The month of March is synonymous with one thing in Austin, Texas: South By Southwest. Each year, hipsters, hacks and industry pros descend upon the Lone Star State's Capital for a weeklong musical binge. From March 12-17, the landscape surrounding Austin's bar-dotted 6th Street will be clogged from noon to the wee morning hours...
Royal Thunder guitarist Josh Coleman (far left in the photo above) was rushed to the hospital in Indiana after he started throwing up blood while driving in the band's tour van earlier this week. The band was forced to cancel two shows this week as a result of Coleman's hospitalization...
Our friends at Brooklyn Vegan once described Atlanta psychedelic hard rock troupe Royal Thunder's music as ""Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde fronting Black Sabbath" and they nailed it. CVI, the group's upcoming debut album, sounds like it could have been released on a label like Harvest Records sometime in the mid-'70s...