Royseven
Encyclopedia
Royseven are a six-piece alternative rock
band from Dublin
, Ireland
. Their debut album The Art of Insincerity
was released in October 2006. The band received the Hope for 2007 award at the 2007 Meteor Awards
.
Royseven's influences vary from Muse
, The Doors
, Led Zeppelin
, and Jeff Buckley
to Pink Floyd
, Rufus Wainwright
, Keane and The Beatles
. They have enjoyed considerable success in Germany
and played both Oxegen 2007
and Bud Rising in Ireland during 2007.
. They were the first unsigned act to do so. In the summer of 2005, Royseven signed a deal with Universal Music Group
. Their debut album, The Art of Insincerity
, was recorded in Grouse Lodge
studios and was released in Ireland in October 2006. It was produced by Marc Carolan in 2005. Marc is the front of house engineer
for Muse
. It was released in Germany and other German-speaking countries in May, with slightly different packaging.
Royseven performed at Oxegen 2007
and supported Kaiser Chiefs
and The Fratellis
at Bud Rising in Marlay Park
in August 2007. Crash
was released on September 14, 2007 the fourth single taken from their The Art of Insincerity album.
" which was released on Friday 11 March in Ireland. The album peaked at number 15 in the Irish Music Charts.
The Album is to be released in Germany in January 2012.
Royseven have performed tracks from the album at various summer festivals including Oxegen 2011
, Waterfront Festival, Tall ships Waterford,and The Rose Of Tralee
festival.
Royseven confirmed on their Facebook
page that their first single is called "Killer" and the second "We Should Be Lovers". Killer was released in mid November in Germany.
Royseven have released Dance and No Romance as their 3rd and 4th singles from the album.
On the 17th of August 2011, almost 6 months after the album's release, You say, We say reached the number 1 spot on the iTunes
download list.
Paul Walsh, (Lead vocals) and chief songwriter grew up in Clonmel
County Tipperary
in a family of musicians and performers (his father was a showband
saxophonist and clarinet player).
Paul studied the piano as a child and started playing the guitar at twelve years of age; it was then that he started writing songs.
He joined his first original band (Swerve
) at the age of fourteen and played with them for four years.
During his teenage years he also performed character roles in over 15 musicals and plays and undertook voice training at the Leinster School of Music.
He relocated to London
to attend university where he continued to receive formal voice training. He moved to Dublin to join Jove
. Over the years he has presented various shows for RTE including TTV and Off the wall
Sam Garland, (Lead guitar) started playing the guitar at the age of 9. He studied classical guitar from the age of 13 to 20. He then continued his studies in the Dublin Institute of Technology
for two years majoring in classical guitar and piano attaining a grade certificate in classical guitar performance and sight reading. He travelled to California
in 2000 for a year where he met guitar-smith Tom Anderson. He then completed a sound engineering course at the Sound Training Centre, Dublin achieving two City and Guilds diplomas with distinctions.
He had been working as a sound engineer for four years in the factory studios in Dublin, while also performing and rehearsing in various bands. He is an identical twin.
Eamonn Barrett, (Rhythm guitar) comes from a family of musicians.
He is a self taught guitar player who has featured in several original bands. He also played with Velveteen
at the Manchester
in the City Festival where they were voted one of the top ten bands at the festival by NME
.
In addition, played and released with the Lost Poets including performances in the Olympia
and the Point Theatre
in Dublin. Eamonn toured the East Coast
of the United States
with the Brilliant Trees
in 1998.
He is also a popular DJ in Dublin city and has performed in the Red Box and the Morrison hotel to name but a few. He appeared in a recent Guinness
Draught advert as part of a worldwide PR campaign for the drinks company.
Bernard O'Neill, (Bass) is a qualified sound engineer. He started playing the bass guitar when he was thirteen and was in a band called Maened for five years.
At the age of 19 he went to Pulse recording college and qualified with a City and Guilds Certificate in Sound Engineering (basic and advanced).
Bernard performed with Jenny Linfors on her first album and toured with her for three years.
He was the production manager at the Factory Studios in Dublin. Bernard has engineered such bands and musicians as: The Corrs
, Elvis Costello
, Nick Cave
, Bob Dylan
, Sarah McLachlan
, Britney Spears
and Van Morrison
- all in his capacity at the Factory Studios.
