NEWBEATS
Yep, they’re from Nashville...but don’t call ’em country. Don’t even bring it up in conversation around the Royal Court Of China; one of their foremost goals is to escape the marginally hickish image that’s been tacked to most of the major label bands that have emerged from Music City, U.S.A. Cowpunkers like Jason & The Scorchers and Walk The West, not to mention a ten-gallon hatful of local/unsigned country-rockers, aren’t exactly who these boys want to be lumped in with, and—bolo ties and spurs aside—the Royal Court Of China is refreshingly non-country.
NEWBEATS
Royal Court of China-Lions And Ghosts-Walk The Moon-The Bolshoi-Tail Gators
ONSTAGE DYNASTY
Yep, they’re from Nashville...but don’t call ’em country. Don’t even bring it up in conversation around the Royal Court Of China; one of their foremost goals is to escape the marginally hickish image that’s been tacked to most of the major label bands that have emerged from Music City, U.S.A. Cowpunkers like Jason & The Scorchers and Walk The West, not to mention a ten-gallon hatful of local/unsigned country-rockers, aren’t exactly who these boys want to be lumped in with, and—bolo ties and spurs aside—the Royal Court Of China is refreshingly non-country. Any group who’s had the balls to ask Jimmy Page to produce their first record can’t be all twang bars and fiddles. “We only asked Jimmy Page because he had the best drugs," laughs drummer Chris Mekow. “Well, actually,” adds singer Joe Blanton, “we asked him because he knew how to find women on the road—just like Jim Bakker.” In either case, Page declined due to the ever-present “previous commitments.” Ah, c’est la vie, c’est la guerre.