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Rival Sons

CA, US · 2009–present · active
blues rockhard rock
Rival Sons
Rival Sons are a hard rock and blues-influenced band from Long Beach, California, formed in 2009 around vocalist Jay Buchanan and guitarist Scott Holiday, drawing widely from 1970s classic rock precedents including Led Zeppelin and Free. The band earned Grammy nominations for their 2019 album Feral Roots and scored a Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one with its single 'Do Your Worst,' placing them among the most commercially successful acts in the contemporary hard rock revival.
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Rival Sons - Head Down California Kingsnake - Colored 2 Vinyl
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Rival Sons - Great Western Valkyrie (10th Anniversary) - 2 Vinyl
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Rival Sons Discography

Before the Fire
Before the Fire 2009 · LP
Spotify
11 tracks
  1. 1 Tell Me Something 4:06
  2. 2 Lucky Girl 2:35
  3. 3 Memphis Sun 3:50
  4. 4 Angel 3:27
  5. 5 Pocketful of Stones 2:56
  6. 6 The Man Who Wasn't There 2:39
  7. 7 Pleasant Return 3:42
  8. 8 On My Way 5:17
  9. 9 I Want More 2:39
  10. 10 Flames Of Lanka 5:02
  11. 11 Nanda-Nandana 2:42
Pressure & Time
Pressure & Time 2011 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 All over the Road 2:54
  2. 2 Young Love 3:00
  3. 3 Pressure and Time 3:16
  4. 4 Only One 3:11
  5. 5 Get Mine 2:23
  6. 6 Burn Down Los Angeles 2:25
  7. 7 Save Me 2:34
  8. 8 Gypsy Heart 3:28
  9. 9 White Noise 3:02
  10. 10 Face of Light 4:28
Rival Sons - EP
Rival Sons - EP 2011 · EP
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6 tracks
  1. 1 Get What's Coming 4:03
  2. 2 Torture 3:35
  3. 3 Radio 3:05
  4. 4 Sacred Tongue 3:24
  5. 5 Sleepwalker 5:30
  6. 6 Soul 6:16
Head Down (2023 Remastered Version)
Head Down (2023 Remastered Version) 2012 · LP
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13 tracks
  1. 1 Keep on Swinging - 2023 Remastered Version 3:59
  2. 2 Wild Animal - 2023 Remastered Version 3:27
  3. 3 You Want To - 2023 Remastered Version 4:15
  4. 4 Until the Sun Comes - 2023 Remastered Version 2:58
  5. 5 Run from Revelation - 2023 Remastered Version 4:14
  6. 6 Jordan - 2023 Remastered Version 6:18
  7. 7 All the Way - 2023 Remastered Version 5:10
  8. 8 The Heist - 2023 Remastered Version 3:13
  9. 9 Three Fingers - 2023 Remastered Version 3:17
  10. 10 Nava - 2023 Remastered Version 2:01
  11. 11 Manifest Destiny, Pt. 1 - 2023 Remastered Version 8:20
  12. 12 Manifest Destiny, Pt. 2 - 2023 Remastered Version 4:24
  13. 13 True - 2023 Remastered Version 4:43
Company Man / Life for This Road
Company Man / Life for This Road 2012 · Single
Spotify
2 tracks
  1. 1 Company Man 3:09
  2. 2 Life for This Road 3:28
Spotify Sessions
Spotify Sessions 2014 · Single
Spotify
3 tracks
  1. 1 Electric Man - Live from Spotify Stockholm 4:22
  2. 2 Open My Eyes - Live from Spotify Stockholm 4:10
  3. 3 Where I've Been - Live from Spotify Stockholm 6:15
Good Things
Good Things 2014 · Single
Spotify
2 tracks
  1. 1 Good Things 5:56
  2. 2 Good Things - Track Commentary 3:44
Open My Eyes
Open My Eyes 2014 · Single
Spotify
3 tracks
  1. 1 Open My Eyes 3:55
  2. 2 Open My Eyes - Radio Edit 3:22
  3. 3 Open My Eyes - Track Commentary 3:53
Electric Man
Electric Man 2014 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Electric Man 3:20
Great Western Valkyrie (10th Anniversary Edition)
Great Western Valkyrie (10th Anniversary Edition) 2015 · LP
Spotify
16 tracks
  1. 1 Electric Man 3:20
  2. 2 Good Luck 3:18
  3. 3 Secret 4:41
  4. 4 Play the Fool 3:17
  5. 5 Good Things 5:56
  6. 6 Open My Eyes 3:55
  7. 7 Rich and the Poor 5:14
  8. 8 Belle Starr 4:35
  9. 9 Where I've Been 6:18
  10. 10 Destination On Course 7:06
  11. 11 Too Much Love 3:44
  12. 12 My Nature 4:33
  13. 13 Open My Eyes - Live at Juke Joint Studio 3:42
  14. 14 Long As I Can See the Light - Live at Juke Joint Studio 3:32
  15. 15 Where I've Been - Live at Juke Joint Studio 6:06
  16. 16 Black Coffee 5:35
Hollow Bones
Hollow Bones 2016 · LP