Paul O'Hara, (Keyboard) started playing the piano at the age of fourteen. He is self taught and has played with Housebroken (led by The Commitments
actor Robert Arkins
) - who won the Sunday World
Band of the Year Competition - and with Liquid Wheel who won a hot press award for Dance act of the year. Lego has recorded in Rac Studios and Windmill Lane Studios
in Dublin.
In total he has performed on two albums and three EPS (reaching the top twenty in Ireland and the Cool Cuts Charts in the UK
). Lego has performed at Féile
, Oxegen
and the Point Depot
in Dublin. In addition he has played on the same bill as Moby
, David Holmes
and Carl Cox
in the SFX, Dublin.
Darragh Oglesby, (Drums) is a fourth generation drummer. He started playing drums in the world famous Artane Boys Band at the age of seven, where he remained for ten years, studying percussion and xylophone. During these years in performed in Carnegie Hall
, Rushka Stadium (in Moscow
), Sky Dome in Toronto
and on Irish National television on several occasions. In addition he played support percussion for INXS
and Perry Como
when they visited Ireland. He toured Ireland with tribute bands for two years before joining jove. Dazzy also plays the piano and guitar and has studied at the Walton School of Music in Dublin. His favorite colour is red.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band from Dublin
County Dublin
County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. Their debut album The Art of Insincerity
The Art of Insincerity
-Track listing:- External links :* Official sites: * *...
was released in October 2006. The band received the Hope for 2007 award at the 2007 Meteor Awards
2007 Meteor Awards
The 2007 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the Point Theatre, Dublin on Thursday, 1 February 2007. It was the seventh edition of Ireland's national music awards and the last to be held at the Point before it shut for redevelopment...
.
Royseven's influences vary from Muse
Muse (band)
Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...
, The Doors
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
, Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
, and Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
to Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
, Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
, Keane and The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
. They have enjoyed considerable success in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and played both Oxegen 2007
Oxegen 2007
Oxegen '07 was the fourth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Saturday, 7 July and Sunday, 8 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. The festival was headlined by Muse and Snow...
and Bud Rising in Ireland during 2007.
Formation, debut album (2003-2009)
Royseven came together in September 2003 and were then known as Jove. They were prominent on the Dublin music scene for a couple of years. In March 2005 they headlined and sold out the Olympia Theatre, DublinOlympia Theatre, Dublin
The Olympia Theatre is a concert hall/theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located in Dame Street.-History:Built in 1879, it was originally called the "Star of Erin Music Hall". Two years later in 1881, it was renamed "Dan Lowrey's Music Hall" and was renamed again in 1889 to "Dan Lowrey's Palace of...
. They were the first unsigned act to do so. In the summer of 2005, Royseven signed a deal with Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
. Their debut album, The Art of Insincerity
The Art of Insincerity
-Track listing:- External links :* Official sites: * *...
, was recorded in Grouse Lodge
Grouse Lodge
Grouse Lodge is a recording studio in County Westmeath, Ireland. Designed by Andy Munro it has two studios and living quarters in nine stone outhouses, integrating the existing 275 year old stone structure...
studios and was released in Ireland in October 2006. It was produced by Marc Carolan in 2005. Marc is the front of house engineer
Front of House
Front of house is primarily a theatrical term, referring to the portion of the building that is open to the public. In theatre and live music venues, it typically refers to the auditorium and foyer, as opposed to the stage and backstage areas...
for Muse
Muse (band)
Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...
. It was released in Germany and other German-speaking countries in May, with slightly different packaging.
Royseven performed at Oxegen 2007
Oxegen 2007
Oxegen '07 was the fourth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Saturday, 7 July and Sunday, 8 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. The festival was headlined by Muse and Snow...
and supported Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 1996. They were named after the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs....
and The Fratellis
The Fratellis
The Fratellis were an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli , bass guitarist Barry Fratelli , and drummer and backing vocalist Mince Fratelli .The band released 2 albums during their career, Costello Music in 2006 and Here We Stand in...
at Bud Rising in Marlay Park
Marlay Park
Marlay Park is a suburban public park located in Rathfarnham in the administrative area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, in Co. Dublin, Ireland. Lying about nine kilometres from Dublin city centre. The parkland comprises woodlands, ponds and walks...
in August 2007. Crash
Crash (Royseven song)
"Crash" is a song by the Irish alternative rock sestet, Royseven, found on their debut album, The Art of Insincerity. The song was released as their debut single in Germany in January 2007 and in Ireland as their fourth single on September 14, 2007....
was released on September 14, 2007 the fourth single taken from their The Art of Insincerity album.
