BIOGRAPHY
"Pudgy" - Benjamin Leatherman, Phoenix New Times, August 2007
Hello. My name is Stephen Steinbrink, and this is a my biography typed in the first person. Thank you for reading. I was born to my mother, father, brother, and eventually my two sisters on May 1st, 1988 in Phoenix, AZ. Later, I grew up and with the help of the punk and diy community in the phoenix metro area, I learned how to write songs and put out tapes and records and cd-r's and tour constantly and play shows everywhere with everyone. This "band" or "performance project" or "scam" used to be called French Quarter, but now it is called stephen steinbrink, which is also my name. I feel more comfortable with this. Sorry for the confusion. Anyway, listen to my records, or don't, or whatever. Thank you eternally for the moments that have been shared, or will be shared.
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WHAT HAS BEEN SAID?
"Devastatingly beautiful pop music" - Tiny Mix Tapes
"Formerly known as French Quarter Stephen Steinbrink is a 20 year old singer/songwriter whose compositions are far more achieved than about 95% of the other stuff out there in this realm. With an ear for catchy bedroom melodies, Steinbrink does an impressive job of leaving enough unanswered questions to lend the proceedings a mystery all their own." - Ear Conditioned Nightmare
"Steinbrink creates music that implores the listener to look deeper and listen harder." -Absolute Punk
"Stephen Steinbrink has a control over the pop form that is enviably rich. He’s a great songwriter without relying on deception or style, and his best songs are instantly memorable" - Dusted Magazine
"French Quarter takes great pains to craft soft, understated pop masterpieces" - Salt Lake City Weekly
"Twistedly catchy" - Foxy Digitalis
PAST RELEASES
"Barbie Dolled" (CD-r, self-released, 2004)
"Barrels & Heaps" (Cassette, Workout Tapes, 2005)
"The Perfect Housewife" (Split CD-r w/ Father's Day, 2005)
"Bringing in the Leaves" (CD-r, Workout Tapes, 2006)
"Brotherly Love & Judgement" (CD-r, self-released, 2006)
"Live in the Alley Way Behind the Elna Rae House" (CD-r, Gilgongo Records/C-Salt, 2006)
"Blade of Pain" (CD-r, self-released, 2006)
"Overpassing" (CD-r, Arbor CD-r, 2007)
"Valley of the Slum" (Split CD-r with Andrew Jackson Jihad, self-released, 2007)
"Bones" (CD-r collection of "Barrels and Heaps" and "Brotherly Love & Judgement" self-released in 2007)
"Jump Chant" (CD-r self-released, 2007)
"French Quarter Sings the Greatest Hits by the Replacements" (CD-r, self-released in 2007)
"French Quarter" (LP + CD, Gilgongo Records, 2008)
"Manys 1" (art agazine, self-released, 2008)
"Kool Advice Booklet" (book of advice, self-released, 2008)
"Split with James Fella" (CD-r, Gilgongo Records/C-Salt, 2008)
"ugly unknowns" (cd, gilgongo records, 2009)
"wedding" (cd-r, no more second chances, 2009)
"sun, smog and hate" (12" vinyl compilation, folktale records, 2009)
"manys 2 (art magazine, no more second chances, 2009)
"you are dead" (cd-r, no more second chances, 2009)
"manys 3" (art magazine, no more second chances, 2009)
"barrels & heaps reissue" (cd-r, no more second chances, 2009)
"manys 4" (art magazine, no more second chances, 2009)
"feathered diamond cap" (baseball cap, no more second chances, 2009)
"r.i.p. french quarter" (t-shirt, no more second chances, 2009)
CONTACT INFORMATION
BOOKING
french.quarter@hotmail.com
MAILING ADDRESS
Stephen M. Steinbrink
3932 E. DARTMOUTH ST. MESA, AZ 85205
TELEPHONE
(480) 202-9930
website
www.holysmoking.blogspot.com
