Queen Elvis profile picture

Queen Elvis

Queen Elvis

About Me

------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- Once in a while we are given a brief escape from the soulless, plastic, meaningless marketing that invades our stereos and heads, like some unstoppable virus. Queen Elvis has managed to do this with a passion that is almost unbelievable. Former members of Big Bag of Sticks, Caroline and Colin have helped lay the foundations of modern folk music in Ireland. Their experiences both in music and in life shine through, and lead the listener on a journey that touches on the real life joys, upsets, and the political strife that shape our lives on a daily basis. Caroline’s insanely beautiful voice is complemented by the exotic rhythms that are produced by one of the finest guitarists in the country. I suggest that you go and listen to this "Queen Elvis" and I promise it is an experience you will never forget.http://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/queenelvis"Profile edited with CricketSoda’s Myspace Editor ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/3/2006
Band Members: Caroline k Stanley singer/ songwriterColin Stanley guitarist/ songwriter
Influences: A Camp, Across the Border, Afro Celt, All About Eve, Horace Andy, Louis Armstrong, Aztec Camera, Badly Drawn Boy, Barking Dogs, Syd Barrett, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beck, Billy Bragg, Bjork, Blur, Bonzo Dog Band, David Bowie, Burach, Buena Vista Social Club, Kate Bush, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Cocteau Twins, Coldplay, Julian Cope, Elvis Costello, The Cult (Early), The Cure, Damien Dempsey, Dead Milkmen, Depeche Mode, The Divine Comedy, The Doors, Nick Drake, Duke Special, Eminem, Echo and the Bunnymen, Everything but the Girl, Melissa Etheridge, Faithless, Fat Boy Slim, The Foo Fighters, The 4 Of Us, The Frames, Fun Lovin Criminals, Genesis (early), Beth Gibbons, Jose Gonzalez, Bikram Ghosh, Gomez, Gorillaz, David Gray, Green day, Groove Armada, Martin Hayes, Kristen Hersh, Jon Hicks, Robyn Hitchcock, Lisa Hannigan, Billie Holiday, The Icicle Works, Ironhorse, The Jazz Butcher, Jack Johnson,Grace Jones, Norah Jones, Kings of Leon, Kinks, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Led Zep, John Lennon, The Levellers, Lia Luachra, Linkin Park, Love and Rockets, Tones on tail, Bauhaus, Donal Lunny, Madness, Maka B, Marc and the Mambas, Marillion, Bob Marley, The Mary Janes, Mick Christopher, Massive Attack, Rory McLeod, Monty Python, Christy Moore, Morrissey, Muse, New Model Army, Hazel O’conner, Sinead O’conner, Mike Oldfield, Declan O’Rourke, Augustus Pablo, Pink Floyd, Pixies, The Pogues, Portishead, Queen, Radiohead, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, REM, Lou Reed, Roesy, Selecter, Sex Pistols, Shankar, Michelle Shocked, Shooglenifty, Sigur Ros, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nina Simone, Sisters of Mercy, Skunk Anansie, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Snow Patrol, The Softboys, Sonovagun, Soft Cell, The Specials, Special AKA, Davy Spillane, The Stranglers, Cat Stevens, The Sundays, System of a Down, Talking Heads, The Teardrop Explodes, Tenacious D, The The, Thin Lizzy, Turin Breaks, Tubeway Army, U2, UB40 (early), The Velvet Underground, The Violent Femmes, The Violets, Tom Waits, The Waterboys, Watercress, Paul Weller, The Who, The Wonderstuff, Yazoo, Thom Yorke, and of coarse FRANK ZAPPA!
Sounds Like: Acoustic / Soul / Folk
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Easy

Hi once again have decided to upload another track , hope you all enjoy and if you have a moment let me know if you like or just have a listen. Thanks again Caroline and Colinx
Posted by Queen Elvis on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:26:00 PST

A little Bit of History

Spent the day on INIS More (Aran islands off the west coast of Ireland) on Sunday watching a camogie match between Castlegar and Salthill under 15's , the first camogie match ever played on the island...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:37:00 PST

www.queenelvis.altpro.net

Hello all, just got a new web page set up and have uploaded a new song called Easy to the site- a little different from the others you may have heard but maybe you will disagree but I wont know unless...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:13:00 PST

Something new to listen to

Well we still can't drink our water but I figure there will be a lot of people who will never trust our council to provide us with honest and correct information and therefore a lot more profit for th...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Mon, 14 May 2007 04:19:00 PST

Clean up our water

CLEAN WATER FOR GALWAY   COME ALONG AND JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN. WE ARE DEMANDING FREE WATER FOR ALL AND FREE ACCESS TO RECYCLING WATER CONTAINERS. WE DEMAND A LONG TERM SOLUTION TO THIS ENVIRONMENTA...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:16:00 PST

new song

Hi all finally managed to upload a song for you all to listen to and download if you like. It is a my lullaby for adults( not that there is any rude words so children can listen and have been known to...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:56:00 PST

Sunshine

hello hello, not got much tjme ! great day today galway has been sunny now for one week and its a miracle, the previous week it snowed . Aint got a lot to report writing songs but mainly wasting my f...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:41:00 PST

Good gig

We had a good gig supporting Emmet Scanlon and What The Good Thought the other evening in the Crane bar in Galway. Nice intimate setting with a very appreciative crowd.Really enjoyed listening to emme...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:29:00 PST

Check out this event: emmet scanlan with support queen elvis

Hosted By: the crane barWhen: Wednesday Mar 28, 2007 at 9:00 PMWhere: the crane bargalwaygalway, GAL IrelandDescription:the crane bar Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:21:00 PST

hello

hi there ,Hi all if you happen to be in the Galway area on the 28th march, check out the crane bar in Galway ,Ireland. I will be singing my own material along with my guitarist partner Colin going und...
Posted by Queen Elvis on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:01:00 PST