The Beatles and Oasis are the main influences in Carl's music " as Noel Gallagher  said " (in reference to him borrowing ideas from the Beatles) " if you are going to pinch, you might as well pinch from the best"  "I do believe  that" Carl says " it's not like I don't have an original Idea in my head, I just like that sound."  "I do try to write from the hip, meaning that I try not to think the songs out too much, they are what they are". 

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• April 2018-

CuriousAmusements For The Ingenious:

The long awaited album From Carl Elizondo & The Royal Union Of Architects is Just about out, any day now iTunes, CD Baby & most internet music stores will be selling this 5 year in the making album. The Architects waded through rough waters to get back into the studio and write this new collection of tunes. This has proven to be an interesting album as "the world that revolves around them" was in flux for quite a while, but this album proves that the Architects have stuck to their guns and have written a great album! Now On iTunes & CD Baby!!         Curious Amusements For The Ingenious- check bottom of page for song feature

• March 2018

The new album song listing for Curious Amusements For The Ingenious is now out:

Pauper Millionaire

32 Ford (working title)

Wish It Away

Bittersweet

You won't (ever) Know

Window

Anymore

Spy vs. Spy (working title)

Tell Me Summat

You're Leaving

This was written during a challenging time in life, and it shows, there are many hidden messages as well as blatant castoffs to those who know! enjoy

25/1/18: 

• Well, now working on the next album after Curious Amusements, which has yet to be released. I don't have a name for album # 6 but we do have a hand full of great songs. we have an unusual opportunity, and must take advantage of this time that we have.

     26/1/18: 

• The album "Curious Amusements For The Ingenious" is complete and being sent off to be mastered, hoping to release it in a few months

• 12/11/17: Working in the studio daily getting  lots of work done AND, remastering two songs that were to be on our previous album titled " Tell Me Summat" and "Wish it Away". All of this work and time in the studio is compliments of an unnamed benefactor, who actually believes in us! cheers Mate!

• 21/10/17: Working in the studio for 3weeks now, making great progress, cant wait for the final outcome!

• Along with the Marr Jag guitar, we have also added a little ditty, the Epiphone SG-Pro, We'll see ( after some modificarions) just how fast she'll drive

Update-27/5/15

• Working on songs in the studio, Just completed  "Pauper Millionaire" which will be featured on "Curious Amusements for the Ingenious" with a tentative 2017 release date.

UPDATE:  12 /6 /14

• So the new Album is doing well and getting much airplay thank you all!
• Getting itchy to get back in the studio to lay tracks, we have many many ideas to choose from, now only to figure out which songs make the cut! Some poor old songs have been waiting for yonks!....in a bit
• Update:  8/5/13
• We will be adding a fan page so send in your coolest, cute, crazy pictures of yourself & we will add it to the page!(remember to list the country where you're from)
• truoa@carlelizondo.com 
• The new album At her Majesty's Command We Present: is now available via digital download & physical CD's, from iTunes,
•  CD Baby & Amazon

 So new tunes are up at Jango

     New tunes up at Soundcloud, go check them out! the new CD will be out for purchase by Christmas (hint hint) Join us on Facebook, become a Jango fan & let us know what you think!!! T.R.U.O.A.

• The Royal Union Of Architects are busy working on their next album (with recent album & band name change) "At Her Majesty's Command We Present: The Royal Union Of Architects". Almost on a daily basis, the band are going into the studio for, from a few hours to eight hour blocks, writing, re-writing and forming each song based loosely on 60's British invasion ( The Who, The Kinks etc), 90's British invasion   ( Oasis, Blur,Muse, Placebo, Radiohead etc) and American staples (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Van Halen, Sound Garden, Stone Temple Pilots etc) plus newer groups like The Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds and Beady Eye. As of late June '12 the band have over 15 songs recorded from 45 newly written, unheard songs. With the new songs, band name change and an update to the album title, this will prove to be an exceptional and exciting album.     

