Dont dismiss the "disco experimentation" too fast. That album is one of my favorite things to come out in the last decade. I was hopelessly addicted to it for months. Definitely check it out, Justin!!

@DaveLong

Жыл бұрын

It's brilliant. Absolutely nothing else sounds like that record. I've listened to it countless times.

Fun fact - Mike Kerr actually uses a bass guitar instead of a normal guitar and does all the bass and "guitar" parts. He's also responsible for all the backing vocals. In a live setting the backing vocal parts are either triggered by Ben on the drums or, like recently, there is a third guy on the keys who helps them with all the extra parts. They are usually quite busy during a live set, especially Mike who has to manouvre between the pedals as he's basically acting as both the guitar and bass player in the band. It's definitely worth seeing them live and it never ceases to amaze me how much noise they can make being basically a duo.

@667neighbourofthebeast

Жыл бұрын

Funner Fact: Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins did most of that first.

@TT-df9hp

Жыл бұрын

@@667neighbourofthebeast Billy used a bass guitar as a normal guitar?

@chicktait5544

Жыл бұрын

@@667neighbourofthebeast Fair enough,but should that stop anyone from doing it again?

@667neighbourofthebeast

Жыл бұрын

@@chicktait5544 Oh, hell no. Billy deserves recognition for his innovation is all.

@667neighbourofthebeast

Жыл бұрын

@@TT-df9hp Unsure. But he played both guitar parts and bass for the studio recordings of Gish and Siemese Dream.

Justin, Now that you’ve done Royal Blood, you might want to check out cleopatrick. They toured with RB in 2021, but I already had tickets to see Jerry Cantrell, and couldn’t miss that show. I keep hoping they’ll come back to San Diego. We hardly ever get good bands, though I did get to see Wolf touring his first album. That was awesome. He didn’t play any VH songs, but covered “Them Bones,” quite well.

@alexmaw4482

Жыл бұрын

yes cleo!

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

@@alexmaw4482 , “Daphne” or “Hometown” or ? The new song (“Lost”) is fuzzier than their usual songs. Edit to add: Almost everything from “The Boys” would make me happy. Idk how I forgot “Bernard Trigger” and “the Depths”.

@alexmaw4482

Жыл бұрын

@@SuziQ. I love all their songs, but at the moment my go to's are pepper's ghost, great lakes and the depths!

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

@@alexmaw4482 , I wish they were touring with Royal Blood. I bought tickets recently, and I’m bummed that they’re not joining them on this tour. Let’s petition for the depths, since we both like it a lot.

@killyouass

9 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! Cleo! Bernard Trigger might be it... Like @suziq. said, anything from "The boys" is the way to go

Just met Mike Kerr at a Billy Talent gig a couple of nights ago! Was such a gentleman! What a night! Met two of my all time fave bands! ❤

Just seen them live supporting Muse this weekend - was a great performance. I just couldn't get over how they were able to make so much noise when there are only two of them.

I just love the amount of sound he gets out of a bass

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

He routes it to a guitar amp and a bass amp, with a whole lot of pedals, and equipment he tries to keep secret. I do like a lot of their songs.

@alloallo1977

Жыл бұрын

​@@SuziQ. No need to keep secret he stole the technique from other bands before them. Royal Blood are the poor man's Death from of Above 1979 ;) DFA1979 were using bass as lead guitar/instrument active since 2004. DFA are poor man's Lightning Bolt active since 1994.

@haggisbond

10 ай бұрын

@@alloallo1977dfa1979 songs have a very different from RB songs, just cause they both have a bass as lead doesn't mean Royal blood coypied them. Mike uses it a very different way than the previous mentioned

@blues3531

9 ай бұрын

DFA1979 has never once written a riff as cool as probably anything in the top 30 RB riffs. Mike Kerr is a way better writer than those guys.@@alloallo1977

@SuziQ.

9 ай бұрын

@@haggisbond, I gave DFA a listen, and they didn’t knock my socks off, like Royal Blood and cleopatrick do.

I truly appreciate Royal Blood. Their style is consistent, kick-ass modern bluesy rock with new production elements. You get the feel of a live band and it’s really great to hear vocals that don’t feel like every single line has been so hyper produced that it doesn’t breath at all. AUTOTUNE be the work of the devil.

@SuziQ.

7 ай бұрын

I saw RB live recently. They brought in other musicians, so it was a full band, and they were 🔥! They were also in a good mood which was infectious. The audience was really happy. The opening band should have been cleopatrick, instead of some punk chicks, though.

