Ean Elliot Clevenger (also known as Ean Elliot) is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter best known as the former singer and songwriter for
A-F Record's political hardcore-punk band Pipedown. Prior to the formation of Pipedown, Clevenger was a vocalist and bassist for the
Sublime Records band
Silage
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. He has participated in several North American, European, and
Van's Warped Tours with many of his bands including: Pipedown,
Silage
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,
Dance For Destruction, NMBRSTTN, and Cruex Lies. He has provided guest vocals on
Anti-Flag
Anti-Flag was an American punk rock band formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1988. The band was known for its left-wing politics, left-wing political activism. For the majority of the band's career, their members included Justin Sane (voc ...
's albums ''
For Blood and Empire'' and ''
A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime''. He is known for the strongly voiced left-leaning political lyrics and imagery within his music.
Since the break up of Pipedown in 2005, Ean has been working with several other acts. In 2009, as reported by Punknews.org, his band Dance For Destruction released its first full-length on Lorelei Record's.
In 2011, Ean joined the Canadian band Crashscene, featuring members of Bodog Music's
Neurosonic and
Lava
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/
Atlantic
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artist
Bif Naked
Beth Nicole Torbert (born June 15, 1971) is a Canadian singer best known by her stage name Bif Naked. Between 1996 and 2016, she was among the top 150 selling Canadian artists in Canada. She charted #1 on Billboard Canada for the single Spacema ...
. The band disbanded with the passing of singer-songwriter Jacen Ekstrom.
Since 2016, Clevenger has been working with his latest band, Creux Lies based out of Sacramento, California.
Creux Lies was recently signed to the seminal post-punk label –
Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label that has the sub-labels Hypnotic Records, Goldenlane, Stardust, Purple Pyramid, Deadline and X-Ray Records.
History
Founded in January 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in go ...
. Meanwhile, he continues working on producing various EDM based material and lending his voice to other acts. Clevenger also is pursuing a teaching career in the Sacramento area, briefly having taught at the prestigious
Folsom High School alongside Mark Hallam.
References
American punk rock musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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