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9 tracks
  1. 1 Hollow Bones Pt. 1 2:52
  2. 2 Tied Up 3:27
  3. 3 Thundering Voices 2:52
  4. 4 Baby Boy 3:36
  5. 5 Pretty Face 3:23
  6. 6 Fade Out 4:49
  7. 7 Black Coffee 5:33
  8. 8 Hollow Bones Pt. 2 6:50
  9. 9 All That I Want 3:39
Tied Up
Tied Up 2016 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Tied Up 3:27
Hollow Bones Pt. 1
Hollow Bones Pt. 1 2016 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Hollow Bones Pt. 1 2:52
Back In The Woods
Back In The Woods 2018 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Back in the Woods 3:32
Do Your Worst
Do Your Worst 2018 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Do Your Worst 3:30
Feral Roots
Feral Roots 2019 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 Do Your Worst 3:30
  2. 2 Sugar on the Bone 3:02
  3. 3 Back in the Woods 3:32
  4. 4 Look Away 5:19
  5. 5 Feral Roots 5:55
  6. 6 Too Bad 4:44
  7. 7 Stood By Me 4:05
  8. 8 Imperial Joy 4:09
  9. 9 All Directions 4:29
  10. 10 End of Forever 3:52
  11. 11 Shooting Stars 4:20
Live from the Haybale Studio at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Live from the Haybale Studio at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2019 · Single
Spotify
3 tracks
  1. 1 Too Bad (Acoustic) - Live from the Haybale Studio at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 4:51
  2. 2 Jordan (Acoustic) - Live from the Haybale Studio at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 6:27
  3. 3 Do Your Worst (Acoustic) - Live from the Haybale Studio at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 3:38
Too Bad (Acoustic) [Live from the Haybale Studio at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival]
Too Bad (Acoustic) [Live from the Haybale Studio at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival] 2019 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Too Bad (Acoustic) - Live from the Haybale Studio at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 4:51
Shooting Stars (in the Woods)
Shooting Stars (in the Woods) 2020 · Single
Spotify
2 tracks
  1. 1 Shooting Stars - in the Woods 4:23
  2. 2 Shooting Stars 4:20
Nobody Wants to Die
Nobody Wants to Die 2022 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Nobody Wants to Die 3:43
LIGHTBRINGER
LIGHTBRINGER 2023 · LP
Spotify
6 tracks
  1. 1 DARKFIGHTER 8:58
  2. 2 Mercy 4:26
  3. 3 Redemption 4:54
  4. 4 Sweet Life 3:33
  5. 5 Before the Fire 6:04
  6. 6 Mosaic 5:34
DARKFIGHTER
DARKFIGHTER 2023 · LP
Spotify
8 tracks
  1. 1 Mirrors 5:01
  2. 2 Nobody Wants to Die 3:42
  3. 3 Bird in the Hand 4:28
  4. 4 Bright Light 4:33
  5. 5 Rapture 4:24
  6. 6 Guillotine 5:05
  7. 7 Horses Breath 6:04
  8. 8 Darkside 6:18
Mercy
Mercy 2023 · Single
Spotify
2 tracks
  1. 1 Mercy 4:26
  2. 2 Sweet Life 3:33
Sweet Life
Sweet Life 2023 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Sweet Life 3:33
Guillotine
Guillotine 2023 · EP
Spotify
4 tracks
  1. 1 Guillotine 5:05
  2. 2 Nobody Wants to Die 3:43
  3. 3 Bird in the Hand 4:28
  4. 4 Rapture 4:24
Bird in the Hand
Bird in the Hand 2023 · Single
Spotify
3 tracks
  1. 1 Bird in the Hand 4:28
  2. 2 Nobody Wants to Die 3:43
  3. 3 Rapture 4:24
Rapture
Rapture 2023 · Single
Spotify
2 tracks
  1. 1 Rapture 4:24
  2. 2 Nobody Wants to Die 3:43
Pair of Aces, Pt. 2
Pair of Aces, Pt. 2 2024 · LP
Spotify
6 tracks
  1. 1 Get What's Coming 7:56
  2. 2 Torture 6:50
  3. 3 Radio 4:08
  4. 4 Sleepwalker 5:44
  5. 5 Soul 13:43
  6. 6 Sacred Tongue 7:24
Pair of Aces, Pt. 1
Pair of Aces, Pt. 1 2024 · LP
Spotify
11 tracks
  1. 1 Tell Me Something 5:01
  2. 2 Lucky Girl 2:36
  3. 3 Memphis Sun 3:47
  4. 4 Angel 3:27
  5. 5 Pocket Full of Stones 2:59
  6. 6 The Man Who Wasn't There 3:00
  7. 7 Pleasant Return 3:39
  8. 8 On My Way 5:45
  9. 9 I Want More 10:33
  10. 10 Flames Of Lanka 6:45
  11. 11 Nanda - Nandana 3:13
Caroline
Caroline 2025 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Caroline 5:37
Veridream
Veridream 2026 · Single
Spotify
1 track
  1. 1 Veridream 5:07
True Black
True Black 2026 · Single
Spotify
2 tracks
  1. 1 True Black 4:26
  2. 2 Caroline 5:37
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