About the author  ⁄ Alan Madrigal

I like my punk rockers skinny, my chefs fat, and my girlfriends imaginary.

The third and final installment of our Life is Beautiful interviews with acts on the local showcase is with Eliza Battle frontman, Nick Shelton, a Chicago transplant who has found his ground as a musician here in Las Vegas. Alongside Tina Dawn on vocals, Chris Bitonti on lead guitar, Sal Giordano on bass, and Chris Berg on drums, Eliza Battle has effortlessly taken Vegas by storm. With that storm consisting of a desire to just have fun. It’s what makes them humble people, and that humbleness translates into their rootsy punk influenced alt-country sound. I managed to garnish some spare time at work to have a phone conversation with Nick. We talked about the band’s fast rise in just a year of being together, how they prepare for LiB, what they love about being part of the local scene, and some changes he’d like to see implemented. You guys were ...

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