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Rival Sons

Rival Sons are an American rock band formed in Long Beach, California in 2009 and also affiliated with Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Jay Buchanan (lead vocals), Scott Holiday (guitar), Dave Beste (bass guitar) and Michael Miley (drums). In their most recent tour they were joined by keyboard player Jesse Nason, and Todd Ögren accompanied them…

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Genres
Blues rock · hard rock · classic rock revival
Labels
Earache · Warner Music Group · Atlantic · Elektra · Low Country Sound
Members
Jay Buchanan · Scott Holiday · Michael Miley · Dave Beste
Origin
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Past members
Robin Everhart Todd Ögren
Years active
2009 (2009)–present

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related to Great Western Valkyrie and Hollow Bones (2014–2017) · 33
Rival Sons → Aerosmith, Amidst, Atlantic, Canadian, Cobb, Europe, European Tour, Even, Finland, Germany, Great Western Valkyrie, Helsinki, In January, Isle, June, Lindsley, LP, Nashville, New York City, Northern Europe
related to EP, signing and worldwide release of second album Pressure & Time (2010–2011) · 27
Rival Sons → Aces, After, Angels, Before, Blues, Camden Barfly, Canadian Music Week, Digby Pearson, Earache, Earache Records, EP, European, February, Fire, Gene Simmons, HMV Next Big Thing, House, In March, November, Pressure
related to Formation and debut album Before the Fire (2006–2009) · 25
Rival Sons → All Understood, Atlantic Records, Black Summer Crush, Buchanan, California, Carson Daly TV, Drummer Michael Miley, Everhart, Harley Gilmore, He, Holiday, Hurricane Katrina, In, Isaac Hayes, Jay Buchanan, Long Beach, Michael Miley, Miley, MySpace, Robin Everhart
related to Style and influences · 17
Rival Sons → D'Angelo, Family Stone, Howlin' Wolf, Jay, Jay Buchanan's, Jeffery West, Joni Mitchell, Louder Sound, Muddy Waters, Prince, Ray Brown, Scott Holiday, Sly, The, The Roots, UK, Van Morrison
related to Signing to Atlantic Records and Feral Roots (2018–2021) · 14
Rival Sons → Best Hard Rock Album, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Performance, Dave Cobb, Elektra, Feral Roots, Grammy Awards, It, January, Low Country Sound, Metal Storm Award, On February, The, Too Bad
related to Songwriting and recording process · 9
Rival Sons → Dave Cobb, Great Western Valkyrie, Holiday, Opting, Pressure, Scott Holiday, Speaking, This, Time
related to Pair of Aces Live Albums · 8
Rival Sons → Aces, Before, Fire, In, June, Pair, Santa Catalina Island, The
related to Pressure & Time 10-Year Anniversary Tour (2021–2022) · 7
Rival Sons → At, Die, In, Nobody Wants, On, Pressure, Time
Labels · 5
Rival Sons → Atlantic, Earache, Elektra, Low Country Sound, Warner Music Group
Members · 4
Rival Sons → Dave Beste, Jay Buchanan, Michael Miley, Scott Holiday

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rival sons band tour album rock buchanan released time jay dave 2014 european cobb also long 2011 holiday darkfighter played

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Rival SonsGenresBlues rock1.00infobox
Rival SonsGenreshard rock1.00infobox
Rival SonsGenresclassic rock revival1.00infobox
Rival SonsLabelsEarache1.00infobox
Rival SonsLabelsWarner Music Group1.00infobox
Rival SonsLabelsAtlantic1.00infobox
Rival SonsLabelsElektra1.00infobox
Rival SonsLabelsLow Country Sound1.00infobox
Rival SonsMembersJay Buchanan1.00infobox
Rival SonsMembersScott Holiday1.00infobox
Rival SonsMembersMichael Miley1.00infobox
Rival SonsMembersDave Beste1.00infobox
Rival SonsOriginLong Beach, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Rival SonsPast membersRobin Everhart Todd Ögren1.00infobox
Rival SonsWebsiterivalsons.com1.00infobox
Rival SonsYears active2009 (2009)–present1.00infobox

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