Guitarist
Todd Youth (
MURPHY'S LAW,
D-GENERATION,
DANZIG) has launched two new bands,
THE ROYAL HIGHNESS and
CAPRICORN.
Commented
Youth: "
THE ROYAL HIGHNESS is my new band. All the members have worked together before.
Skye (lead vocals, ex-
BULLETS AND OCTANE) had been in
THE CHELSEA SMILES and sang on the last
SON OF SAM record that I did.
Karl Rosqvist has played drums on almost everything I've done the past few years (
SON OF SAM,
THE CHELSEA SMILES,
CAPRICORN,
DANZIG touring drummer in 2006),
Johnny Martin (bass) was also in the
SMILES,and I know
RJ Ronquillo (guitar) from doing session work; he's an amazing musician and has played with
Stevie Wonder,
Santana and
Ricky Martin, to name a few, but he's a Detroit rock and roller at heart! He also did the last
SMILES tour of the U.K."
He added, "We wanted to have a fresh start without all the baggage that came with
THE CHELSEA SMILES (bad record deals, bad management, etc.), so we wrote all new material and I couldn't be happier."
THE ROYAL HIGHNESS is currently in the studio recording its debut album with producer
Howard Willing (
SMASHING PUMKINS,
OK GO,
CHEAP TRICK). The band will also make its live debut on December 4 at the Viper Room in West Hollywood, California as the support act for
FIREBALL MINISTRY.
THE ROYAL HIGHNESS has one track up on its
MySpace page, and the first 500 people who e-mail the band at theroyalhighnessband@gmail.com will receive a free MP3 of the song
"Two Steps Back".
CAPRICORN is a project that
Youth and
MONSTER MAGNET guitarist
Phil Caivano have been working on for a while and which was originally set to feature ex-
MOTÖRHEAD drummer
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and former
NASHVILLE PUSSY bassist
Corey Parks.
"I've been trying to get
CAPRICORN off the ground ever since I filled in on guitar for
MOTÖRHEAD on the
'Hammered' tour," said
Youth. "We finally made it into the studio last month and recorded a few songs."
CAPRICORN, whose music is described by
Youth as "killer dirty, speed-freak rock 'n' roll," will release a seven-inch single on the Swedish label
Deleted Art.
"After a couple of false starts, we decided to record it as a trio with
Phil and myself doing all the guitars and bass, along with my right-hand man
Karl Rosqvist on drums," said
Youth.
You can hear two songs from
CAPRICORN on the band's
MySpace page.
THE ROYAL HIGHNESS:
CAPRICORN:
