Rival Sons is an American rock band from Long Beach, California. Formed in 2009 from the ashes of
Scott Holidays previous band Black Summer Crush that featured vocalist Thomas Flowers (of Oleander), Michael
Miley (of Veruca Salt) and Robin Everhart.
-Wikipedia
Members:
Jay Buchanan- lead vocals, harmonica
(2009-present)
Scott Holliday- lead guitar
(2009-present)
Mike Miley- drums
(2009-present)
David Beste- bass
(2013-present)
Name Origin:
Jay Buchanan explained their name:
"When we were searching for a name for our band, we had a whole bunch of different names,
nothing really had the right connotation to it. We had one name with the word Rivals in it,
and another with the word Sons in it."
"It was a cut up and we put those two words together. Its like all the classical stories
of the brothers fighting each other to usurp the throne and all that. We thought there was
a tension to it and theres a lot of tension in what we do. We are four different people and
we have to battle it out sometimes even if creatively. We dont rely on the same page very often
but it tends to work out."
From: Long Beach, California, United States
Genre(s):
Blues rock,
hard rock,
rock and roll
Active From: 2009-present