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Royal Bliss at photoshoot royalblissvideos 1,190 views Footage from our photo shoot with Justin Grant in Salt Lake City, UT on January 20, 2011 www.justingrantphotography.com www.royalbliss.com
I Got This live at The Depot royalblissvideos 2,003 views Live at the Depot in Salt Lake City for our annual pre-Thanksgiving show
Here They Come at The Depot royalblissvideos 900 views
Idaho Falls, ID January '11 royalblissvideos 902 views
ROYAL BLISS @THE DEPOT 11/24/10 royalblissvideos 812 views Created on December 2, 2010 using FlipShare.
Royal Bliss Quincy, IL 9.24.10 royalblissvideos 1,175 views Tour footage from Royal Bliss in Quincy, Illinois on September 24, 2010.
I Was Drunk in Missoula, MT 9.10 royalblissvideos 399 views Missoula, MT September 2010
Royal Bliss "I Got This" Live In Reno, NV 8/30/10 royalblissvideos 7,051 views brand new song by RB filmed by Greg Kendrick
RB in the studio royalblissvideos 284 views In the studio running through some songs for the
RBTV-Cookin' in the middle with Neal - Breakfast Burrito royalblissvideos 736 views The 1st of many videos posted by Royal Bliss and friends for the new TV program RBTV. Stay Tuned!

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Royal Bliss is modern rock with equal parts beauty and tragedy. The band has already been through enough to justify their own VH1 Behind The Music episode complete with addiction, near death experiences, car crashes, and lawsuits.

Hailing from Salt Lake City, Royal Bliss gradually came together after high school when guitarist Chris Harding stumbled into a pizza parlor where frontman Neal Middleton was playing a solo gig. "I told Chris I would love to sing in a band and he invited me to jam with his band at a rehearsal" says Middleton. "That night we instantly clicked and wrote four songs." The next day Middleton dropped out of college and quit his day job to pursue the rock n roll dream.

In 2004, the band started to generate major label interest, but it all came to a halt when Middleton was seriously injured in a near fatal accident that left him paralyzed in a wheel chair. After months of rehabilitation, Middleton miraculously got back on his feet and was able to walk again; though he still has only partial feeling in his right leg. The band regrouped and decided to push forward. They headed back into the studio for some of the most grueling studio sessions they have ever encountered.

During the recording, tragedy ambushed the band again. Drummer Jake Smith flipped his car five times after leaving the studio one night and Harding sliced his face in half while skiing.

"It was crazy" states Richards. "Jake had just finished recording his drum tracks when he left the studio the night of the accident and I actually went with Chris on the skiing trip. I was skiing a different slope, so I didn't even realize that it happened until I saw him with his jaw wired shut."

After the smoke cleared, the band finally released their independent debut--the appropriately titled "After The Chaos II". Combining elements of classic rock and modern indie rock, the band received rave reviews and played shows across the U.S. Supporting artists such as Kid Rock, Maroon 5, Hinder, Three Days Grace, and Buckcherry.

After the initial release of "After The Chaos II" in 2005, The Control Group, an independent record company out of Seattle picked up the record and gave them a nationwide distribution deal. Soon after, the albums single received significant airplay on a number of stations across the U.S. triggering an explosion of requests and sales. At one point, their album was selling #1 at the Gray Whale music store chain (outselling numbers 2-5 by a combined total of nearly 8 to 1). At that time Virgin Records president Jason Flom took notice and immediately signed them to his new Capitol Music Group Label under EMI in May 2007.

That summer the band headed off to Portland, OR to record their major label debut "Life In-Between" with producer Rob Daiker. After much anticipation the album is slated for release 01/13/09 on Merovingian Music / Caroline Records under exclusive license to Capitol Records.

"Working with Rob, we were finally able to record the way we wanted" states Middleton. "Our past recordings were done in a living room and a kitchen. This time around, we all recorded in the same room and captured the feel of the band". "There were multiple strip clubs to keep our head in the game" adds Richards with a smile.

"Life In-Between" is the band's most honest and personal material to date. "All of the songs are sculpted out of life's hard lessons." says Middleton. "We went in with 30 plus songs and narrowed the record down to 12."

The elements of life lie in the process and the adventure, these songs are the result of that journey, a place where tragedy and beauty can exist side by side, where every emotion is valid and every emotion is needed. Such is the essence of Royal Bliss.

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