THE ROYAL RUCKUS

THE ROYAL RUCKUS live @ The Tivoli, Helsingborg, Sweden 151202
I am all for supporting local talents. And being Swedish means that there is talent to be found under any which rock you turn. It was by chance, well not really but it sounds better to write that than to write that it was my good friend Anette Johansson that turned me on to THE ROYAL RUCKUS, and THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. So when the opportunity to see them live appeared there was no hesitation. And boy did it turn out to be one hell of a night. I had been listening to THE ROYAL RUCKUS on Spotify and been totally blown away by their music but seeing them live was a jaw dropping moment. The voice of Guernica Mancini makes you seem like a very small person. It is the kind that can move mountains. If you think that Janis Joplin had a voice that didn’t match her body you’re in for the same kind of surprise. And the fact that the rest of the band groove like there is no tomorrow just adds to the fact that Sweden is the home of the world’s greatest rock’n’roll (hardrock/metal/rock) you’ll find anywhere. Seeing THE ROYAL RUCKUS live was like the Christmas gift I didn’t know I wanted. Anders Ekdahl