The Elvis Club is a pseudonym. I haven’t seen anything that straight out says who they are, but both the website and Facebook page of The Del-Lords mention that The Elvis Club will be playing a warm up date for Turbo Rock at The Lakeside Lounge tonight. Turbo Rock is a festival in Spain this weekend at which The Del-Lords will be playing. So it seems pretty obvious what band The Elvis Club really is.
If you were around New York City in the 80s, you probably heard, or at least heard of The Del-Lords. If you weren’t here’s the basics from Wikipedia:
The Del-Lords are an American rock’n'roll band that formed in New York City in 1982, founded by The Dictators‘ guitarist Scott Kempner. The band combined elements of ’60s garage rock with country, blues, and folk influences to become one of the initial progenitors of urban-roots-rock. Band members were: Scott Kempner, Manny Caiati, Eric Ambel, and Frank Funaro.
In the winter of 2010, The Del-Lords got back together, played a small number of shows and recorded five tracks which they released on the EP, Under Construction. That EP made the Now I’ve Heard Everything Best of 2010 list. You can listen to and buy all those tracks at The Del-Lords bandcamp page here.
The Lakeside Lounge is a small place, so if you are going to this show, I recommend getting there early.
“The Elvis Club,”Lakeside Lounge, 162 Avenue B near 10th Street (any train to 14th Street or the L Train to 1st Avenue, transfer t0 the M14A or M14D bus to 11th Street and walk to Avenue B), 9pm, $20 suggested donation for the band
