ArtistInfo

The Stone Giants

Band,
Rock and Pop

The Stone Giants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Background information Origin Macomb, Illinois Genres Rock Pop Years active 1992–present Record Label Redlight Records http://www.redlightrecords.com/stonegiants/ Members Jordan Egler Ken Becker Kortney Leatherwood Mike Smith Past members Ahmer Nizam Alton J. Duderstadt Anthony Gravino Bill Thomas Chris Mietus Jeff Baars Rik Thomas Stan Maddox The Stone Giants are an American rock band from Central Illinois formed by Jordan Egler in 1992. The initial lineup was short-lived and consisted of Jordan Egler (guitar, vocals). Brothers Bill and Rik Thomas (guitar, vocals), Jeff Baars (drums) and Chris Mietus (bass). Their debut performance was an Earth Day celebration on Wednesday, Apr 22, 1992. A second, more stable lineup consisted of Jordan Egler, Kortney Leatherwood (bass, vocals) and Ahmer Nizam (drums). Leatherwood began singing much of the bands material and quickly became a principal song writer along with Egler. They debuted the three-piece lineup in Macomb in June of 1994.[1] An EP "KAJ" was recorded in October of 1996. Nizam was replaced on drums by Alton Duderstadt III in early 1997 and the new trio quickly recorded another EP "Big Rocks" in April before adding a second guitar with Anthony Gravino later that same year. In 1998 Mike Smith replaced Duderstadt on drums. In 1999 Egler went to Austin, Texas briefly to tour with musician Billy Eli. He would also appear on Eli's album "Something's going On" released by Errant Music.[2] When Egler returned in 2001, Ken Becker replaced Gravino on guitar and they played as a four-piece before adding Stan Maddox (Percussion, keyboards, vocals) in 2002. Collaborating with Grammy Award winner Harry Brotman,[3] They recorded a 17 track album "...and They Roamed the Earth" on Egler's Redlight Records label and released it in 2005.[4] Maddox left the band in 2007 and the remaining members recorded and released another full-length album "IV" in 2008. In 2009, Leatherwood left the Giants to front a successful cover band Kung Fu Dynamite in Springfield, before disbanding that in 2014.[5] Meanwhile, Egler had begun playing in a lucrative country cover band Jerad Harness & Blackgrass[6] before splitting that in 2013. In June of 2014, Egler was commissioned to write the theme music for the television show "Spurchaser" [7] which appeared on The Pursuit Channel [8]. In October of 2014 Egler and Leatherwood agreed to convene with Smith and Becker to begin rehearsals for a new tour and album. The four-piece of Becker, Egler, Leatherwood and Smith, remain the current lineup as of this writing. The Stone Giants continue to tour and their LP "Not Afraid of Heights" is recorded and scheduled for release in 2016. References http://www.westerncourier.com/stone-hard-rockers/article_cd12a7bf-9feb-560b-a8f9-811e3a850a6f.html Stone Hard Rockers news http://billyeli.com/news-gossip-and-stuff-from-inside-billys-head/somethings-going-on-re-release/ Billy Eli News https://soundbetter.com/profiles/489-harry's-sonic-bistro Harry Brotman credits http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stonegiants ...and They Roamed the Earth http://illinoistimes.com/article-8797-kfd.html KFD news http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/BSD-Church_review_062011 Blackgrass news http://www.spurchaser.com/ Spurchaser T.V. http://pursuitchannel.com/ The Pursuit Channel External links http://www.redlightrecords.com/stonegiants Categories: Rock music groups from IllinoisMusical groups established in 1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Giants#/media/File:The_Stone_Giants_Band_2015.jpg

Members

	Jordan Egler g US
	Kortney Leatherwood b
	Kenneth Michael Becker voc, acg