Cool track. I particularly like the bridge. Excited to hear more. Their first album is a masterpiece

First time I heard "Typhoon" on the radio I had to come home, pick a bass off the Wall of Shame, get out the octave pedal and the Sovtek Big Muff and learn that dang bass line because it was so damn cool. This is, too.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

Mike uses a guitar amp and a bass amp and a bunch of pedals. I like “Typhoon,” but prefer “Lights Out”.

@aprilkurtz1589

Жыл бұрын

Lights out is great, too! I didn't know he bi-amped, it has a distinctive sound. He definitely has an octave pedal and a phase and a fuzz. but maybe also reverb and some sort of compression pedal, just because everyone has one on their board, I swear!.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

@@aprilkurtz1589 , “Ten Tonne Brick” is good, too. Back when I discovered them, there was a lot of discussion about what Mike uses to get the sounds he gets from his bass, and he’s tried to hide it, but fans near the stage have noticed a lot of different tools he uses. He has said all along that he routes his bass to either one or two guitar amps and a bass amp. We know about some of the pedals. I missed a chance to see them last year (with cleopatrick, who were inspired by RB), because I already had tickets to a different concert that night. I hope they come back soon. Next up: Disturbed, with Breaking Benjamin; and Highly Suspect (I don’t remember who’s opening for them). Jinger is on one of those shows, but they’re not my cup of tea.

@aprilkurtz1589

Жыл бұрын

@@SuziQ. It's too bad you missed them, but they'll be back around. The show you're going to sounds excellent. Jinjer isn't my cup of tea, either. I wish Wolf Alice would tour. I've not got tickets to anything this summer as of yet. So far just some track days with friends. It's cheap fun, unless you crash your car.

@SuziQ.

9 ай бұрын

@@aprilkurtz1589, I got tickets to see Royal Blood. It’s going to be a busy week, because I’m seeing Wolf (Mammoth WVH) again, and Highly Suspect, as well as RB. The summer was only Disturbed with BB (and Jinger, which I deliberately missed because Irvine in the summer is a PITA of a drive, and seeing the opening band = massive traffic). RB is playing close to home, at the Del Mar fairgrounds on November 27th. The others are downtown at the HOB, which means a $30 parking charge, but I love that venue. I do wish more bands would play San Diego. I wanted to see The Darkness, but driving to LA is a pain.

I met you once in LA backstage, you were in a pair of Bjorn Bjorg underwear and just walking around. This was an AXS TV concert taping at Nokia Theater in LA, maybe 2012-ish? My friend worked production and got me into the show. Lol now you are more famous for YouTubing than your own music, but we can all agree you are an incredible and talented guy. Rock on and ride again Hawk.

Justin Fucking Hawkins Rides Againnnnn 🎶🎶🎶🎸

You’re in Ted Lasso, congrats ! Beard with a The Darkness t-shirt is kind of a scene.

Love Royal Blood!!!! Incredible live band! Very excited about the new album! Apart from that, totally obsessed with your videos, Justin! ❤

Love Royal Blood! 🖤🤟 Saw them live at the Eden Project in 2017 and it was F*cking Awesome! For an outdoor gig, the sound quality, the atmosphere & how hard that duo rocked that night was absolutely mind blowing! Definitely recommend seeing them live. And yes, it was Ben doing the backing vocals. I unintentionally stopped following Royal Blood after How Did We Get So Dark. I think there was a fairly large gap between that and their next album where I fell behind, so it looks like I’ve got some catching up to do 😅

Loved this, you were on top form and I’m gonna have to go and listen to Royal Blood. Nice one Justin ❤

Love Royal Blood!!!! Saw them last year at The O2 Arena and they are definitely a band worth seeing live in person

Quite similar sound to Death From Above 1979. Would love to hear Justin’s opinion about some of DFA1979’s tunes too!

@007ptb007

Жыл бұрын

Was going to comment pretty much the same thing and add people should check them out if they haven't, fans of Royal Blood i mean, but yea Justin should cover them.

Love Royal Bloods sound, could listen to you all day Justin x

I am a complete nobody, no one gives a flying squirrel what I have to say but in my head I like to think what I would say on this or that podcast. Justin's show is the one in my head that I wish would be reality. He knows so much about the music of music, something I am just so passionate about. I would love to get to sit down and have a face to face conversation about everything, and I do mean everything, about all things music. I am so glad I found this channel. I love the technical, nitty-gritty, music talk.

Rick Beato introduced me to Royal Blood when he was doing one of his top ten reviews. They’re awesome!!!!

Definitely one of the most interesting AND entertaining music reviews I've watched 👏👏👏

Used to serve one of them coffee in rustington!