Second album (2010 - present)
Royseven have completed the recording of their second album "You Say, We SayYou Say, We Say
You Say, We Say is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band Royseven. It was released in Ireland on March 11, 2011. It was preceded by the lead single, "Killer" on November 19, 2010 and it was followed by second single "We Should Be Lovers" on February 19, 2011...
" which was released on Friday 11 March in Ireland. The album peaked at number 15 in the Irish Music Charts.
The Album is to be released in Germany in January 2012.
Royseven have performed tracks from the album at various summer festivals including Oxegen 2011
Oxegen 2011
Oxegen 2011 was the eighth Oxegen festival to take place since 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 8 July, Saturday, 9 July and Sunday, 10 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland...
, Waterfront Festival, Tall ships Waterford,and The Rose Of Tralee
The Rose of Tralee
The Rose of Tralee festival is an international competition which is celebrated among Irish communities all over the world. The festival takes its inspiration from a nineteenth century ballad of the same name about a woman called Mary, who because of her beauty was called The Rose of Tralee. The...
festival.
Royseven confirmed on their Facebook
Facebook
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page that their first single is called "Killer" and the second "We Should Be Lovers". Killer was released in mid November in Germany.
Royseven have released Dance and No Romance as their 3rd and 4th singles from the album.
On the 17th of August 2011, almost 6 months after the album's release, You say, We say reached the number 1 spot on the iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
download list.
Support slots
- Royseven supported CodesCodes (band)Codes are an Irish indie electronic quartet from Dublin, consisting of Daragh Anderson, Eoin Stephens, Paul Reilly and Raymond Hogge. Their debut album Trees Dream in Algebra was nominated for the 2010 Choice Music Prize...
& The CoronasThe CoronasThe Coronas are an Irish rock and indie band. They have released three studio albums, Heroes or Ghosts , Tony Was An Ex-Con and "Closer to You"...
in November and December 2010, and in August 2011. - Royseven supported American pop rock band OneRepublicOneRepublicOneRepublic is an American pop rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by Ryan Tedder and Zach Filkins, the band achieved massive success on MySpace, becoming the most prominent unsigned act on the website then...
in the German cites of DortmundDortmundDortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
and MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
on April 24 & 25, 2011. - Royseven supported The Kaiser Chiefs in the Olympia on the 23rd of August 2011.
Members
Clonmel
Clonmel is the county town of South Tipperary in Ireland. It is the largest town in the county. While the borough had a population of 15,482 in 2006, another 17,008 people were in the rural hinterland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian army which sacked both...
County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
in a family of musicians and performers (his father was a showband
Irish showband
The Irish Showband was a dance band format which was popular in Ireland during the early rock and roll era from mid 1950s to the late 1970s. The showband was based on the internationally popular six or seven piece dance band. The band's basic repertoire included standard dance numbers and cover...
saxophonist and clarinet player).
Paul studied the piano as a child and started playing the guitar at twelve years of age; it was then that he started writing songs.
He joined his first original band (Swerve
Swerve
Swerve, by the Coca-Cola Company, was a flavored and vitamin-fortified dairy drink introduced in 2003. It contained 51% skim milk, was sweetened by a blend of sugar and sucralose, and provided 30% of the Recommended Daily Allowance of Vitamins A, C & D and Calcium...
) at the age of fourteen and played with them for four years.
During his teenage years he also performed character roles in over 15 musicals and plays and undertook voice training at the Leinster School of Music.
He relocated to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to attend university where he continued to receive formal voice training. He moved to Dublin to join Jove
JOVE
JOVE is an open-source, Emacs-like text editor, primarily intended for Unix-like operating systems. It also supports MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. JOVE was inspired by Gosling Emacs but is much smaller and simpler, lacking Mocklisp...
