days ago Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators Announce Australian Dates for ‘The River Is Rising-Rest of the World Tour 2024’ Rival Sons announce Grammy museum performance and Q&A – Music News – ABC News Radio". abcnewsradioonline.com . Retrieved August 26, 2020. Jay Buchanan as Preacher throws dynamite verse in the Nobody Wants To Die video, the first single from DARKFIGHTER, from their own vintage cars; (Scott’s own 1956 Pontiac Chieftain and Jay’s 1982 Mercedes 300SD) while stunt-driving across the California dessert. In the latest video for new hit single Bird In The Hand the explosive consequences are contextualised with the video adding another vignette to the trilogy. Rival Sons – Sugar On The Bone (Official Video)". www.youtube.com. YouTube . Retrieved June 21, 2019.

Ten Classic Storm Thorgerson Album Cover Designs". Creative Bloq. April 19, 2013 . Retrieved April 7, 2018. Rival Sons Vocalist Says Band's Writing Process Is 'Just Like Farming': 'You Need To Shift And Constantly Find New Soil' ". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. November 23, 2018.That same year saw Rival Sons celebrate the 10 th anniversary of 2011’s PRESSURE AND TIME, by performing the landmark LP live in its entirety for the first time ever on the sold out “Pressure and Time Tour.” The band also presented a very special two-night livestream event, Pair Of Aces, which saw them performing 2009’s debut album, BEFORE THE FIRE, and 2010’s self-titled RIVAL SONS EP in their entirety live from the historic Catalina Casino on Santa Catalina Island off the coast of California.

The band has a long-standing, friendly and professional relationship with Grammy award-winning music producer Cobb, who has worked on all the band's albums and is often referred to as another member of the band. He is interested in simplicity in the recording and with the sound and vitality of real musicians in a room. [38] Cobb encourages and captures the vocal punch of the band's mainman, Jay Buchanan. "He's unbelievable, a one-take guy — done. It's such a pleasure, because then you can get wild with things. You can experiment when it doesn't take long for the singer to do his thing." [38] DARKFIGHTER(out June 2 nd) will be accompanied by companion volume, LIGHTBRINGER,arriving later this year. Both produced by long-time collaborator and 8x GRAMMY® Award-winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell). The two new LPs marks the first new music from Rival Sons in more than four years, following 2019’s critically acclaimed, GRAMMY® Award-nominated sixth studio album, FERAL ROOTS. Rival Sons are often compared to sounds of the 1970s yet they cite Prince, D'Angelo and The Roots as influences alongside Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. [40] Jay has listed artists from Joni Mitchell to Sly and the Family Stone amongst his influences, often stating Van Morrison as one of his heroes. "I can't overstate his influence on me as a writer and vocalist" – Louder Sound. [41] RIVAL SONS Film 'Keep On Swinging' Video". www.blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. August 10, 2012 . Retrieved December 21, 2018. With Darkfighter set for release on 2 June 2023, a companion volume Lightbringer will be released later in the year. This is the first new music from Rival Sons in more than four years, following 2019’s critically acclaimed GRAMMY® Award-nominated sixth studio album, Feral Roots. Rival Sons. Peoria Civic Center. Photo: Ben Tschetter/MetalTalk

Management [Business Management] – Beth Sabbagh, Chris Parks (8), David Weise & Associates, Laurie Davis (2) Shaffer, Claire (May 3, 2019). "Stone Temple Pilots, Rival Sons Announce Co-Headlining Tour". Rolling Stone . Retrieved August 26, 2020. Rival Sons have recorded regularly, releasing seven records in ten years. "Opting to keep the sound intact and very accurate as to deliver to the listener exactly what was happening in the room when we put it down" – Holiday, talking about the album Great Western Valkyrie. [36] [37] In March 2013 the band recorded for Billboard The Beat and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. On March 7, 2013, Rival Sons left on a tour of Europe supported by The Balconies. In April they toured the UK supported by The Graveltones and Ulysses culminating in a sold-out show at Shepherd's Bush Empire. Rival Sons also played a station session in St. Pancras, London, for the second time to raise money for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. RIVAL SONS: 'Face Of Light' Video Released". www.blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. April 30, 2012 . Retrieved December 21, 2018.

On February 27, 2018, it was officially announced that Rival Sons had signed on with Low Country Sound an imprint of Elektra run by Dave Cobb. [27]Judas Priest / Queensryche / Rival Sons Live | Features | Clash Magazine". Clashmusic.com. July 16, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. This and follow up album are all about light and shade, differences that were being forced on us by others and “Bird in the Hand” ties this all together in the Rival Sons 70s showcase. Lyrically you can feel the oppression and difficulties we all went through during that period. Offiziellecharts.de – Rival Sons – Darkfighter" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 9, 2023. In 2006 Holiday came across Buchanan while searching on MySpace for a singer. Drummer Michael Miley had previously worked with Buchanan (as well as having been in Veruca Salt and the Carson Daly TV show band) and he had met bassist Robin Everhart playing at a benefit concert at Isaac Hayes house for Hurricane Katrina in Long Beach. The union of Holiday, Buchanan, Everhart and Miley led to the formation of Rival Sons. With a large dose of humour and a devil-may-care attitude Bird In The Hand, directed by Kurt Kubicek, and written by Jay Buchanan and Scott Holiday, is a prequel for the deadly single, “ Nobody Wants To Die “ (dir. Eli Sokhn) and “ Rapture “ (dir. Kurt Kubicek), both streaming now at the official Rival Sons YouTube channel HERE.