Coach Bear's wearing The Darkness tanktop in Ted Lasso last episode! stonks!

Just got home, this evening my mates son had been telling about Royal Blood so this is a pretty timely find, Thanks Justin (from a fellow 4-to-the-floor fan)

Love you and your band Mr. Hawkins ❤

I’ve seen Royal Blood at the Eden Project twice and then last week supporting Muse in Plymouth. Always nice to meet them and they have grown immensely live.

i woul love to see you check out some of Royal Bloods older stuff, like "Ten Tonne Skeleton", "Careless" or "Little Monster"

Love this Justin, up there for me with you foo fighters reviews. Rock duos have in recent times been brilliant, your awesome 👏🎸🤟

Wow, great band. Loving their creativity and edginess.

Excellent as always!! They are supporting Muse in MK in June - can’t wait to see them live following comments and your review of course ❤😂

Damn I love your show! You are f***ing brilliant! Thank you sir!! Cheers!!!

Saw them at Eden Project a couple of years ago, and supporting Muse in Plymouth last weekend.

Saw them open for QOTSA my favorite bit of the entire show!

The sounds he gets out of his bass reminds me of some Queens of the Stone Age songs.

@lindacoy7165

Жыл бұрын

Mike has said QOTSA is one of his influences. Josh has produced at least one song of theirs as well. And Mike was part of Josh’s Desert Sessions the last time. He sang a song called “Crucifire”. It’s great!

@thequadglaser1983

Жыл бұрын

@@lindacoy7165 I shall give them a listen, I've heard their name just never checked them out.

@samuelpett6658

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@lindacoy7165 boilermaker is the song josh helped with.

I think they'd be very happy if we can all clap a little.

@lindacoy7165

Жыл бұрын

💀

@burtbackattack

Жыл бұрын

😂

This is the kind of video I love from you, Justin! Thanks for another fun, entertaining and informative video. I'd never heard Royal Blood's music before, and now I am going to go check out their ouvre.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

“Lights Out,” “Figure It Out,” and “Ten Tonne Skeleton” are really good songs.

@musiciansteve7785

Жыл бұрын

And “Where Are You Now”, “You Want Me”, “Loose Change”, “Look Like You Know” and “Mad Visions”

@paulb4744

Жыл бұрын

I agreed. His videos show me so much music I’d have never given a listen to before.

Yes, it is cool, i liked it very much. An your analysis of course! In other hand today Extreme has launched a new single, it sounds really good...Nuno said that it is his favourite solo in the uncoming album. And finally, i already got the JHRA ultimate mug... Wonderful! You cut your hair isn't it? You look handsome!

You, sir, are a gentleman and an entertainer 👏

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 FUCK YEAH!!!! THE DARKNESS ON TED LASSO. RED SPEEDO! NEATO!!! 😊

I love how the light/rhythm pulses in the RB video flash Justin Hawkins picture-in-picture 😂😂 --that, and how he heard the drums and bass Love Hungry Man. I want a version where they just replace the tracks with him singing those parts.

Great video, what a TUNE - would love to hear what you think of some Ocean Colour Scene!!

Nice one!👍 Thank you Justin! Now I got "Figure it out" by Royal Blood stuck in my head instead of Crazy babies🤪😅 13:04 We love you too🫶😘😊

@raquelsnt

Жыл бұрын

When i watched it, this thing about "crazy baby" i thought that, at least, in this case they use real words, because there is a reaggeton song where they finish all words in "onsky" and they simply add "onsky" in every word they use... 😂...

Satisfying, yes! Love it. Nice one. Thx. 😊

Didja see the Darkness t- shirt in the final episode of Ted Lasso?

Nice promo in Ted Lasso, its probably an outfit that you have worn on stage sometime in the past 😊

Add Crown Lands to the list of duos - power duo to be precise - that are awesome!

Should’ve discussed Royal Blood’s set at Radio Ones Big Weekend, funniest interaction with a crowd I’ve seen in a long time.

That was awesome and have never heard them before.

I just love their music and the cool way they produce it. Definitely gotta check if any other bands did that with a bass. And the amount of sounds you can make with 2 instruments just amazes me.

@deetcool7267

Жыл бұрын

Check out Death from above 1979. They've been doing bass and drums for years. I think they might have quit by now coz they go back to the 90s.

@phoenixgirl70

Жыл бұрын

@@deetcool7267 Oh yeah I’ve heard of them and the 90’s was one of my favorite eras of music. So I sure I’ve heard them but I’ll check them out again. Thanks!

