PALAYE ROYALE HAVE rock’n’roll in their blood. The three Canadian brothers - vocalist Remington Leith, guitarist Sebastian Danzig and drummer Emerson Barrett - grew up on a healthy diet of the Rolling Stones, The Who and Led Zeppelin, thanks to their mother who was an 80s rock photographer. Palaye Royale have blended that love for thundering 70s music with bombastic electro rock, gluing it together with sticky New York Dolls swagger and the romantic flair and pomp of My Chemical Romance. Their recent album The Bastards is a consideration of life’s grittier experience, told through an explosion of glitter and glam.
Paul Weller basically kick-started their career.
True story. Without the Modfather there might never have been Palaye Royale. During her music photographer days, the band’s mother struck up a “lifelong friendship” with Weller, which led to a life-changing encounter.