Royal Blood celebrate 10 years of debut album: “It’s still a record that we live and breathe”
nme.comRoyal Blood gear up to release the 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled debut album, the duo spoke to NME about the making of the record, its impact, and befriending the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age and Jimmy Page.Earlier this year the duo – made up of frontman and bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher – kicked off celebrations for the 10th birthday of their first record with a handful of special gigs, including two nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.“They were epic,” Kerr reflected of the shows to NME. “It was also great because the way we set the show up was to play the whole record in its entirety, and then bust into a bunch of other songs post that record.
It really refreshed what a Royal Blood show is and could be.“We had our fans that have been there since that record, but then this whole new wave of people who perhaps discovered us on album three who are now part of the club.
It felt like a very connected moment with our fans.”‘Royal Blood’ saw the band go from being “independent lone rangers trying to find ourselves shows” playing cosy pub gigs, to winning BRIT and NME Awards and playing huge stages at Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds in 18 months.
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