The Royal Jelly

Johnny Edwards, who had stood in briefly for Lou Gramm within Foreigner on the band’s 1991 album Unusual Heat, had previously played in King Kobra, the largely overlooked glam-metal project led by renowned drummer Carmine Appice. He subsequently put together the short-lived alt-funk band Royal Jelly, which earned a contract with Island Records after submitting an eight-track demo. Their self-titled debut, produced by Matt Wallace of Faith No More, surfaced in 1994; once the record vanished from view almost immediately, the group chose to disband.