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Charley Stone

About Me

Charley Stone, a.k.a. the Bonham Carter of Rock, rocks.
She is available for hire, for guitar/BVs/bass/keyboard-ish-ness/other random musical things e.g. hoover-thru-wah-wah-pedal. But not for anything else.
Most recently she has been performing with Charlotte Hatherley, a.k.a. the Kate Winslett of Rock, at scores of venues across this land and the next, as well as being providing deft bass playing, sexiness and so on for twisted surf band the Deptford Beach Babes.
She also is a member of the New Royal Family, whose debut single "Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive?" is about to sell out even before it is released...
Somehow (don't ask us - that's the royal "us" - how) she has also found time to form The Abba Stripes with Melanie Woods (ex-drummer with Sidi Bou Said, surely the most underrated band of the past 2,000 years or more), about which more will follow...
In the distant (and not so distant) past the Charley Stone has also played with the likes of Gay Dad, Salad, Spy 51, Linus (bass for about 2 gigs and an EP), Frantic Spiders, Nightnurse (guitar for one single), Snowpony (BVs at a few gigs and a 6music session), Fosca (various incarnations) and top queercore/romo/whatever-genre's-going band Men Should Wear Mascara. Amongst many, many others. I'm sure they have it all on the internet somewhere. Wikipedia usually knows what's what. (Although, not in Charley Stone's case, it would appear - someone sort that out please - go on, one of you lot on the doorstep, go on, a job for you...)
Please note that the Bonham Carter of Rock does not generally accept "add" requests from bands unless she really, really likes them.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/23/2007
Band Members:



Sounds Like: lo-fi random noodlings
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

a cancellation, & a secret nod or two

Well as you may know, The Abba Stripes were intending to play a rare London gig tonight (17th Sep) but, you know, the art/fashion world has different logistical/organisational ways to those of us who ...
Posted by Charley Stone on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:41:00 PST

New Royal Faaaam...

I dunno, you wait all year for a New Royal Family gig and then 3 come along at once&First was on 16th August at the Lark In The Park. One of the best gigs ever! Of any band in the history of the world...
Posted by Charley Stone on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:02:00 PST

continuing adventures of The Three Amigos

the Jennifer Connelly of Rock and the Kate Winslett of Rock Originally uploaded by charleston51. Well people, I am back from another splendid trip to Sweden and Berlin (via Copenhagen). It was...
Posted by Charley Stone on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:00 PST

facial recognition software

Something weird happened this evening. At the last minute, for no real reason, I jumped on the wrong bus and decided to take the long way home. And I was stood there, minding my own business, when dow...
Posted by Charley Stone on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:51:00 PST

gig in Berlin, etc

So, it was a great night at Stranger Than Paradise/Gypsy Hotel on Saturday... The Deptford Beach Babes played two sets (one without drums and one with) and as well as Vicki Churchill and Jane Ruby on ...
Posted by Charley Stone on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:43:00 PST

latest...

under the venue, the stars Originally uploaded by charleston51. "Will you ever blog again?" rings out the cry from, oh, literally one of you. Well now, blogging is my middle name. But where do...
Posted by Charley Stone on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:27:00 PST

recording with Deptford Beach Babes

Ella & Vicki don’t like beer... Originally uploaded by charleston51. Recently the Deptford Beach Babes have been in the studio recording some tracks for the next album. We were at Gi...
Posted by Charley Stone on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:05:00 PST

so this is 2008...

I've been drinking stolen beer tonight, so it seems like a good time to give (all three of) you an update: -(a) Have done some recordings of the Abba Stripes. No, not in a studio, stupid(s), we don't ...
Posted by Charley Stone on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:19:00 PST

Swedish tour with Fosca

I am delighted to announce my invitation by Fosca to play guitar with them onstage on their forthcoming Swedish tour. Details in the gig listings or on their Myspace page. It's been 10 years sinc...
Posted by Charley Stone on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:05:00 PST

so that was 2007...

About 46 (or 47) (I'm a nerd, I counted them) gigs with 4 (or 5) bands... a single that got played, oh, I dunno, at least 5 times on national radio... a top London/chocolate biscuit video featuring so...
Posted by Charley Stone on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:30:00 PST