The collaborative project of Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons has released the official music video for its debut single, "Body Down".
The clip was directed by Kuya Allen and Shey Allen of Downhaus.
In a recent episode of the Caught On The Mike podcast, Evan and Nick spoke about their musical direction and upcoming debut album.
Regarding why they chose to name their project STANLEY SIMMONS, Evan said: "It's funny when you say the obvious marketing angle, it's a really funny one for us, or to anyone who is familiar, our parents are in a band together, and it's a pretty big band and that's great and it's really cool." Nick chimed in: "I didn't actually anticipate that, which is stupid.
I should have.
But when we talked about it, we were, like, 'Oh, we like a lot of bands that do that: CROSBY, STILLS & NASH, HALL & OATES and SIMON & GARFUNKEL.
We could just be STANLEY & SIMMONS' or whatever." Regarding their debut album, Evan told KTLA's Andy Riesmeyer: "We grew up loving a lot of roots stuff, Americana folk, so you hear a lot of that in there.
It really has nothing to do with what our dads do.
I think the interesting thing is we do actually have a lot of the same influences." STANLEY SIMMONS's upcoming debut album is being helmed by GREEN DAY producer Rob Cavallo, who said about the project: "The fact that it has nothing to do with the sound of KISS is the first thing that's interesting.
And even the name STANLEY SIMMONS.
It's just got its own vibe that's very deep.
So we're excited.