
Josh Royse, Mikey Tucker and Taylor Hatty have spent years honing their quixotic alt pop/rock hybrid sound in the Las Vegas bars, casinos and festivals between downtown and that infamous global vein known as ‘The Strip’. Cultivated by the scenes of Downtown’s snarky street art and venues full of sharp audiences who thrive in the vortex of abundant creation that is Vegas,
this trio of sonically adventurous cosmic heretics, bathed in neon lights, dodged the quick witted strippers with powdered noses, designer purses and cocktail conversations and, amongst this chaos, crystallized their creative triangle as a global bound pirate ship with a simple mission: to shine a light on the kings and their kingdoms – to expose the giants with the light of the sun; so they called themselves NakedElephant and began bridging the gap from pauper to paper, from kingdom to the coming, singing hallelujah as their curious and open minded listeners bathed in the enlightening lyrical labyrinth and sonic masquerade of their very own band.