Elijah Blue Allman (born July 10, 1976), known professionally as P. Exeter Blue (Phillips Exeter Blue), is an American musician, and the son of singer

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and her second husband,

Gregg Allman Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Br ...

; he is the half-brother of

Chaz Bono Chaz Salvatore Bono (born Chastity Sun Bono; March 4, 1969) is an American writer, musician and actor. His parents are entertainers Sonny Bono and Cher, and he became widely known in appearances as a child on their television show, ''The Sonny ...

, Delilah Allman, Michael Allman, Layla Allman, and Devon Allman. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist of the

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band

Deadsy Deadsy is an American industrial rock band from Los Angeles. The band is known for its visual appearance and unique musical style the band self-describes as "undercore". The band has released two major studio albums. The band was initially si ...

Career

Allman is the singer and guitarist for the rock band

, which, prior to its hiatus in April 2007, consisted of Alec Püre on drums, Dr. Nner on synthesizer, Carlton Megalodon on

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, and Jens Funke on bass. Deadsy released two albums: 2002's '' Commencement'', and '' Phantasmagore'', which came out on August 22, 2006. Many of the themes used by Allman in Deadsy have been heavily influenced by the 1955 film ''

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''. He was given his first guitar by

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bassist Gene Simmons, and at the age of 13 went on tour as a guitarist with Cher; he appears as a guitarist in the music video for her song " If I Could Turn Back Time". In 1994, he auditioned for the spot of guitarist for

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, but ended up losing the spot to

Robin Finck Robert John "Robin" Finck (born November 7, 1971) is an American guitarist. Finck is the longest-serving touring musician for Nine Inch Nails, performing with the band from 1994 to 2000, and returning in 2008. With Nine Inch Nails, Finck contribu ...

. He has worked with

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for the band's self-titled debut album. and has also provided guest vocals on a variety of songs for other bands including

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and

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Personal life

Allman attended the

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, graduating in 1994. Allman has dated

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,Stated in ''Howard Stern on Demand'' interview. Air date: August 23, 2006.

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, and

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. Through his mother

, Allman is of

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, Irish, English, and German ancestry. On December 1, 2013, he married

Marieangela King King (stylised KING) are an English pop/ hip hop quartet, started in 1997. The band consisted originally of five siblings, Trillion, Queenie, Jazzy, Ruby and Lucius. In November 2013 Jazzy and Ruby left the quintet to form their own band Blon ...

, "Queenie", an English singer, of the band

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and sister of Jazzy and Ruby King from the British pop duo Blonde Electra. The couple broke up on April 20, 2020, and Allman filed for divorce the following year. In 2014, Allman admitted that he began taking drugs at the age of 11 and battled

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for years, but claimed being sober since 2008.

Discography

With Deadsy * ''Demo'' (1995) * ''

'' (1996) * ''Commencement'' (1999, unreleased version) * '' Commencement'' (2002) * '' Phantasmagore'' (2006) * ''Subterfugue'' (TBA) With Elijah Blue and the Trapezoids Since starting Elijah Blue and the Trapezoids, Allman has released a few demos on his Myspace, but no news of an album have surfaced since 2008. * "Haunted" * "White Knuckle Angel Face" * "Long Way Down" As featured musician *

– ''

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'' (1998, additional vocals and keyboards on "Revival") * with

– ''Crimson & Clover'' (1999) *

– '' 14:59'' (1999, additional vocals on "Personal Space Invader") *

– ''Chamber Music'' (1999, additional vocals and keyboards on "Shock the Monkey", additional vocals on "My Mercy") *

– ''

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'' (2000, additional vocals on "The Spectrum") * " What's Going On" (2001, additional vocals on "What's Going On (Fred Durst's Reality Check Mix)") * ''

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'' (2001, appears live on the

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song " Push It") *

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