They received some exposure when their song "Tell Me Something" was used in an ad campaign for Indy car racing, and the following year, they opened for some high-profile acts, including hard rock legends Alice Cooper and AC/DC. The band established their creative relationship with producer Dave Cobb from the very beginning, resulting in their self-released 2009 debut album, Before the Fire. All were veteran musicians who had found some small measure of success with previous projects. Rival Sons formed in Long Beach in 2008 around the quartet of guitarist Scott Holiday, bassist Robin Everhart, drummer Mike Miley, and vocalist Jay Buchanan.
They made the jump to Elektra for 2019's acclaimed Feral Roots and were rewarded with two Grammy nominations. With Europe still on their side, 2016's Hollow Bones finally helped Rival Sons gain significant traction at home, topping the Heatseekers chart and hitting 115 on the Billboard 200. while becoming perennial chart staples throughout much of Europe thanks to releases like 2012's Head Down and 2014's Great Western Valkyrie. Establishing a strong collaborative bond with Nashville producer Dave Cobb to helm each of their albums, the group enjoyed modest success at home in the U.S.
Evoking the riffy, bluesy rock of bands like Led Zeppelin and the Black Crowes, California's Rival Sons emerged in the early 2010s as hard rock classicists with a modern edge thanks to their breakout second album, Pressure & Time.
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