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Reaching all the way back to Bob Dylan and the Band's pioneering blend of mythic Americana and shaggy rock & roll, alongside more recent points of comparison like Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, and My Morning Jacket, Roy (a band, not a dude) blend spiky post-Pavement indie rock with folk and country influences for a sound that's connected to the musical past but not beholden to it. For over a decade, singer and guitarist Brian Cook and drummer Dave Verellen were the mainstays of Botch, a Seattle post-hardcore act specializing in heavy riffs and showy time-signature shifts. Roy began as a side project in 2002, bringing Cook and Verellen together with singer and guitarist Ben Verellen and bassist Mike Cooper. Naming themselves after the small rural town near Tacoma where Dave Verellen lived and worked as a firefighter, Roy debuted with 2003's Tacomatose EP, followed by 2004's Big City Sin and Small Town Redemption. Though Roy toured extensively behind their two records, the band went on a temporary hiatus while Cook and Ben Verellen turned their focus to another side project, the more Botch-like heavy math rockers These Arms Are Snakes. Roy reconvened in 2005 to write and record their second full-length album, Killed John Train, which was released by Lujo Records in the spring of 2006.
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Annadashankar Roy, Bengali author and poetArundhati Roy, an Indian novelist and peace activistBidhan Chandra Roy, Indian politicianBimal Roy, film directorBrandon Roy, American basketball playerDrew Roy, American actor who guest stars in Hannah Montana and iCarlyBryan Roy, Dutch football (soccer) player and current managerClaude Roy (politician), Canadian politicianDeep Roy, actorDerek Roy, Canadian ice hockey playerDilipkumar Roy, Bengali musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayistFabien Roy, politicianFalguni Roy, Bengali poetGabrielle Roy, authorIndra Lal Roy, an Indian flying ace of World War IJahor Roy, Bengali actor and comedianJean Sebastien Roy, motocross riderJean-Yves Roy, politicianJuthika Roy, bhajan singerKalidas Roy, Bengali poetKanu Roy, Indian film actor, and music composerLeela Roy, Indian leftist politician, independence activist and social reformerM. N. Roy, an Indian-born philosopher and 20th century revolutionaryMathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey playerMonique Roy Verville, Canadian politicianPatrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey playerPrafulla Chandra Roy, Bengali academic and entrepreneurPrannoy Roy, Indian media personalityPrasanna Kumar Roy, Indian educationistRam Mohan Roy Indian religious, social, and educational reformerSubodh Roy, Indian independence activistSylvie Roy, Canadian politicianTarapada Roy, Bengali authorWilliam Roy, Scottish surveyorNorman Watt-Roy Bassist of Ian Dury & The BlockheadsGiven name
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Roy Acuff, American musicianRoy Andrews, naturalist and explorer who became the head of the American Museum of Natural HistoryRoy Blount, Jr., Well-known writer and humoristRoy Blunt, United States congressman representing Missouri's 17th DistrictRoy Campanella, Baseball Hall of Fame catcher from the Brooklyn DodgersRoy Clark, Country music musician, best-known for his work on television program, Hee HawRoy Christian, New Zealand rugby league footballerRoy Cohn, lawyer who became well-known from being Senator Joseph McCarthy's counsel from 1953 to 1954Roy E. Disney (1930-2009), American businessmanRoy O. Disney (1893-1971), American businessmanRoy Drusky, country music singerRoy Face, often referred to as "Elroy Face", three-time all-star relief pitcher throughout the 50s and 60sRoy Firestone, sports talk show hostRoy Foster, American baseball playerRoy Goodman, former New York state senatorRoy Halladay, Baseball Cy Young Award winner, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher from 1998 to 2009. Currently with the Philadelphia Phillies.Roy Halston Frowick, also known as Halston (23 April 1932 – 26 March 1990); a famous clothing designer of the 1970s.Roy Hamilton, popular R&B singer of the 1950s and 1960sRoy Hargrove, American jazz musicianRoy Harris, American classical music composerRoy Hartsfield, Boston Braves second baseman in early 1950s. Was first manager of the expansion Toronto Blue Jays in 1977; served in that capacity through the 1979 seasonRoy Hattersley, British Labour politicianRoy Head, R&B and country music singer, best-known for 1965 hit, "Treat Her Right"Roy Hodgson, English former football (soccer) player and current managerRoy Horn, half of the Las Vegas show team, Siegfried & RoyRoy Howell, third baseman for the Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Milwaukee Brewers, 1974-1984. Was selected as an American League All-Star in 1978Roy Lee Jackson, pitcher for the New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays, 1970s-1980sRoy Johnson, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, manager of the Chicago Cubs, longtime baseball coachRoy Jones, Jr., professional boxerRoy Keane, Irish former football (soccer) player and current managerRoy Lichtenstein, American pop artistRoy Makaay, Dutch football (soccer) player and current managerRoy Masters (commentator), American talk radio personality, podcaster, and spiritual counselorRoy McMillan, American baseball playerRoy Orbison, pioneer of rock and rollRoy Pinney, herpetologist, professional photographer, writer, spelunker, pilot, and war correspondentRoy Rogers (born Leonard Schley), singing movie cowboyRoy Scheider, film actorRoy Sievers, American baseball playerRoy Smalley, Jr., American baseball player, father of Roy Smalley IIIRoy Smalley III, American baseball player, son of Roy Smalley, Jr.Roy Staiger, Third baseman for the New York Mets and New York Yankees in the late 1970sRoy Thomas, Baseball pitcher from the 1970s through the 1980sRoy White, two-time all star switch-hitting outfielder for the New York Yankees, with whom he played from 1965 to 1979Roy Wilkins, prominent civil rights activist
