Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!]

About Me

Which of the two new songs is your favorite? (feel free to share your opinions on the poll page.)
Queen of Tragedy
Hold On
I can't decide on one, love em both!
(View Results)
Create a Poll

The hook-laden, melody driven quintet known as Capital Eye hails from Chicago's North Side. Formed in late 2003 by lead guitarist Jimmy Mayhem, Capital Eye has underwent a series of lineup changes before becoming a close, talented, and solid unit with great chemistry in 2006 with lead vocalist Marie Gouwens, drummer Liam O'Brien and bassist Dave Gall. The spring of 2007 saw the departure of guitarist Davey Vorhes, but after a five month search, CE found a crafty new guitarist named Derek Hoeksema.
Their distinctive sound echoes the band's diverse influences ranging from technical and melodic pop punk tunes, punk rock anthems, 80s hardcore punk, hard rock, and 80s metal, backing up their lead singer's dynamic voice and wide range. Lyricists Jimmy and Marie pen in lines of experience on themes dealing with love, alienation, personal politics, sarcasm, social and political angst, and a ray of hope that may or may not be found. Capital Eye shines on stage and plays fun, energetic shows while also keeping a warm and intimate relationship with their fans. They are also one of the hardest working bands, racking in countless hours of self promotion and can be seen all over Chicago spreading the word outside of many different venues. Their "in your face" presence, glowing personalities, and catchy music send them well on their way to putting their mark on the Chicago Punk Rock scene!

Love goes out to the Capital Eye Private Dance Troupe (Thanks Santos & Brisa!)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/29/2004
Band Members:
Polly Pocket -Lead Vocals, Paramontywhore, YAARRR!!

Jimmy Mayhem -Lead/Rhythm Guitars, (broke)Backing Vocals, Parawhore
AIM- agentx0025

Mr. Disposition -Lead/Rhythm Guitars, Backing vocals, Mayor of Lamecity

Dicky Coxwell - Drums, Screaming, and the Shocka

Disco Dave - Bass, Backing Vocals, and lover of big butts
Influences: Tsunami Bomb, Green Day, Thrice, The Descendents, The Ramones, Social Distortion, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Bad Religion, Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, Dance Hall Crashers, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Alkaline Trio, Bouncing Souls, Strung Out, AFI, NOFX, Rise Against, Smoking Popes, Naked Raygun, Face to Face, Megadeth, Zebrahead, MxPx, The Cure, Morrissey, Dag Nasty, Joan Jett, and the list goes on...
Sounds Like: A classic variety of symphonic and melodic flatulence that ends with a big orgasm rather than a loud boom.

"HOLD ON" live @ Silvie's Lounge 10/12/07

"This solid collection of tunes from Chicago-based record label Aritao Records yields an opportunity to sample up-and-coming artists and bands. Highlights include the upbeat "Hard Ball" from Capital Eye. By the time it's over you'll be ready to commit to these local artists' full-length albums." - J. Fischer

PICK UP A COPY AT ARITAORECORDS.COM OR AT A RECKLESS RECORDS NEAR YOU!!!

We'd like to thank some of the most rockin' local bands we've played with(hope to play with you again sometime):
Johnny Rev
Minority One
One Light Out
Secret Agent Bill
The Groodies
Six Letter Word
Half Mad Poet
Much the Same
Hot Lips Messiah
The Dirty Blue
Terraforma
Long Story Short
The Flabby Hoffman Trio
The Blissters
The Nix
The Soap Boxes (R.I.P.)
Age of the Rifle
Careful
The Adversaries
More To Say
Love and Squalor
Instigator
The Cathy Santonies
The Tallboys
President Bomb
Thunderbunch
Walrus
The Frantic
The Hallow
White City Black

And A Few Bigger Name Bands
The Misfits
The Bouncing Souls
Agent Orange

Record Label: Aritao Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New pics up, and other news

Hey everyone,we have some pics of us having fun after our Silvie's show back on the 12th. Of course, these pics include our new guitarist, Derek!!! You can find them on "Our Photos" and "Pics with our...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:37:00 PST

COD Tickets!! Win a Chance To Hang With CE!!!

What up awesome people???? So we are playing an awesome ALL AGES show at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn on Friday, October 26. We are PRE-SELLING tickets to this show!!&...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:39:00 PST

Lets Make This A Sing-A-Long!!

LYRICS! You now you have no excuse to NOT sing along during our shows! hahaha. I saw some of you ...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:21:00 PST

The Derek has landed

Hey everyone, HUGE news. After 5 long months of searching for Davey's successor on guitar, we are very privileged to announce Derek (we're not sure what his last name is, but he said last night it was...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:23:00 PST

Old CE songs up on Purevolume

They are up on our Purevolume site! www.purevolume.com/capitaleyeYou'll find three songs from our 2004 Demo on there, and one song from our 2006 demo. The one from our 2006 Demo was recorded along wi...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:40:00 PST

Anyone want a copy of our FREE demo?

Two ways to obtain it are: A.) Come to our shows, we will have them out so you can pick one up. B.) send us your mailing address info and we'll send it out to you. The songs on the demo are: Queen Of ...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:37:00 PST

NEW VIDEO from CE's Recording Session

Hey everyone,You knew this one was coming. So while we were recording those two lovely songs for you, we decided to record little snippets on video. Why were they little snippets? Because Marie's digi...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:07:00 PST

Our very own Dave Gall versus Chuck Norris!

Hey everyone!Last night during our show at the Mutiny, we had a surprise visit from "Action Chuck Norris Karate Commando!" While Marie, Liam and I were shocked and excited that such an honorable gues...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:49:00 PST

The "POGO", CE's official dance

That's right, everyone! You read that right! The official dance at Capital Eye shows will now be "The Pogo". This is not some lame publicity stint, it's a revolution! It's not that we think moshing is...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:51:00 PST

Midwest Street team needed

Hey everyone, Capital Eye is looking to start a Midwest street team or a network of other bands who are willing to promote us and we, inreturn can do the same for you. We are really trying to get...
Posted by Capital Eye [Rocks on to Swing State 11/3/07!] on Thu, 10 May 2007 12:06:00 PST