History

His Boy Elroy was founded by Johnny Fly, alias Johnny Stevens, in Seattle. Early on, Brian Vander Ark

Brian Vander Ark

Brian Vander Ark is an American Singer-songwriter best known as lead singer for the band The Verve Pipe. Born in Holland, Michigan, Vander Ark began playing guitar at age 8. At age 18, he was married to then girlfriend Michelle Marthens and had a son named Joshua Vander Ark. Soon after he joined...

 played with the group on guitar, but quit to form his own band before His Boy Elroy signed to a major label. The group's 1993 self-titled Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 album was constructed mainly in the studio, with production work from Phil Harding

Phil Harding (producer)

Phil Harding is an English audio engineer, producer and remixer, best known for his extended collaboration with keyboardist and programmer Ian Curnow....

 and Ian Curnow. Duncan Sheik

Duncan Sheik

Duncan Scott Sheik is an American singer-songwriter and composer. Sheik initially found success as a singer, most notably for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing". He later expanded his work to include compositions for motion pictures and the Broadway stage, leading him to involvement in the...

 made an appearance on the record. The record was similar in sound to groups such as Jesus Jones

Jesus Jones

Jesus Jones are a British rock band. The Wiltshire-based group, formed in late 1988, recorded and performed in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s. They are best remembered for their track, "Right Here, Right Now", an international hit and subsequently globally appropriated for...

, EMF

EMF (band)

EMF were an indie dance band from the United Kingdom. The band, from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, came to prominence at the beginning of the 1990s. During its initial eight year run , EMF had released three studio albums and had gone on hiatus and reformed twice...

, and the Soup Dragons. The lead single from the record, "Chains", was a dance hit, reaching #7 on the Billboard Dance Club Play charts and #25 on the Maxi Singles charts. The song was also used during a party scene in the film Beethoven's 2nd

Beethoven's 2nd

Beethoven's 2nd is a 1993 American family film directed by Rod Daniel, and the first sequel to the 1992 film, Beethoven. It starred Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt, and Beethoven's four puppies, Chubby, Dolly, Tchaikovsky, and Moe. This is the second of six installments in the Beethoven film series...

. Another big song of theirs was Fade to Black reaching top 10 on Billboard as well.

A band was assembled to tour behind the record, which included Forrest Breese on bass, Mario Rossi on drums, Scott Doyle on keyboards and percussion. The band went through four guitarists in that same year. Starting with "a guy named Dave",who did not last long, then with Charlie Longhi on guitar (he currently owns Longhi's Restaurant in Ala Moana Center, Hawaii) then another guitarist who only lasted for a radio interview and then finally Matt Waldrum on guitar until the band ended in 1994. The group toured the United States in the summer of 1993.

Discography

• His Boy Elroy (Immortal
  Immortal Records
  Immortal Records is an independent record label out of Los Angeles, California. Founded by Happy Walters in 1994, the label had helped launched the careers of such influential acts as Korn, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Incubus over the years. The label had also released soundtracks, including Judgment...
  
  /Epic
  Epic Records
  Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
  
  , 1993)
• "Chains" maxi-single: LP Version and Harding & Curnow Remix Version (Epic, 1993)
• "Fade to Black" maxi-single: Remix Version, Acoustic Version plus "Don't Leave Me": Radio Mix, Radio Remix Instrumental and Alternative Club Mix (Epic, 1993)

--Album--

Track listing:

1. I'm in Love
2. Chains
3. Fade to Black
4. Down That Road
5. She's My Spy
6. Don't Leave Me
7. Closer to You
8. Fly
9. Free
10. Wastin' Time
11. Receiving Me
12. Chains (Remix)