@gezi0752

Жыл бұрын

Death From Above 1979, The Garden

@phoenixgirl70

Жыл бұрын

@@gezi0752 Thanks!

@SuziQ.

9 ай бұрын

I think you’d like cleopatrick. They toured with Royal Blood, and they’re inspired by RB.

M AC/DC 'tribute' band were called LA/DC if you like the play on words thing....Guess which metropolitan area we were from...

Mate! Off the scale/wall sense of humour! Love your YT channel. Keep doin wot u do!

just a suggestion from an okie girl here (girl from Oklahoma) have u heard of Sleep Token ??? maybe review or react to some of their music ....i think u will like them ...but who knows until u listen for urself ...i'd watch that video in a heartbeat ...i think u have a great view about music and ur sooo knowledgeable about a lot of things pertaining to music theory ... i think sleep token is right up ur alley to pick apart in a teaching way ...plus it's really good music and very refreshing to hear a new type of genre if that's what they trying to do also b/c there's not really anyone/bands I've heard of to mix so many genres into one song and make it work and or transition so smoothly for it to make sense...maybe it could inspire u or maybe not either way i wanted to suggest them for awhile ...i want to hear from someone who knows music (like you do )if sleep token is a good technical band or if its all hogwash LOL ...

You're in your element here, J-Dawg. I love these analyses. I'll be keeping an eye peeled and an ear open for Royal Blood. Thanks!

@SuziQ.

8 ай бұрын

They’re touring the states right now. I’m seeing them on the 27th.

@youreadyfreddie

8 ай бұрын

@@SuziQ. I saw them on the 19th and 22nd (October). They are brilliant and ferocious. You are in for a treat! Have a fantastic time.

@SuziQ.

8 ай бұрын

@@youreadyfreddie , Thank you. I think it will be fun. I’m bummed that they didn’t bring cleopatrick on this tour, but excited to see them live.

@youreadyfreddie

8 ай бұрын

You'll be in Auckland, then? Do the pre-show VIP meet and greet if you can. It's brilliant. So. Much. Fun.

@SuziQ.

8 ай бұрын

@@youreadyfreddie , I wish, but they’re playing at the Del Mar fairgrounds in San Diego.

Hi JH. Love the channel mate. Shades here from Pretty Maids. Think we’ve played Sweden Rock together. Thoughts on first couple Of Minutes of the last Ted Lasso episode. Meaning the Swag:-) keep up the great work. Best 🙏🙏🙏

Did any notice that The Darkness makes somewhat of a cameo in the final episode of Ted Lasso?

Keen to see his reaction to the 2nd single from Queens of the Stone Age! 🔥 Carnavoyeur!

You are doing good Justin Hawkins.

I thought it was common knowledge Mike plays bass lol. And he has the sound split on his bass, that’s why it sounds like there’s 2 or even 3 guitars. Mike also uses a bass Mattocaster which is the guitar shape Matt Bellamy from Muse uses, had designed and made for him by mansion guitars which Matt now owns.

Did you guys see the darkness T shirt that featured in the final of Ted lasso ?

Sounds like a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club covers band

Nice beatboxing, Justin. You should start a band.

That intro killed me!!! Laugh out loud funny

You have to check out the band 68' , they're a duo that rips!

How about Coach Beard wearing a The Darkness tee on the final episode of Ted Lasso? Epic. Made me smile. Love your channel enough to let you date my sister.

🎶🎸Crazy!!!🎸🎸🎸Babies!!!!🎸🎶 Sorry, It's stuck in my head since the last JHRA: The Jaws Of Victory, Pitfalls Of The Music Trade episode🤣 (what a riff😍)

@sah-win

Жыл бұрын

I liked that he seemed to sing it as “Baby Crazy” instead of “Crazy Baby”. Much different theme, haha!

@Rocksarum

Жыл бұрын

@@sah-win 😂😂😂

I liked that you mentioned jimmy page with the 3rds because Led zeppelin were one of the inspirations of royal blood when the first started the band 👍

I think this song is interesting, and a development in their sound, because Mike is actually playing chords on the bass in this song. I think his signature orange Fender is half guitar strings, half bass strings, which would lend itself to the chord playing tekkers

I heard part of Kiss's Duece when you were playing.

Ah, the good stuff.

Lol..shut the door and set fire to it

Typhoons was a *fantastic* album T_T (the 'disco experimentation' in question)

Cracking band RB, you should do some of their earlier stuff!!

Cowboy shirt buttons whipping the finish of a classical guitar are like Levis 501 rivets scouring the paintwork of a classic Aston Martin DB5. Really harsh on surfaces. Speaking of rivets, Royal Blood are a riveting band. The intro would mix well with D&B music.

