Crying On The Dancefloor: The Faron Stoner Interview

Braedyn Foxx
Nov 19, 2025
5 min read

By: Braiden Foxx

A wonderful new artist in the Phoenix scene! Faron Stoner is bringing the roots of folk and rock into the modern local scene of Arizona. With an expertise on all instruments and a glowing love for music, through his dirty blonde hair, he delivers and incredible performance that bleeds into the hearts of those who witness it.

A Collaborative Artist at Heart

So first of all I think we should talk about your first step into published music. You made a song with someone really popular in the Phoenix underground scene right now. You collaborated with RXKKSTRR what was that like?

That was a really fun session. Me and RXKKSTRR have known eachother for about 2 years and have always talked about putting something out together. We work on stuff pretty consistently but nothing has ever been released other than Man Upstairs and an early single of his: [weeping forest].

That's sick, I didn't even know you were on that track.

Are you doing any more of that? Guitar for local artists?

Well I currently play with an indie pop outfit called Plutarch’s Revenge and I’ve been with them for about a year and a half, on and off. I'm always looking for new people to work with though. I love collaboration and what comes of it. I’ve actually got a practice tonight with Markus from Post Crucifixion. Kind of a full circle moment because me and Plutarch’s Revenge played our first show with Post.

Now aside from that, you’ve had a couple of really good shows, but now you have your first single out. Could you tell us about that?

Thanks for the kind words haha. My first single came out a couple weeks ago, on Halloween. It’s a song I wrote back in July and kinda forgot about until September. I recorded it one night. I remember waking up and being surprised at how good it sounded, so I went back that night and cleaned it up a little. Actually that song kind of started as a joke, my girlfriend at the time was really into Cigarettes After Sex, so I remember just playing around on the guitar and that song came out of nowhere. It kinda became its own thing, which I’m grateful for.

What do you usually write about?

I think heartbreak is number 1 in my book. Whether or not I’m trying to write a sad song that’s what comes out. Kind of a subconscious thing. So yeah, love, heartbreak, pain, the blues. It’s all real tried and true country music topics. I love songs about feeling so sad you could die. That’s the heaviest thing to me, because it’s something every single person will go through in their lives. Not everyone can relate to drinking beer on a Saturday night and trucks and the countryside and all that modern pop country shit.

At the show I went to I was just blown away by how exacting and precise you and the band were. How often do you guys practice? How’d you meet your backup crew?

Man, that’s good! That’s our goal. We practice every Sunday usually. Me and the drummer, Marcelo Hartwig, have been playing together in different places and ensembles and groups for about 3 years. I met the bassist, Jake Glow, through the frontman of Plutarch’s Revenge and we played together in that outfit for about 7 months before doing this stuff. I love these guys and I couldn’t do it without them!

So am i wrong in assuming you might be a pretty big bob dylan fan? I could hear so much amazing classic rock and folk rock influence in your music!

You’re not entirely wrong! I’m a Bob Dylan fan, but not to the extent you might think honestly. I think my favorite thing he did was the electric version of Maggie’s Farm from around 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival. My first musical love was Elvis Presley. There’s a very good chance that’s the first stuff my dad ever played around me when I was fresh out of the hospital. Not just Elvis, but all that 50’s rock and roll. Little Richard and Eddie Cochran are huge ones for me. Buddy Holly is a huge influence on me as well. I’ve always loved artists like Roy Orbison and Scott Walker who have this irrefutable gloom to their character that infects every song, every lyric, every album cover. Even the upbeat songs have this sort of impending doom vibe. I love everything though. From Buck Owens to Prince to Elliott Smith to Fugazi, I can find something to appreciate in just about anything.

What are you trying to accomplish with music? Nobody makes folk rock very often anymore and people seem to really love what you’re doing locally. Is a folk rock revival in phoenix part of your plan?

I’m not really sure what I’m trying to accomplish. I think I really just want to be my own thing. I want people to hear my stuff and have their own ideas about what could have influenced me and what they think I was going through when I wrote it or something. I think also I want to bring more young people into this kind of music. I think there’s kids who like it, but might be discouraged to play it because it’s not really a thing you see a lot. I love country, I love folk, I love blues, I love rockabilly, I love old music but I don’t want to he like a throwback to the 50s or 60s. I just want to do my own thing, and if that happens to sound like something from the past that you don’t hear anymore, that’s perfect.

I heard some great covers and incredible originals at the Faron Stoner show. After All that i can Do came out, what do you have coming next? I really wanna see a full length album from you in the future and i’m curious how much your working on new music right now.

Thanks man. I’ve got some more singles coming out sometime soon, and an album is definitely coming out in the future, that’s non-negotiable. I’m just gonna play and write as much music as I can, with people I like working with. There’s no slowing down anytime soon.

Who inspires you the most?

Ooh, not to be cliche but everything. Die Hard, ex-girlfriends, strangers, PE teachers, In N Out employees, The Velvet Underground, rain, Sylvia Plath, The Hellp, swimming pools, David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, burritos, sunglasses, The Byrds, Wild Records, southwestern rugs, Branko Mataja, my family, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Johan Cruyff, James Dean, The Cure, bossa nova, Johnny Horton, Grady Martin’s guitar playing on Johnny Horton’s records, Julee Cruise, Chief Keef, Brittany Murphy, Jarvis Cocker, LUCY (Cooper B. Handy), Eddie Clendening, Chloe Sevigny, grocery store sushi, Charlie Thompson, LCD Soundsystem, Kate Moss, The Royal Tennenbaums, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Steve McQueen, Paris, Texas, Halloween 1978, and 2000s hip hop is a big one for me and my bassist/best friend Jake.

Incredible list man.

How long have you been playing instruments?

My first real instrument was drums. I took lessons when I was about 7 or 8, and gradually I became more and more interested in guitar and that kind of took over. I got my first real electric guitar when I was 8, then it was game over. I started writing songs and recording when I was about 12 or 13. But I’ve been banging on pots and breaking toy guitars since I was 1.

Do you have an upcoming show people can come see you?

There are things in the works, as always. No shows announced yet, but it’s only the start.

Checkout Faron Stoner's first single out on all platforms!!! Wonderfully written and made, catchy lyrics and a soulful sound.