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Pens Eye View-article

2007

Talk  about taking the road less traveled – jack-of-all-trades Carl Elizondo  is only interested in success one way: his way. How else can you  describe an artist who has played in thriving bands that have sold  records, toured the country, even opened for Metallica… yet keeps  breaking away to make the music he feels deep within; “music about his  dreams and nightmares.” Elizondo, a drummer by trade has found musical  glory in the past by admitingly “submitting to the ideas” of whatever  band he was in at the time. Elizondo soon realized it was not the  recognition he was playing for, but instead for the fact that the music  is his life’s blood. This uncompromising drive is what allowed him to  not only learn how to record and produce his own music, but to play the  guitar, bass and keyboards as well. The unbeaten path indeed. There’s  more than drive and passion behind the work of Elizondo – his  influences are impressive as well, drawing mainly from both The Beatles  and Oasis. He explains that he “has always loved the older Brit sound;  it reminds him of a time of discovery.” You can hear this style, mixed  in with some “psychedelic reverberations and a hint of India… birthing  fresh ideas based on a familiar sound” on both of the albums “The  Crystal & the Cross” and the upcoming “The Tomes of Lore.”
“The  Tomes of Lore” will hit the streets some time later this year, but you  can check out his current single “Crash Landing” on internet radio  stations such as Pandora Radio. Learn more about this artist by jumping  into the XXQ’s.

