Current members Paul Walsh, (Lead vocals) and chief songwriter grew up in
Clonmel,
County Tipperary in a family of musicians and performers (his father was a
showband saxophonist and clarinet player). Paul studied the piano as a child and started playing the guitar at twelve years of age; it was then that he started writing songs. He joined his first original band (Swerve) at the age of fourteen and played with them for four years. During his teenage years he also performed character roles in over 15 musicals and plays and undertook voice training at the Leinster School of Music. He relocated to
London to attend university where he continued to receive formal voice training. He moved to Dublin to join
Jove. Over the years he has presented various shows for RTÉ, including
TTV and
Off the Wall. '''Bernard O'Neill''', (Bass) is a qualified sound engineer. He started playing the bass guitar when he was thirteen and was in a band called Maened for five years. At the age of 19 he went to Pulse recording college and qualified with a City and Guilds Certificate in Sound Engineering (basic and advanced). Bernard performed with Jenny Linfors on her first album and toured with her for three years. He was the production manager at the Factory Studios in Dublin. Bernard has engineered such bands and musicians as:
The Corrs,
Elvis Costello,
Nick Cave,
Bob Dylan,
Sarah McLachlan,
Britney Spears and
Van Morrison - all in his capacity at the Factory Studios. '''Paul O'Hara'
, (Keyboard) started playing the piano at the age of fourteen. He is self-taught and has played with Housebroken (led by The Commitments actor Robert Arkins) - who won the Sunday World'' Band of the Year Competition - and with Liquid Wheel who won a hot press award for Dance act of the year. Lego has recorded in Rac Studios and
Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin. In total he has performed on two albums and three EPS (reaching the top twenty in Ireland and the Cool Cuts Charts in the
UK). Lego has performed at
Féile,
Oxegen and the
Point Depot in Dublin. In addition he has played on the same bill as
Moby,
David Holmes and
Carl Cox in the SFX, Dublin.
Darragh Oglesby, (Drums) is a fourth generation drummer. He started playing drums in the
Artane Boys Band at the age of seven, where he remained for ten years, studying percussion and xylophone. During these years in performed in
Carnegie Hall, Rushka Stadium (in
Moscow),
Sky Dome in
Toronto and on Irish National television on several occasions. A one-time roadie with Irish rock band
Aslan, Dazzy is currently a session drummer for countless acts throughout the country when not busy with Royseven. Dazzy also plays the piano and guitar and has studied at the Walton School of Music in Dublin.
Former members Sam Garland, (Guitar) started playing the guitar at the age of 9. He studied classical guitar from the age of 13 to 20. He then continued his studies in the
Dublin Institute of Technology for two years majoring in classical guitar and piano attaining a grade certificate in classical guitar performance and sight reading. He travelled to
California in 2000 for a year where he met guitar-smith Tom Anderson. He then completed a sound engineering course at the Sound Training Centre, Dublin achieving two City and Guilds diplomas with distinctions. He had been working as a sound engineer for four years in the factory studios in Dublin, while also performing and rehearsing in various bands. He has an identical twin.
Eamonn Barrett, (Guitar) comes from a family of musicians. He is a self-taught guitar player who has featured in several original bands. He also played with
Velveteen at the
Manchester in the City Festival where they were voted one of the top ten bands at the festival by the
NME. In addition, played and released with the Lost Poets including performances in the
Olympia Theatre and the
Point Theatre in Dublin. Eamonn toured the
East Coast of the
United States with the
Brilliant Trees in 1998. He is also a popular DJ in Dublin city and has performed in the Red Box and the Morrison hotel to name but a few. He appeared in a recent
Guinness Draught advert as part of a worldwide PR campaign for the drinks company. ==Discography==