Royal Pirates (로열 파이럿츠) 是一個由三位美籍韓裔成員組成的，成立於2004年的搖滾樂隊。由成員Moon(vocals, guitar), 洙荺(drums), 以及 James Lee (bass guitar)組成。 組合原名為Fading From Dawn，由Richard(Moon的哥哥)、Moon、洙荺組成，Richard不幸在2008年逝世於一場可怕的車禍，後更名為Royal Pirates(로열 파이럿츠)，2009年9月-10月期間加入貝斯手James。2013年8月25日攜數碼單曲"Shout Out"正式出道、2014年01月15日發表首張EP"Drawing The Line".
基本介紹
外文名：Royal Pirates(로열 파이럿츠)
國籍：美國
職業：歌手，樂隊
經紀公司：Apple of the eye Co., Ltd
代表作品：《Disappear》、《Shout Out》、《Drawing The Line》、《Love Toxic》
1. Drawing the Line 2. You 3. See What I See 4. Fly To You 5. On My Mind (Loung Mix Version) 6. Drawing the Line (English Version)
《Shout Out (JP)》
發表時間：2014.03.24
1. Shout Out(English Version) 2. You(Korea Version) 3. Drawing the Line(English Version) 4. On My Mind Lounge Mix(Korea Version) 5. Fly to You(English Version) 6. Shout Out(Korea Version)
單曲
《Seoul Hillbilly》
發表時間：2014.08.14
Seoul Hillbilly
2nd EP
《Love Toxic》
發表時間：2014.08.27
1. Haru 2. Love Toxic 3. Seoul Hillbilly 4. Betting Everything (English Ver.) 5.You (English Ver.)
演藝經歷
2004-2008: Fading From Dawn
The group was formerly known as Fading From Dawn from 2004 with the guitarist-vocalist Kim Moon-chul, drummer Kim Soo-yoon and bassist Richard Kim, Moon-chul's older brother. They used to play at several Korean events such as the annual Korean Festival in Orange County. After Richard's death in April 2008 in a car accident in Pomona, California, they rarely played live anymore since they had no bass player.
2009-2012: Popularity, YouTube and Demo releases
With their talent and originality, Royal Pirates gained fame on YouTubeby uploading covers. In September 2008, Moon-chul and Soo-yoon posted their first cover "Time is Running Out" by Muse on their YouTube account. After that, they kept uploading rock versions of hit songs such as "Nobody" by Wonder Girls, "Mirotic" by DBSK, and "Circus" by Britney Spears, the latter reached 18 thousand viewers in just two weeks and was also featured on Britney's homepage.
Their first original demo was released on the internet was "Royal Villain". Soo-yoon's song "Like Butterflies" was also released soon after.
In May 2009, Royal Pirates appeared on Korean News Channel YTN where they were presented as an independent rock band which became a new YouTube sensation, getting over ten thousand views with their powerful instrumentals and brilliant videos.
They covered the song "Sorry Sorry" by Super Junior in Spring 2009 and after the video was posted on the Korean website Cyworld, the band received an invitation from the writer of Star King to appear on their show. However, the band declined the invitation since they had "major conflicts with school" and "scheduling was difficult for both of [them]". Also, they did not want to leave the image of a "Cover Band" to the world and to Korea.
James Lee joined Royal Pirates as a bassist in September 2009 and in October 2009, Royal Pirates appeared onKOME channel to introduce their new bassist.
In March 2010, Royal Pirates released the music video for their new original song and demo "Disappear". They declared that "This is not the actual debut of Royal Pirates. This MVwas made independently for the fans and also for promotion of the band."
2013-present:Debut
Royal Pirates debuted on August 25, 2013 at Inkigayo with their digital single "Shout Out".
On January 15, 2014 Royal Pirates released their first EP "Drawing The Line".
