THE ROYAL HIGHNESS Recruits Former GODHEAD Drummer

May 14, 2010

Ty Smith (formerly of GODHEAD, BULLETS AND OCTANE and THE VANDALS) has joined THE ROYAL HIGHNESS on drums, replacing original member Karl Rosqvist, who left the band to join ex-HANOI ROCKS lead singer Michael Monroe's new solo group.

Comments guitarist Todd Youth (ACE FREHLEY, ex-D-GENERATION, DANZIG): "I was really bummed out when Karl decided to leave the band; we worked together for a long time in THE CHELSEA SMILES, I brought him in to play drums on the last tour I did with DANZIG, SON OF SAM's last record, traveled all over the world together, but all good things come to an end and myself and the band wish him the best of luck.

"After auditioning a handful of really great players, we're glad to welcome aboard the one and only Ty Smith!!!!!

"It took about 30 seconds of playing together to know we found our new drummer. He's a monster player. For god's sake, he was filling in for Josh Freese in THE VANDALS when he was still a teenager!!! Plus Ty and our singer Skye were in BULLETS AND OCTANE together so there's some history already there.

"I'm very excited to be working with Ty; he's one of the best drummers in Los Angeles and I can't wait to get out and take it to the stage."

Ty Smith will make his live debut with THE ROYAL HIGHNESS on May 20 at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, supporting secret surprise guest "CRADLE OF LOVE" (hint, hint, he's a rebel who likes to yell).

THE ROYAL HIGHNESS is putting the finishing touches on its debut album with producer Howard Willing (SMASHING PUMPKINS, LISA MARIE PRESLEY, CHEAP TRICK). A late 2010 release is expected.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).