Sons of Elvis was a post-grunge

Post-grunge

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 group active in the early 1990s, best known for their hit single, "Formaldehyde".

History

Sons of Elvis was formed by musicians from Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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. After winning some local airplay in Cleveland and building a small following, they relocated to New York City

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 so that three of the members could attend college, at Fordham University

Fordham University

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 in the Bronx. While there, two of the members also wrote a well received weekly music column, Ear Wax, for Fordham's alternative newspaper, The Paper. After a bidding war

Bidding war

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, they signed to small independent record label

Independent record label

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 American Empire to release Glodean, but the label went out of business quickly after signing them. Priority Records

Priority Records

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 then picked up the group and released the Mrs. White disc (consisting mainly of tracks from Glodean) before re-releasing Glodean in 1995. Lead single "Formaldehyde" received airplay at radio and on MTV

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, and was also featured on the soundtrack of the feature film Higher Learning

Higher Learning

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, by director John Singleton. Glodean peaked at #23 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart in 1995.

Members

• John Borland (vocals)
• Tim Parnin (guitar)
• Dave Hill
  Dave Hill (comedian)
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  (bass, guitar)
• Pat Casa (drums)