XXQs: Carl ElizondoPensEyeView.com (PEV): How and when did you first get involved with music? Carl  Elizondo: As a kid growing up in Los Angeles, I used to watch my cousin  and his band play music in their house while on summer vacation from  school, I was always drawn to watching the drummer, I thought how cool  to move arms & legs at different times all over the place, I really  got bit by the bug. I must have been 10 or 11. PEV: Growing up, what kind of music were you listening to? Do you remember the first concert you ever attended? CE:  I used to listen to what ever was on the radio, mostly rock radio so  Tom Petty, Kiss, Rush Oh and YES, I was a real Yes fan! One of my first  concerts was Yes, & Kiss, who ever was coming through town. But I’ve  always liked older rock. PEV: Was there a certain point in your life when you knew that music was going to be a profession rather than just a hobby? CE:  In high school, that’s when, I always really had a bad time in school,  and didn’t get very good grades, except in art, I was damn good at  drawing, painting and conceptual art but of course I was always thinking  of music, I would doodle on paper different concert scenes or drum set  up’s, I was imagining it to make it become real. PEV: What were your first years in the music business like for you? Did you ever think you’d be where you are now, then? CE:  The first years were ok, I would rehearse at a buddies home after  school, I mean nothing would get in the way of rehearsal, I even missed  the prom, parties, dates with girlfriends at the time. I wanted it bad. I  ended up playing all over Los Angeles with various groups that I was in  at the time. I honestly always knew I would be in music , as far as  where I am now, well that’s hard to say, I suppose I would always  welcome a higher level of success, but really I play cause its my life’s  blood, not for the recognition… PEV:  Having written, recorded and produced each song, how is the production  side of the your music different from your creation side? Do you find  the two sides hard to balance? CE:  Excellent question! Its very hard… I have to write the songs backwards  in a way, I will come up with a riff or a real cool Idea and I have to  think “how will I approach this, any effects, or cool tricks to enhance  the song?” If I took this to a producer, I would take in a completed  song & then they would say “Lets do this or do that” but the  producer side of me is constantly doing that while I am writing the song  so it is a big struggle and alot of second guessing. PEV: What can fans expect from your latest album, “The Crystal & The Cross “? CE:  As the teaser line by music reviewer Bobby Collini states it’s ” Music  about Dreams & Nightmares, Carl Elizondo delves into the minds of  Lennon, McCartney & The Gallagher brothers. Psychedelic with a hint  of India influences brings forth fresh ideas based on a familiar sound.”  I have always loved the older Brit sound, it reminds me of a time of  discovery. The current single is Crash Landing and is getting airplay on  Internet radio stations such as Pandora Radio and others, I am hoping  for more exposure, at least my CD is selling very well. PEV: How is “The Crystal & The Cross” different than others out today? CE:  There is a lot of great music out today, Placebo, Muse, Stereophonics  etc. and then there are a lot of “bandwagon” bands Emo or Screamo, now  I’m not knockin’ it or anything, but I would rather write what I write,  They are standard song structures with a little extra something to make  it interesting, like the Beatles did. PEV: “The Crystal & The Cross” is your fourth album, how is this different from your previous works? CE:  My previous work was co-written so I would be able to bounce ideas off  of the other person, with The Crystal & The Cross, & my next  release, The Tomes Of Lore, it’s all me so the pressure is really on and  all criticism lays solely on me. PEV: Is there a certain environment you surround yourself in when you sit down to write music? CE:  That’s interesting you ask, so many ideas come to me late, late at  night when I am just about to fall asleep, then boom, right into my head  comes an awesome idea, so its out of bed and down stairs to my studio  to get the Idea on tape. PEV: How have all your friends and family reacted to your success? CE:  They are proud of me, but mostly I am proud of myself. Being a drummer  by trade, I used to have ideas that I would submit to what ever band I  was in, but as you know no one ever takes a drummer seriously, so I said  screw this… I taught myself Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, brushed up on my  vocals and dove right in to prove that I am capable! PEV: In all your travels, what city do you think offers the best appreciation for music? Why? CE:  I think New York & Los Angeles, there is always some one in the  business to give you a listen although those markets are tough to break,  in the midwest folks down there really appreciate music for music’s  sake. The Midwest can appreciate you for you PEV: What is life on the road like for the band? Best and worst parts? CE:  The Best part of being on the road is waking up in a particular town  and hearing the local radio station playing your music and promoting it,  the worst are the hotel rooms, wow there are really some dives out  there and of course being away from loved ones, that always gets to me  at 2 a.m. in the morning when the night is all over and you are all  alone…The road is really not fun, at least for me. PEV: Is there an “up and coming” artist or band right now that you think we should all be listening to? CE: Not really, I listen to a lot of Placebo, Muse, Radiohead, Travis, Oasis & Beatles of course oh and The Arctic Monkeys! PEV:  Having The Beatles and Oasis are the main influences, is there someone  you have not had the chance to work with or collaborate with, that you  would like to? CE: I would like to collaborate with Noel Gallagher, now that would be stellar! PEV: When the band is not traveling or performing, what can we find you doing in your spare time? CE:  I am actually always in the studio, really or watching reality TV, ah! I  am addicted, of course I like a cold ale, or a great cigar… PEV: What’s one thing we’d be surprised to hear about Carl Elizondo? CE:  Well its either that I taught myself all the instruments with out any  help or lessons, or that I make goofy faces in the mirror when I am  alone, which ever you think is more interesting. PEV: If we were to walk into your practice studio what would we find? CE:  Awesome question! A Beatle album on the turntable, a Beatle Bootleg in  the CD player, various Rolling Stone magazines, books on Shakespeare, an  easy chair… Oh! And Christmas lights hung up!!!! Very Zen, or does that  qualify as very Hippie ( which I am not) but I’m not sure. PEV: What is a live Carl Elizondo performance like? Its  Usually an acoustic show, I have really produced my albums to the  extent that I face the same problems of many bands, where its very hard  to reproduce live, what I have recorded in the studio, I like to talk to  my audience between songs, so its not so structured PEV: In one word, describe Carl Elizondo. CE: Introspective. PEV: So, what is next for you? CE:  Aah! “The Tomes Of Lore”, my next album (2008)… I know I just released The  Crystal & The Cross (2006), but I have got to get this music out of me and  to the masses. I have recently realized that between the two albums,  I have a particular sound and I am very proud of that!   

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BITS 'N BOBS (continued)

2006 

Carl Elizondo's Crystal Ball Bobby Collini- Freelance Writer 

It was up an elevator to the 22nd floor of an undisclosed hotel deep in the city of New York, not far from the now infamous Ground Zero, where I found myself not knowing what to expect from this relatively unknown artist. I went over some of the questions in my head as I walked down the hallway on a French style carpet in the hotel. My knock on the door brought a shorter, rather wild raven haired guy with a big smile to greet me. After getting the formalities out of the way, I made myself comfortable in the rather uncomfortable hotel chair, as Carl moved his open luggage bag to relax on the sofa, and opened a Diet Coke.  

