Music To Get Shit-Faced To!
by Steve Newton
...You know that cool rock noise that occurs when a skilled guitarist with a loud amp runs a pick sideways along the neck of his instrument?. Well, Royal Grand Prix guitarist Rocky Romoli creates that lovely racket most effectively on "Well Oiled Machine", the first tune on the band's 'High Performance'. That choice snippet of raunch-rock dynamics is inserted directly after an Ace Frehley-type solo, and sets the stage for 15 tracks that blend the vocal banter of the Beastie Boys, the machine-gun rhythms of the Ramones, and the catchy melodies of Urge Overkill. Lyrically, the group makes rowdy fun of everyone from Doukhobors to cover bands to foulmouthed girlfriends to squeegee people...
The Georgia Straight
One the best live acts on the West Coast
by Denise Sheppard
...There's no denying it, this band is obsessed. The RGP are four boys made up of two things - gasoline and testosterone. Pierce them and are they not flammable? Oh yeah, baby. Chords coming from their amps that sound like engine revs, song tiles like "Well Oiled Machines", "Full Service" and their live classic "Squeegee Boy" make their intentions crystal clear. But enough about their hot rod fixation: the bigger question is does the music hold up? Hell, yeah! High Performance is track after track of stomp-along punk rock fun...
Exclaim! Magazine
There's no posing here, just heavy, riff-oriented rock
by William Peyton
...These B.C. boys like their punk thick, crunchy and a little bit silly (see "Scabies," "Damned Cover Band" and "Squeegee Boy" for starters). There's no posing here, just heavy, riff-oriented rock that manages to combine punk's nasty edge with a sort of metallic rockabilly and enough hooks to catch a carp. A perfect party disc....
Canada Campus Magazine
| News > Top Story |
| 2000-09-23 17:34:10 |
| Prix Ready To Rock Lovonia |
 Royal Grand Prix are set for a trip abroad!!!...
While vacationing in the sun on the nude beaches of Lovonia, Rocky Romoli had a fender bender. "The guy was going the wrong way", says Romoli, guitarist and lead vocalist for Vancouver based band Royal Grand Prix. Romoli had a head-on collision with a local Lovonian which sent the man to hospital with life threatening injuries. Romoli, who came out unscathed except for a few minor head injuries, was sentenced to 2 years in a Lovonian prison for "reckless driving with endangerment to life". To reduce his sentence, Rocky and his brothers have agreed to play a benefit concert in Lovonia with the proceeds going to the "Lovonian Relief Fund For Motor Vehicle Related Injuries". The concert, which will be attended by some ten thousand Lovonians, will be recorded and released domestically sometime in the fall/winter of this year. The small, and relatively unknown country of Lovonia had been introduced to motor vehicles just 18 months ago. Since then almost fifty percent of the population has been hospitalized due to motor vehicle related injuries. "It's very no good!" says Lovonian Prime Minister Mot Notsilloh. When asked to comment on his brother and the benefit concert, Rosie Romoli had this to say, "What are you talking about?.... Where did you say my brother is?" |
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