Royal Republic

Royal Republic
Royal Republic, 2012, at a music festival in Germany
Background information
Origin	Malmö, Sweden
Genres	Garage rock, alternative rock, hard rock
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Cosmos Music Group Roadrunner Records
Website	http://www.royalrepublic.net
Members	Adam Grahn Hannes Irengård Jonas Almén Per Andreasson

Royal Republic is a Swedish garage rock band formed in Malmö in late 2007. The band consists of guitarist and lead singer Adam Grahn, guitarist Hannes Irengård, bass guitarist Jonas Almén and drummer Per Andreasson. They have won many music competitions in Sweden, including Emergenza festival. They are currently signed with Bonnier Amigo Music Group, OnFire Records and RoadRunner Records.

Their first album, We Are the Royal was recorded at Beach House Studios in Malmö, Sweden, with producer Anders Hallbäck. The album was completed in 2009 and was mixed at ToyTown Studios in Stockholm, Sweden by Stefan Glaumann (Rammstein, Europe, Def Leppard). The album was released in Sweden in February 2010 and was well received by critics, fans and rock radio stations. Their second album, titled Save the Nation was released in August 2012. The first 3 singles all reached #1 on Bandit Rock's "Most Wanted"-list, and "Tommy-Gun" was #1 on MTV Rockchart.

Discography

Studio albums

We Are the Royal (2010)

Released in Nordic countries in February, in the rest of Europe in September and in the United Kingdom on 21 March.

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Royal"	1:33
2.	"President's Daughter"	2:30
3.	"Walking Down The Line"	2:07
4.	"All Because Of You"	2:57
5.	"Good To Be Bad"	2:46
6.	"Full Steam Spacemachine"	3:28
7.	"Cry Baby Cry"	2:38
8.	"Tommy-Gun"	2:33
9.	"I Must Be Out Of My Mind"	2:00
10.	"Underwear"	2:01
11.	"21st Century Gentlemen"	3:07
12.	"The End"	2:30
13.	"OIOIOI"	4:48

Deluxe Version
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Take Me Alive"	3:11
15.	"Tommy-Gun (Acoustic)"	3:11
16.	"I Must Be Out Of My Mind (Acoustic)"	2:31

Save the Nation (2012)

Released on August 24.

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Save the Nation"	3:01
2.	"You Ain't Nobody ('til Somebody Hates You)"	3:00
3.	"Be My Baby"	2:37
4.	"Everybody Wants to Be an Astronaut"	3:04
5.	"Make Love Not War (If You Have to Make War - Make Sure to Make Time to Make Love in Between)"	2:27
6.	"Strangers Friends Lovers Strangers"	2:18
7.	"Addictive"	3:24
8.	"Molotov"	2:04
9.	"Punch Drunk Love"	1:51
10.	"Sailing Man"	3:47
11.	"Let Your Hair Down"	2:31
12.	"Revolution"	2:08

Deluxe Version
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Vicious"	1:34
14.	"I Don't Wanna Go Out" (X cover)	2:11
15.	"This Means War!!!" (hidden track)	0:54

Singles

• "All Because of You" (2009)
• "Tommy-Gun" (2010)
• "Underwear" (2010)
• "Full Steam Spacemachine" (2010)
• "Addictive" (2012)
• "Everybody Wants to Be an Astronaut" (2012)
• "When I See You Dance With Another" (2015)

Also available on several compilation CDs including:

• Bandit Rock #2 (2009) – disc 1, track 16
• Bandit Rock #3 (2010) – disc 1, track 8
• Sweden Rock #2 (2009) – disc 1, track 9
• Sweden Rock #3 (2010) – disc 1, track 3

Band members

• Adam Grahn – vocals, guitar
• Hannes Irengård – guitar, backing vocals
• Jonas Almén – bass guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on 'I Don't Wanna Go Out'
• Per Andreasson – drums, backing vocals

External links

• Royal Republic Official Page
• Official Royal Republic Page with Music and More