Glam Rock Band Royal Sugar dishes on everything from tour life to the philosophical

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Tyler and Garrett from the band Royal Sugar. It was a delight to get to know this talented duo and chat about pretty much everything under the sun.

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Bio: Meet the future of rock ’n’ roll: Nashville’s Royal Sugar. 
The glam group is the most exciting new band to emerge on the scene, a mix of ‘70s and ‘80s nostalgia made fresh by their penchant for modern pop. In concert, they channel everything from Def Leppard’s rawness to Jim Morrison’s swaggering flamboyance. 
Royal Sugar’s Tyler Cohenour (frontman) and Garrett Carr (bass/vocals) first met in college in Florida, the same state they both hail from. Growing up, both musicians had a penchant for the type of rock music their dads raised them on, like AC/DC. Upon meeting and becoming friends, they realized they may be musical soulmates. 
“First couple times we played, we’re like ‘There’s chemistry there. We should run with this and see what happens,’” Carr recalls. 
In 2021, Royal Sugar made their debut with a cover of Harry Styles’ “Medicine.” They attended the pop star’s show in Nashville back during one of his first solo tours and were blown away by the track, which the former One Direction member has played live frequently but never released officially. Royal Sugar had dropped a cover of “Medicine” on TikTok that blew up so they decided to record it. 
But for their first original song, they led off with “California Nightmare” in July 2022. It’s a proper introduction to their shimmering fusion of the past and the present that positions them firmly in rock’s future. It was also the first song they were able to write in person when Cohenour returned to Nashville. 
“Ty’s a super talented producer, so he’ll get in there and build out these tracks,” Carr says of his bandmate. “He’s got a really great ear for how melodies come together so he’ll usually get the structure and the bones and then we’ll go back and forth on arrangements. It’s definitely a collaboration, based off Ty’s vision for the initial concept.” 
-- Bio Written by Brittany Spanos