. Over the years he has presented various shows for RTE including TTV and Off the wall
Sam Garland, (Lead guitar) started playing the guitar at the age of 9. He studied classical guitar from the age of 13 to 20. He then continued his studies in the Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology was established officially in 1992 under the but had been previously set up in 1978 on an ad-hoc basis. The institution can trace its origins back to 1887 with the establishment of various technical institutions in Dublin, Ireland...
for two years majoring in classical guitar and piano attaining a grade certificate in classical guitar performance and sight reading. He travelled to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
in 2000 for a year where he met guitar-smith Tom Anderson. He then completed a sound engineering course at the Sound Training Centre, Dublin achieving two City and Guilds diplomas with distinctions.
He had been working as a sound engineer for four years in the factory studios in Dublin, while also performing and rehearsing in various bands. He is an identical twin.
He is a self taught guitar player who has featured in several original bands. He also played with Velveteen
Velveteen
Velveteen is a cloth made in imitation of velvet. Normally cotton, the term is sometimes applied to a mixture of silk and cotton. Some velveteens are a kind of fustian, having a rib of velvet pile alternating with a plain depression. This fabric has a pile that is short , and is closely set. It has...
at the Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
in the City Festival where they were voted one of the top ten bands at the festival by NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
.
In addition, played and released with the Lost Poets including performances in the Olympia
Olympia Theatre, Dublin
The Olympia Theatre is a concert hall/theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located in Dame Street.-History:Built in 1879, it was originally called the "Star of Erin Music Hall". Two years later in 1881, it was renamed "Dan Lowrey's Music Hall" and was renamed again in 1889 to "Dan Lowrey's Palace of...
and the Point Theatre
Point Theatre
The Point Theatre was a concert and events venue in Ireland, that ran from 1988–2007, enjoyed by in excess of 2 million people. It was located on the North Wall Quay of the River Liffey, amongst the Dublin Docklands...
in Dublin. Eamonn toured the East Coast
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with the Brilliant Trees
Brilliant Trees
Brilliant Trees is the debut solo album by British singer/songwriter David Sylvian, released in 1984.-History:Produced by Sylvian with Steve Nye, it was his first full length release after the break-up of his band Japan in late 1982. The album peaked at no.4 in the UK, the highest chart position of...
in 1998.
He is also a popular DJ in Dublin city and has performed in the Red Box and the Morrison hotel to name but a few. He appeared in a recent Guinness
Guinness
Guinness is a popular Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at St. James's Gate, Dublin. Guinness is directly descended from the porter style that originated in London in the early 18th century and is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide, brewed in almost...
Draught advert as part of a worldwide PR campaign for the drinks company.
Bernard O'Neill, (Bass) is a qualified sound engineer. He started playing the bass guitar when he was thirteen and was in a band called Maened for five years.
At the age of 19 he went to Pulse recording college and qualified with a City and Guilds Certificate in Sound Engineering (basic and advanced).
Bernard performed with Jenny Linfors on her first album and toured with her for three years.
He was the production manager at the Factory Studios in Dublin. Bernard has engineered such bands and musicians as: The Corrs
The Corrs
The Corrs are an Irish band which combine pop rock with traditional Celtic folk music. The brother and sisters are from Dundalk, Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea ; Sharon ; Caroline ; and Jim .The Corrs came to international prominence with their performance at the...
, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
, Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
, Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
and Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
- all in his capacity at the Factory Studios.
Paul O'Hara, (Keyboard) started playing the piano at the age of fourteen. He is self taught and has played with Housebroken (led by The Commitments
The Commitments (film)
The Commitments , the soundtrack for the film, was released on 13 Aug 1991. "Mustang Sally" was released as a single. Most of the songs on the album are performed by the cast band, but two are by Irish singer Niamh Kavanagh.-Track listing:-Chart positions:-The Commitments, Vol...
actor Robert Arkins
Robert Arkins
Robert Arkins is an Irish musician and actor, best known for his role as Jimmy Rabbitte, manager of the eponymous soul band in the 1991 film The Commitments, by director Alan Parker.- References :...
) - who won the Sunday World
Sunday World
The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Sunday Newspapers Limited, a division of Independent News and Media. It is the largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland and is also sold in Northern Ireland .-Origins:The Sunday World was Ireland's first tabloid newspaper...