BC : So what prompted you to write this collection of tunes? CE ; Woah!,  talk about to the point! (laughs) Uh, well... I don't know Hmm BC : Ok ok , what's your music background?? CE : Whew! better. I grew up in Los Angeles back in the late 70's early 80's in the local music scene.  I played in many local groups at clubs like the Starwood or the Whiskey, where it was common to see David Lee Roth, or Joey Ramone hanging out at the bar. I'm a drummer by trade, but I always remember hearing a million melodies in my head at two o'clock in the morning serenading my insomnia. Without formal song writing abilities, I sat back, played drums and learned from those guitarists and bass players around me who knew how to write a song, kinda mentally took notes 'ya know. I've always been torn between the very heavy loud aggressive songs and real wimpy sappy kind of broken heart songs. BC:  some of the tunes have a very 60's British feel to them, what influences you in your song writing? CE:  Years ago I was introduced to a little group known as the Beatles, my guitar player Tony Perez  from a former band insisted I really listed to the song structure and their writing because before this, I kinda hated the Beatles. Then a light went on in my head... Wow, this was a deep well of intrigue, these songs blew me away. All I wanted to do was get into the head of John & Paul, George too! That Beatle feel is so cool, it reminds me of a time of discovery! BC: The CD has you listed as playing everything? Really? CE:  Wow, you say that as if its a bad thing? BC : No no, just unusual. CE:  Look, I had been in groups with a dictator leading us and groups with no direction at all, band members punching it out or long drawn out screaming matches, its really like being in a relationship, you have to learn to get along or face the demise, so I decided to go it alone and teach myself guitar, bass, keys and production. Looking back if I had known how hard it would have been...Shit I still would have done it, after all I am a control freak in a sorta kinda way. The only person I can argue with is myself, and I need a mirror to do that! (laughs). BC:  So you are self taught? CE:  Yep, lots of hours with blistered fingers & finger tips! BC:  What do the songs on this E.P. convey, or what do you want them to say? CE:  I kind of write from the hip, but that being said, some of the subjects would fit nicely into somebody's' life that was going through some shit or had some problems or whatever, really I don't think it out too much. BC:  What has been your biggest challenge? CE:  Hmmm, my biggest challenge is life and trying to be not dead, I wrestle with alot of crap in my head and......Oh  oops, sorry, you mean on this album? well, being the producer and trying to critique myself, listening and re-listening to the songs, does this sound good here and is this stupid, things like that. Carl releases his self produced E.P. titled    " The Crystal & The Cross" soon (2006)..  BC : Carl, what's behind the title of the E.P.? CE:  Its the daily fight that some people have compromising between their beliefs and life, ying and yang, you know, the good and not so good. A shot of whiskey or an ice water...which is better? BC:  Tell me one thing about you that most people don't know. CE:  I'm insane, no!, really insane, depressive, dark, and dank, Shit!... I don't know, I make faces in the mirror at myself.... There!... Damn, that is insane isn't it?------Bobby Collini- Freelance Writer 

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Curious Amusements for the Ingenious

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January 2013

"At Her Majesty's Command, We Present

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Review of the song "Rhythm" from
" At Her Majesty's Command We Present:"

By Diva Shane

 CarlElizondo & The Royal Union Of Architects-
I am getting so many flavors of music in this song it’s outrageous! I’m having a blast just setting here enjoying the patchwork quilt rich sounds. There are moments where this track feels like a 60’s throw back with a dash of Oasis and maybe even a bit of Styx in the beginning. The drum line is a great happy, poppy beat while the guitar has this slightly muted dirty sound. I loved the guitar solo, that riff is so fun to listen to. Vocally I am grooving on his voice. His song style reminds me of Oasis. It’s kinda trippy the way he modulates his voice.

This song is like an acid trip for your brain. I can see it as a soundtrack piece or playing at home while hanging out with friends. I like it well enough I want to hear more from the band and download this to my server. I have some Beatles, Oasis and even some Alice in Chains I was to pair it with and see what happens.-Musicbank.co