In 1991, Royal Crown Revue released its debut album, Kings of Gangster Bop, on the independent record label Better Youth. By the time they started playing in 1989, the group had a ready-made audience at the Club Deluxe, the "first retro-swing hangout in the nation," according to Michael Moss, publisher of Swing Time magazine, in the Washington Post. The group would pioneer the new swing, or neo-swing, revival. The trio developed a hybrid of musical styles from the past and present, and added bassist Veikko Lepisto, baritone saxophonist Bill Ungerman, trumpeter Scott Steen, and drummer Daniel Glass. The three "decided it was time for something completely different," according to Side 1 Records publicity materials. So he and Nichols teamed up with tenor saxophone player Mando Dorame who was a fan of "screaming" saxophone players like Big Jay McNeely. By the late 1980s, Los Angeles punk and rockabilly were dead, Achor said in an interview with the Washington Post. Swing revival bands Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, and the Brian Setzer Orchestra all rode the wave that filled clubs with jumping, jiving, jitterbugging fans, and for a time, inspired film, fashion, media, and advertising.įormer punk vocalist Eddie Nichols and guitarist James Achor first met in a Los Angeles, California, rockabilly band called the Rockomatics. Royal Crown Revue debuted in 1989 and ignited a full-on swing revival-a music-and-fashion fad that recalled a "time gone by." The group laid the groundwork for the swing revival of the 1990s that was epitomized by vintage 1940s clothes and energetic musical blends of traditional swing, jump-boogie, hot jazz, bebop, and rock.
Website-Royal Crown Revue Official Website. Addresses: Record company-Side 1 Records, 6201 Sunset Blvd. Members include James Achor, guitar Mando Dorame, tenor saxophone Daniel Glass, drums Veikko Lepisto, bass Eddie Nichols, vocals Scott Steen, trumpet Bill Ungerman, baritone saxophone.
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