Conversation so far:
When did he join bread?
Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin co-founded Bread with David Gates in 1968.
How did the band start?
Maria Yolanda Aguayo once again contributed to the band's history when she revealed a trend she noticed as (Record Producer) Gary Usher's desk girl.
What trend was that?
band managers generally waited in the lobby but attorneys generally had immediate access to the executives at CBS.
How did that affect things?
Al Schlesinger to represent them and he pitched their group to three labels in their search of a recording contract.
Did they get hooked up with a label?
When both Atlantic and Elektra offered recording deals to Bread, the group chose the Elektra deal because they had a local headquarters in L.A.
Did they record for elektra?
The first album made use of Jimmy Gordon's drumming and Gordon also performed drums with the group during their initial gigs.
What was the album name?
CANNOTANSWER.
What other songs did they write?
CANNOTANSWER.
What else can you tell me about the band?
After three years, Robb Royer and David Gates came to a breaking point because Gates wanted more control of the group, so Royer left the group.
Did the rest of the group stay together?
so Royer left the group in 1971 after its third album Manna and was replaced with famous session keyboardist/bassist/guitarist Larry Knechtel.

Question: Did they continue to write?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Bread continue to write along Robb Royer?