rob Daiker and Matt Winegar, due for release January 13, 2009. Royal Bliss is co-managed by Steve Walker/Contraband Management and Sam Kaiser/MVP Entertainment-DefConOne Management.

“Unluckiest Band in Rock”

The band members have had their share of bad luck.cite news
url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1116E96DB3873538&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
title = Despite all the chaos, Royal Bliss plays on
first=Dan | last=Nailen
publisher = Salt Lake Tribune
date=2006-03-04 | accessdate=2007-08-01] The band went through a period of time that included Neal falling about 35 feet from a balcony in Southern California.cite news
url=http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2003/scen_2003-07-17.cfm
title=Royal Pain: SLC’s Royal Bliss hits the comeback trail after Behind the Music-worthy tribulations.
first=Bill | last=Frost
publisher=Salt Lake City Weekly
date=2003-06-23 | accessdate=2007-08-04] . [3] After nearly dying and being told that he will never walk again, Neal rehabilitated himself from almost complete paralysis of the lower half of his body and has even been seen playing soccer now and again, being a long time player of the sport. The other members also were busy around the same time including, Jake becoming a father, Chris puncturing his face in a skiing accident and having to have reconstructive surgery, and Taylor breaking his foot, not to mention totaled cars, lawsuits, failed recording sessions and broken relationships.

“We’ve always told each other, as long as we keep moving steps forward, we’ll never give up, we’ll never quit,” Middleton said. “As long as each year we advance as musicians and we advance as people, then we’ll never give up. It’s kind of like going to school to become a doctor for eight or 10 years. That was our college, playing in a band.”.

"Free Again" (1998)

This appears to be the first CD that the band recorded in 1998 which had 7 songs. It included some long time fans favorites such as “Love Song”, and “Morning After”. A heavy metal effort also made the cut on this first one titled “Blah”

"Old’s Cool" (2001)

The bands first full CD endeavor came next and yielded 19 songs. Some of the more notable songs on the album, most of which had versions put on later CD’s, include “Drinkin’”, “Maybe One Day”, “Busy Bee” and an early and rough version of the bands current hit “Devils and Angels”

"Gimmie a Little Bliss (1999)

This CD is considered their debut EP and with a new type of rock incorporated with a strong Reggae Rap vibe made the CDs sell quickly. They quickly sold out of about 3,500 units and had orders for more. This CD had some of the Same songs as on "Old's Cool", with some new songs, such as "Smile", "Maybe One Day" and "Reggae Roll", added in.

"King Size" (2001)

Their next CD titled "King Size" (2001) met with similar success. At the time of release, 2,500 copies were distributed to Media Play, Sam Goody, Warehouse Music and Gray Whale stores. This CD also quickly sold out and stores had to put in subsequent orders to accommodate the demand. Many stores have had to struggle to keep this hot new disc on the shelves since its release. Some of the more notable songs on this disc include “Now She’s Leaving”, “Drink and Smoke”, “Crazy” and the much requested fan favorites “Fine Wine” and “Roll One”.

"After the Chaos" (2005) & "After the Chaos II" (2006)

The aptly named Sixth CD "After the Chaos" is a reference to how after all the pain and suffering that they went through to record it. The record "After the Chaos" has been described as "Royal Bliss at its best".cite news
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060505/ai_n16357647
title=Royal Bliss CD lives up to band's name
first=Scott | last=Iwasaki
publisher=Deseret Morning News
date=2006-05-05 | accessdate=2007-08-04]

