Navarone Anthony Garibaldi (born March 1, 1987) is an American musician. He is the
frontman
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...
of the band Them Guns. Garibaldi is the son of
Priscilla Presley and half-brother of
Lisa Marie Presley.
Early life
Garibaldi was born to actress
Priscilla Presley and Marco Garibaldi on March 1, 1987 in
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
.
With his mother Priscilla being the former wife of
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
, media scrutiny was often focused on the family. Garibaldi's half-sister was
Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis' only child,
and he is the uncle of her children,
Riley Riley may refer to:
Names
* Riley (given name)
* Riley (surname)
Places
* Riley Park–Little Mountain, a neighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
* Riley Creek (Ontario), a tributary of the Black River in Central Ontario, Canada
* Ri ...
, Benjamin Keough, and Harper and Finley Lockwood. Danny Keough,
Nicolas Cage,
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
and
Michael Lockwood were his brothers-in-law.
Them Guns
Them Guns is a
Los Angeles
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-based rock band made up of members Garibaldi (guitar/lead vocals), Kyle Hamood (lead guitar/vocals/keys), Bobby Vega (drums), and Chuck Holiday (bass). Santa Cruz Waves described their sound as "...a rock base, a tinge of
surf/
ska
Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...
vocals, and funked out keys, a sound to satisfy the traditional, to
alternative
Alternative or alternate may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki''
* ''The Alternative'' (film), a 1978 Australian television film
* ''The Alternative ...
, to
psychedelic rock
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music enthusiasts... birthed from the
barrels
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of Them Guns."
Garibaldi cites his musical influences as "
Nine Inch Nails
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,
Nirvana
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,
Kings of Leon to the likes of the
Chemical Brothers."
In the United States, Them Guns have had sold out shows at
The Viper Room,
The Troubadour in
West Hollywood
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and many other rock venues.
Their UK debut was on April 4, 2013, at The Kings Head Club in
Hoxton
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, east
London
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.
It was the first time that The Kings Head Club had hosted a live band and the show was a private one.
Personal life
Garibaldi is a reptile lover and collects
reticulated python
The reticulated python (''Malayopython reticulatus'') is a python species native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the world's longest snake, and is among the three heaviest. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wi ...
s and
Asian water monitors.
On February 15, 2022 he married Elisa Achilli at
Schloss Hünigen Hotel in the
Emmental Valley, Switzerland.
References
External links
Them Guns Official website
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1987 births
Living people
Singers from Los Angeles
21st-century American singers
Priscilla Presley
American people of Italian descent
21st-century American guitarists
21st-century American male singers
Musicians from Santa Monica, California
American rock guitarists
American rock singers