Band of the Year Competition - and with Liquid Wheel who won a hot press award for Dance act of the year. Lego has recorded in Rac Studios and Windmill Lane Studios
Windmill Lane Studios
Windmill Lane Studios, also known as the "U2 studio", is a three-storey music recording studio located in Dublin, Ireland. It is located on Windmill Lane, a small street just south of City Quay and the River Liffey and a little north of Pearse Station. It was opened in 1978 by Brian Masterson who...
in Dublin.
In total he has performed on two albums and three EPS (reaching the top twenty in Ireland and the Cool Cuts Charts in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
). Lego has performed at Féile
Féile Festival
Féile was a music festival held in the Republic of Ireland between 1990 and 1997. Most years it was in Semple Stadium in Thurles, North Tipperary, hence the nicknamed of "TheTrip to Tipp". In 1995, it was held in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork city; Féile 96 was indoors at the Point Depot in Dublin. ...
, Oxegen
Oxegen
Oxegen is an annual music festival in Ireland held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. As of 2007, 2008, 2009, the festival has been cited as Ireland's biggest music festival. And by 2009, the festival is cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland. It was previously...
and the Point Depot
Point Theatre
The Point Theatre was a concert and events venue in Ireland, that ran from 1988–2007, enjoyed by in excess of 2 million people. It was located on the North Wall Quay of the River Liffey, amongst the Dublin Docklands...
in Dublin. In addition he has played on the same bill as Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
, David Holmes
David Holmes (musician)
David Holmes is a Northern Irish DJ, musician and composer.-Career:Holmes began djing in Belfast from the age of 15. His first hit was the song "DeNiro", with Ashley Beedle, in 1992. In the early to mid 1990s he ran two club nights in the Belfast Art College known as Sugar Sweet and Shake Yer Brain...
and Carl Cox
Carl Cox
Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...
in the SFX, Dublin.
Darragh Oglesby, (Drums) is a fourth generation drummer. He started playing drums in the world famous Artane Boys Band at the age of seven, where he remained for ten years, studying percussion and xylophone. During these years in performed in Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
, Rushka Stadium (in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
), Sky Dome in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and on Irish National television on several occasions. In addition he played support percussion for INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
and Perry Como
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
when they visited Ireland. He toured Ireland with tribute bands for two years before joining jove. Dazzy also plays the piano and guitar and has studied at the Walton School of Music in Dublin. His favorite colour is red.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| IRL Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
||
| 2006 | The Art of Insincerity The Art of Insincerity -Track listing:- External links :* Official sites: * *...
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| 2011 | You Say, We Say You Say, We Say You Say, We Say is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band Royseven. It was released in Ireland on March 11, 2011. It was preceded by the lead single, "Killer" on November 19, 2010 and it was followed by second single "We Should Be Lovers" on February 19, 2011... Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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Singles
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| 2006 | "Older Older (Royseven song) "Older" is a song by the Irish alternative rock sestet, Royseven, found on their debut album, The Art of Insincerity. The song was released as their debut Irish single in September 2006, entering the Irish Singles Chart on September 14 where it reached #6 for two weeks. -External links:* *... " |
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| "Crash Crash (Royseven song) "Crash" is a song by the Irish alternative rock sestet, Royseven, found on their debut album, The Art of Insincerity. The song was released as their debut single in Germany in January 2007 and in Ireland as their fourth single on September 14, 2007.... " |
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| 2007 | "I'm Revived I'm Revived "I'm Revived" is a song by the Irish alternative rock sestet, Royseven, found on their debut album, The Art of Insincerity. The song was released as their third Irish single in February 2007, entering the Irish Singles Chart on February 15 where it reached #26 and spent one week. -External links:* *... " |
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| 2010 | "Killer" | — | You Say, We Say |
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Awards
- On February 1, 2007, Royseven received the Hope for 2007 award at the 2007 Meteor Awards2007 Meteor AwardsThe 2007 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the Point Theatre, Dublin on Thursday, 1 February 2007. It was the seventh edition of Ireland's national music awards and the last to be held at the Point before it shut for redevelopment...
. - Royseven won the Best Band Award at the Balcony Tv Awards 2007.
- Royseven won "Best Newcomer For Rock" award at the 2011 VW Sound Foundation.