ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="keywords" content="for the love of sloane band, Rock, band, providence, ri, rhode island, ourstage, lupos, providence local music, for the love of sloane, ghost lyrics, drying blue lyrics, bitter lyrics, parking lot lyrics, stephen moniz needs hard lovin, 4 piece rock band, jay jefferson, chris gonsalves, stephen moniz, elese morrone, upcoming providence band" /> <meta name="description" content="For the Love of Sloane is a 4 piece rock band from the biggest little state in the union, Rhode Island." /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>for the love of sloane...</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/stylesheet.css" /> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="tdlogo" rowspan="2"> <a href="index.html" onfocus="blur()"><img src="IMAGES/logo.gif" border="0" /></a> </td> <td class="tdnav3" colspan="12"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ftlos" target="_blank" onfocus="blur()"><img src="images/fb.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fortheloveofsloane" target="_blank" onfocus="blur()"><img src="images/ms.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ftlos" target="_blank" onfocus="blur()"><img src="images/tw.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="index.html" onfocus="blur()">news</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="music.html" onfocus="blur()">music</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="photos.html" onfocus="blur()">photos</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="videos.html" onfocus="blur()">videos</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="merch.html" onfocus="blur()">merch</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeaderSelected">bios</span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="press.html" onfocus="blur()">press</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="http://www.ourstage.com/epk/fortheloveofsloane" target="_blank" onfocus="blur()">epk</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="gigs.html" onfocus="blur()">gigs</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="links.html" onfocus="blur()">links</a></span></td> <td class="tdnav">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="styleHeader"><a href="contact.html" onfocus="blur()">contact</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdnav2" colspan="13">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="125"> <span class="style5"> <span class="style4"><span class="style9"><a href="bios.html">The Band</a></span></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4"><span class="style9">&bull; <a href="bio_elese.html">Elese</a></span></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4"><span class="style9">&bull; <a href="bio_stephen.html">Stephen</a></span></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4"><span class="style8">&bull; Michelle</span></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4"><span class="style9">&bull; <a href="bio_jay.html">Jay</a></span></span><br /><br /> </span> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <span class="style5"> <span class="style4"><span class="style15"> <span class="style11">Originally from Rehoboth, Massachusetts</span>, <span class="style23"><span class="style24">Michelle </span></span> has been rockin as far back as she can remember. At a young age (<span class="style11">not even three feet tall</span>), she would ask her uncle to play the drums at bedtime; the beat would help her sleep. She was never able to sit in a car and NOT sing along with the radio. As a child, she used to <span class="style11">bang on an old player piano</span> that her family owned. Soon after, she fell in love with their organ that was designed to play by numbers and colors. Around age 12, <span class="style23"><span class="style24">Michelle </span></span> received a Yamaha keyboard for Christmas. She didn t play it well, but used it to start writing songs. <br /><br /> Through most of her <span class="style30">school career she was in chorus</span>. In high school, many of her friends were in bands and she really wanted to get her groove on. However, <span class="style23"><span class="style24">Michelle </span></span> wanted to do more than sing. Thinking <span class="style11">it was going to be easier because it only had four strings</span> (huge misconception), she wanted a bass guitar. She picked up a Yamaha RBX200 and fell in love. Immediately, she was learning many of her favorite tunes by ear. It was her phenomenal bass teacher, <span class="style8">Mibbet Threats</span>, who gave her a great foundation to build off of. Her family learned to be tolerant of the giant Marshall cabinet (almost the size of their fridge) taking up space & noise in their family room. <br /><br /> As a bassist, <span class="style23"><span class="style24">Michelle </span></span> rocked through a few bands in the early 90 s. During the mid-90 s, she switched gears. <span class="style23"><span class="style24">Michelle </span></span> taught herself guitar on a Yamaha FG-461s and <span class="style11">became a hippie</span> in an acoustic duo. In this duo, <span class="style11">she strengthened her vocal harmonies</span> and acquired many percussion pieces including a djembe that she is still very fond of. <br /><br /> Guitar and percussion was fun, but she really missed the rockin beats of the bass. Most recently, she led a trio as bass/lead vocals for <span class="style8">Off The Ground (OTG)</span>. During the time <span class="style8">OTG</span> was disbanding, <span class="style23"><span class="style24">Michelle </span></span> reconnected with high school buddy, <span class="style8"><a href="bio_jay.html">Jay Jefferson</a></span> of <span class="style23"><span class="style24">For The Love Of Sloane</span></span>. When <span class="style23"><span class="style24">FTLOS</span></span> said they were in need of a new bassist, <span class="style23"><span class="style24">Michelle </span></span> was happy to audition. She is thrilled to now be a part of the <span class="style23"><span class="style24">Sloane </span></span> family. <br/><br/><br/> <span class="style5"> <span class="style4"><span class="style8">&bull; Influences</span></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Geddy Lee</span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John Paul Jones</span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D arcy Wretzky</span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kim Deal</span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Justin Chancellor</span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Flea</span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roger Waters</span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Suzi Quatro</span><br /><br /> </span> <br/><br/> <span class="style5"> <span class="style4"><span class="style8">&bull; Equipment</span></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.schecterguitars.com/Products/Bass.aspx" target="_blank" onFocus="blur()">Schecter Bass Guitars</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments" target="_blank" onFocus="blur()">Yamaha Bass Guitars</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ampeg.com" target="_blank" onFocus="blur()">Ampeg Amps</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nady.com" target="_blank" onFocus="blur()">Nady Wireless</a></span><br /><br /> <span class="style4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.akg.com/site/powerslave,id,32,nodeid,32,pcategory,6,_language,EN.html?&pId=2" target="_blank" onFocus="blur()">AKG Microphones</a></span><br /><br /> </span> </span></span> </span> </td> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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