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Going
Going
All In
All In
oyal Republic don’t have guilty pleasures – they hatting to lead vocalist and rhythm
Cguitarist Adam Grahn just prior to the
R have pleasures. And as a band, they are a huge, album release, he tells Black Velvet, “There
was a turning point actually, last summer,
huge pleasure themselves. From the moment we first where we bought some golden jackets, just
because we were bored with the black ones.
saw them live, we were mesmerized by their quirky, And that kind of sparked the whole, in the
press especially, we sat down and did
catchy rock ‘n’ roll hooks and dazzled by their slick hu- press… Somebody asked, I think it was at
mour and sharp dress sense. New album ‘Club Majesty’ Download in Paris, where we played with Foo
Fighters, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
sees them taking things to a whole other level. A little and The Hives, all good friends and good
company. It was pretty rough billing and
more disco, a little more eccentric, and even more in- somebody said, ‘So, how are you going to
out-rock your colleagues tonight?’ And I
fectious. think it was Jonas who said, ‘They might
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