US hard rock warriors Royal Bliss were founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1997
by guitarist Chris Harding and frontman Neal Middleton, who later added
guitarist Taylor Richards, drummer Jake Smith and bassist Tommy Gunn. After
self-releasing a trio of offerings – Free Again in 1998, the Gimmie a Little
Bliss EP in 1999 and compilation Old's Cool in 2001 – the band's 2005 album
After the Chaos (and its remixed, expanded 2006 counterpart After the Chaos II)
was taken up for distribution by Seattle label The Control Group, helping to
raise the band's profile. Royal Bliss signed a m...