The band had started production of the CD in a million-dollar California studio, but after all that happened they ended up finishing it almost two years later in a home studio located in Salt Lake City. “It’s the first CD that all of us collectively agree that this is the one we need to go out and shop to labels and tour on and really push as heavily as we possibly can,” Middleton said. “For the first time, we’ve hired a radio promoter and we’ve hired a publicist and ended up signing a distribution deal” that will get "After the Chaos II" into stores nationwide, while giving Royal Bliss control of all the music.Royal Bliss had opportunities to leave Salt Lake City for greener pastures, but “it’s always been our goal to come from Salt Lake City, because we believe the talent in Salt Lake deserves to be noticed.” And with the Internet, it’s even easier for bands to make an impact without leaving their hometowns.Royal Bliss plans on touring and pushing "After the Chaos II" as far as it can. And with their recent travails now in the rearview mirror, band members are optimistic.“It’s actually starting to feel better than it’s ever been before,” Middleton said. “We’re all feeling good and we’re all healthy. I still don’t have all the feeling back in my leg, but it doesn’t bother me.” [ [http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?p=122 D-mode Blog » Royal Bliss Salt Lake Tribune Article ] ] . "After the Chaos II" is distributed under the "The Control Group" label.cite web
url=http://www.controlgroupco.com/tcg.html
title=The Control Group (independent record label distributing "After the Chaos II")
accessdate=2007-08-05]

Their single "Devils and Angels" featured on "After The Chaos II" received heavy rotation on KHTB/SLC, KZDX/Idaho, KCVI/Idaho, KOMP/Las Vegas, WIIL/Chicago, and KEYJ/Abilene, TX reaching a peak of 336 on the mediabase active rock charts. Having sold almost 30,000 copies of After the Chaos II, in June 2007, Royal Bliss signed with Jason Flom while CEO of Capitol Music Group.

"Life In-Between" (2008)

Royal Bliss's new album will mark the next chapter in the ongoing saga of Royal Bliss, as their first major label release under Capitol Records. "Life In-Between" is scheduled to be released January 13, 2009 as a joint collaboration between Merovingian Music and Caroline Records under the exclusive license to Capitol Records. The album's first single, "Save Me", was released July 15, 2008. It is currently available for sale digitally at all major online retailers (iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc.). The song impacted radio only one day earlier on the 14th with a total of 11 adds at radio and climbing to 25 within a few days. Merovingian Music "(abrv MRV)" has released two web sites to accompany and promote the new single "Save Me". The first is an interactive [http://media.merovingianmusic.com/advertise/rb/stf.html e-card] which provides to anyone that maybe unfamiliar, an excellent introduction to the band. The second is a media packed [http://media.merovingianmusic.com/royalbliss.html web tools] site for those who want to take action and promote, this site provides to the public a plethora of marketing tools and the necessary knowledge to use them effectively.

In October 2008 the band's label released the first video single for the song, "Save Me". To coincide with the videos release, [http://www.thepuppetvideo.com ThePuppetVideo.com] was put in place to view the video and help raise awareness. The video features a protagonist puppet used to explore the band's tormented psyche and shows the devolution and decline of the human condition when all hope is lost. A masked man in stop-motion symbolizes the character in a state of emotional decay and turmoil as he morphs into an actual puppet who is void of feeling, emotion and life itself. Thus symbolizing the fight is over and a lost of all resemblance of former self and has now become completely dehumanized.

Band members

Current members

*Neal Middleton – lead vocals, guitar
*Taylor Richards – guitar
*Chris Harding – guitar
*Jake Smith – drums
*Tommy Gunn – bass guitar (2006 - present)

Former members

* Brent Bruschke – bass guitar (1997-2006)

Discography

tudio albums

*1998 – "Free Again"
*2001 – "Old’s Cool"
*1999 – "Gimmie A Little Bliss"
*2001 – "King Size"
*2005 – "After the Chaos"
*2006 – "After the Chaos II"
*2008 – "Life In-Between"

Singles

* 2008 - "Save Me"

References

External links

* [http://www.thepuppetvideo.com Save Me music video web site]
* [http://media.merovingianmusic.com/advertise/rb/stf.html Royal Bliss e-card web site]
* [http://media.merovingianmusic.com/royalbliss.html Royal Bliss web tools web site]
* [http://www.royalbliss.com Royal Bliss official web site]
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