Anyone else feel like Royal Blood is basically a modern Local H? Hybridized bass/guitar and drum combo. The difference being while Kerr obviously doesn't try for the power-pissed post-grunge vocals Lucas can employ, they reintroduce a lot of mid oughts style like when Franz Ferdinand and the Hives and Vines were big.

@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191

Жыл бұрын

Not really in my book. They are more of a mix of The White Stripes and QOTSA (Royal Blood were inspired by those acts)

Hey Justin. Did you catch The Darkness shirt on Ted Lasso?

Gotta give this a good listen. Certain vocals lines remind me of Corrosion of Conformity in a strange kind of way.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

“Lights Out” and “Ten Tonne Skeleton” rock.

"Who likes rock music?" 🤣🤣🤣

"shut the doors and set fire to it i say" 🤣🤣

As soon as he mentioned rollercoaster records, I instantly thought of Queen haha

I wonder what the crowd in Dundee at the weekend thought about it?!

@croggerobber

Жыл бұрын

Not much apparently 😂

@theritchie2173

Жыл бұрын

To be fair it was Dundee. That being said, they did come across as being complete bellends. I suppose we all have our off moments, maybe they were still in a bad mood from being completely unimpressed by the catering in the green room.

@Dennis_Swan

Жыл бұрын

@@theritchie2173 i was there and me and my friends all saw it as a big joke and loved the set but then again we’re all musicians so we understand what it’s like to have a shit crowd

🤘

@SuziQ.

7 ай бұрын

You guys rocked Del Mar! 🔥

Off topic, and I know you’ve already done 2 sleep token vids, but you might want to have a listen to Ascensionism or Take me back to Eden. Pretty epic and a lot of variety within the tracks.

Wow, is that actually superior to "The Ocean" by augmenting the chords? Nice work, Royal Blood!

Did anyone else notice that in the finale of Ted Lasso, coach Beard is wearing a The Darkness tee-shirt in the opening scene? Irrelevant to this video, but still cool.

@phoenixgirl70

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was great! And I hope it made a bunch of people think about the Darkness and how good they are and thinking I gotta pull my records out again!

Royal blood are my favourite ever band fun fact

Dude the last track on highway to hell is night prowler, sesh, remember "shazbot nanu nanu", best album sign off ever.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

You read my mind.

Hearing a little KISS Strutter in there...

Justin can i ask a question, have you ever met Ricky Gervais and if so how was it? I listen to a lot of his old radio stuff and podcasts most evenings when i goto sleep (not due to it being boring) and when he plays your songs on the radio show frequently he always says glowing things about how much he loves your music.

Surprised to learn that the last track of Highway to Hell was Love Hungry Man? Always thought Night Prowler was the last track on that AC/DC album. Also worth mentioning that by 1980 disco was considered dead, and in the Eighties electronic dance music emerged. Cannot really say the 'E' took me out of my 'familiarity' because Mountains At Midnight clearly uses the key of E. Do not think that Blur is actually modern punk, rather, modern pop-punk has it origins in bands like Green Day. Drums as near as I could count are beating out common time. Nice to see Royal Blood on JHRA.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

Night Prowler _is_ the last song. Love Hungry Man is the second to last. I’ve got the album. Edit to add: Thank you for helping me remember which song ended in “Shazbot nanu nanu”! It’s been bugging me for weeks.

Apparently, they are Royal Blood and they play rock music?

'Bout time Justin. Big, big fan of this band since the first record. Their last album my least fav but this new stuff sounds great so far. They bring it live too.

Sounds like old BRMC whatever happened to my rock and roll

Big Wreck....Big Wreck....Big Wreck.... pls god..... Big Wreck

Paradise Lost went through a journey of genres as well.

@rupe82

Жыл бұрын

But thankfully they returned to what they are good at.

It is 😎 cool

NGL, I was hoping to see JH review the new Extreme song "Other side of the rainbow" tonight and watch the meltdown in real time. #IYKYK

The beginning sounds a lot like, the band: PRIMUS- whyona Got a Big Brown beaver…

Eeeeek hello!! I think I’m Kind of first!!’ Much love as always as u hopefully know 😬😬😬😬😏💗💗💗💗

Now I've got to go listen to Love Hungry Man.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

The last song on Highway to Hell is “Night Prowler”. (“Shazbot, nanu nanu” is at the end of the song.) Edit to add: “Love Hungry Man” is track 9 on Highway to Hell.

423,000🎉