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Elijah Blue Allman (born July 10, 1976), known professionally as P. Exeter Blue I (Phillips Exeter Blue), is an American musician, and the son of singer Cher and her second husband, Gregg Allman; he is the half-brother of Chaz Bono, Delilah Allman, Michael Allman, Layla Allman, and Devon Allman. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist of the industrial metal band Deadsy.

Career

Allman is the singer and guitarist for the rock band Deadsy which, prior to its hiatus in April 2007, consisted of Alec Püre on drums, Dr. Nner on synthesizer, Carlton Megalodon on Ztar, and Jens Funke on bass. Deadsy released two albums: 2002's Commencement, and Phantasmagore, which came out on August 22, 2006. Many of the themes used by Allman in Deadsy have been heavily influenced by the 1955 film This Island Earth.

He was given his first guitar by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, and at age 13 he went on tour as a guitarist with Cher; he appears as a guitarist in the music video for her song "If I Could Turn Back Time". In 1994, he auditioned for the spot of guitarist for Nine Inch Nails, but ended up losing the spot to Robin Finck.

He has worked with Thirty Seconds to Mars for the band's self-titled debut album. and has also provided guest vocals on a variety of songs for other bands including Orgy, Coal Chamber and Sugar Ray.

Personal life

Allman attended the Hyde School in Bath, Maine, graduating in 1994.

Allman has dated Bijou Phillips, Heather Graham, Kate Hudson, and Paris Hilton.

Through his mother Cher, Allman is of Armenian, Irish, English, and German ancestry.

On December 1, 2013, he married Marieangela King, "Queenie", an English singer, of the band KING and sister of Jazzy and Ruby King from the British pop duo Blonde Electra. The couple broke up on April 20, 2020, and Allman filed for divorce the following year. The divorce has been dismissed and the couple remain together.

In 2014, Allman admitted that he began taking drugs at age 11 and battled heroin addiction for years, but claimed that he has been sober since 2008.

In 2023, Allman's wife, Marieangela King, alleged in a court filing that, on his mother's orders, Allman had been kidnapped from a hotel room where they had been trying to "work out their marriage" on their anniversary in November 2022. King said that she did not know where he was and had no way to contact him.

In 2023, Allman's mother, Cher, filed for a conservatorship over Allman due to his ongoing substance abuse issues. Prior to the hearing on January 5, 2024, Allman withdrew his divorce filing and retained attorneys to contest the conservatorship. He attended the hearing with his attorneys and successfully argued to postpone the hearing due to Cher's attorneys’ failure to provide proper notice. Cher's motion for the temporary conservatorship was denied on January 30, 2024.

Discography

With Deadsy

• Demo (1995)
• Deadsy (1996)
• Commencement (1999, unreleased version)
• Commencement (2002)
• Phantasmagore (2006)
• Subterfugue (TBA)

With Elijah Blue and the Trapezoids

Since starting Elijah Blue and the Trapezoids, Allman has released a few demos on his Myspace, but no news of an album have surfaced since 2008.

• "Haunted" (4:00)
• "White Knuckle Angel Face" (3:40)
• "Long Way Down" (3:21)

As featured musician

• Orgy – Candyass (1998, additional vocals and keyboards on "Revival")
• with Cher – "Crimson & Clover" (1999)
• Sugar Ray – 14:59 (1999, additional vocals on "Personal Space Invader")
• Coal Chamber – Chamber Music (1999, additional vocals and keyboards on "Shock the Monkey", additional vocals on "My Mercy")
• Orgy – Vapor Transmission (2000, additional vocals on "The Spectrum")
• "What's Going On" (2001, additional vocals on "What's Going On (Fred Durst's Reality Check Mix)")
• The Family Values Tour 2001 (2001, appears live on the Static-X song "Push It")
• Thirty Seconds to Mars – 30 Seconds to Mars (2002, plays guitar and bass on "Welcome to the Universe")
• Korn – Korn Kovers (2005, additional vocals on "Love My Way")
• Mickey Avalon – Loaded (2012, additional vocals on "Mickey's Girl", recorded in 2009)

References

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2. "Elijah Blue Allman—The Complicated Relationship He Had With His Late Father, Gregg Allman". CNN. May 28, 2017. Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
3. "Deadsy Frontman Releases Solo Music". Blabbermouth. May 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
4. Kreis, Nick (May 25, 2011). "Celebrity Apocalypse: A Conversation With Artist Elijah Blue". HuffPost. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
5. 30 Seconds to Mars (Booklet). Thirty Seconds to Mars. Europe: Immortal Records. 2002. 7243 8 12424 0 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. Gauld, Malcolm (January 31, 2011). "Songs by Siblings & Off-Spring". hyde.edu. Hyde School. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020. "Gramercy Park" by Deadsy. Elijah Blue Allman (Hyde '94), son of Cher and Greg Allman, leads his band on this one. (Note: The album cover features a painting of the back of the Hyde Mansion w/ Sunken Garden.)
7. Marburger, Lex (June 1, 1997). "Deadsy - Interview". Lollipop Magazine. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
8. Beth Landman Keil; Deborah Mitchell (June 2, 1997). "Turns Out She'd Rather Eat Cash". New York.
9. ^ Stated in Howard Stern on Demand interview. Air date: August 23, 2006.
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11. Bego 2001, p. 11: Sarkisian's profession; Berman 2001, p. 17: Sarkisian's nationality and personal problems, Crouch's profession; Cheever 1993: Crouch's ancestry.
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14. "Cher's Son Elijah Blue Allman Has Divorce Dismissal Request Granted by Judge". Peoplemag. Archived from the original on February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
15. Bueno, Antoinette (February 4, 2014). "Cher's Son Elijah Blue Opens Up About Heroin Abuse". ET Online. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
16. Davies, Alys (September 28, 2023). "Cher accused of hiring men to kidnap her son". BBC News. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
17. "Cher Files for Conservatorship of Her Son Elijah Blue Allman". Variety. December 28, 2023. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
18. "Cher's son Elijah Blue Allman responds to conservatorship filing: 'I am well, and able'". December 29, 2023. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
19. "Cher files for conservatorship of son Elijah Blue Allman". CNN. December 28, 2023. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
20. "Cher's temporary conservatorship request for son Elijah Blue Allman denied". January 30, 2024. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.

Works cited

• Bego, Mark (2001). Cher: If You Believe. Taylor Trade Publications. ISBN 0-8154-1153-7.
• Berman, Connie (2001). Cher. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7910-5907-4.
• Cheever, Susan (May 17, 1993). "In a Broken Land". People. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

External links

• Elijah Blue Artwork at Kantor Gallery

• 1976 births
• Living people
• American expatriates in Germany
• American heavy metal singers
• American rock guitarists
• American male guitarists
• Nu metal singers
• Singers from Los Angeles
• Guitarists from Los Angeles
• Deadsy members
• American people of Armenian descent
• 21st-century American male singers
• 21st-century American singers
• Allman family
• Cher