ROYAL SCENE

The members of Royal Scene grew up in Michigan. They're mature enough to remember their parents spinning the Beatles, Stones, the Who, and Zeppelin and later, during formative early teen years, feeling the pull of Cheap Trick, AC/DC, the Cars, and Kiss. Further on, they dove headlong into the Replacements, Husker Du, and Dinosaur Jr. The common thread: guitars, songs, and hooks. Autumn leaves, rust, and Faygo Rock & Rye. Midwestern crunch pop* injected with doses of Americana and the Second British Invasion.

In the early '90s, Scott Owens (vocals/guitar), Blair Darling (bass), Randy Farlin (drums), Tim Marzorati (vocals/guitar) , and Marc Nischan (vocals/guitar) - childhood friends, high school classmates, and college buddies - started writing and playing gigs. They cut their teeth in a vibrant and supportive scene with East Lansing at the center of the bull's eye. Two of these intertwined projects, 19 Wheels and The dt's, signed deals with Aware/Columbia and Warner Chappel, recorded albums, and toured the country playing many hundreds of shows between them.

Fast forward to 2016 or so. "Hey. Let's play." The initial (re)connection was forged via Bastards of Young, a Replacements cover band. After playing a fistful of energetic, well-received shows the focus shifted. "Hey. Let's write..."

Royal Scene has released two EPs, "Meet You at the End" (2019) and "Dose" (2020), and are currently writing songs for a release in early 2022 on Phonophore Records.

*not soda