When Rivers Meet reveal why seeing Tyler Bryant at Guns N' Roses gig was an epiphany

When Rivers Meet singer Grace Bond says the duo found their unique sound after witnessing Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown supporting Guns N’ Roses four years ago.

Speaking to Planet Rock’s Ian Danter after their Main Stage triumph at Planet Rockstock, Grace explained that When Rivers Meet had been an acoustic act and were trying to find their sound and identity.

However, it all magically clicked into place when they witnessed Tyler Bryant at London Stadium back in June 2017.

“There literally was a moment (when we found our sound),” Grace said. “We were at a Guns N’ Roses concert and I’d had a couple of beers and we were watching Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown.

“At that point we’d fallen into acoustic stuff – it was great but it just wasn’t us what we were doing and we weren’t loving it.

“Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown came on and they were playing such epic songs, they were just great. And I was like ‘we need to do this because this is what we love! We go to rock concerts.’

“Literally that week Aaron went and got a Les Paul and we just changed our style overnight. It was the best thing we’ve done. All of a sudden it was like ‘this is us’ and we love everything we do now and that’s like our motto – ‘if we don’t love it we just scrap it.’”

You can watch the full When Rivers Meet interview below where Grace talks about their new album ‘Saving Grace’, and how Planet Rockstock was their best gig ever!

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