Too young to die, not too old to rock and roll ... from beautiful Des Moines, IA, one can Stan's mix is one part country to three parts rock and roll. Best served loud. Find us on iTunes or Spotify. CD's available on Amazon.
Our songs cover a wide range of topics. We take a semi-deep dive into self-distain, the amazing abilities women have for changing colors, white trash, small town drunks, possessing a legendary ability for not being able to figure out women, driving buzzed, mental health issues, urban legends, slutty girls, women who get away with everything, almost getting beaten to death, raising daughters, dumping chicks, dating women who are out of your league, songs that make girls spontaneously and insanely shake their booties, Lookout! records, and getting burnt by letting yourself fly a little too close to the sun.
Looking forward to some shows in the (515). See 'ya out there.
it has been a while kids, but the stans are gonna be PLAYING at the beautiful Greenwood lounge in dsm, ia this june 11th from 6:00-7:00pm.
pre-flight the weekend with a thursday evening happy-hour set of live and local rock & roll!
one can Stan: three
Released on April 20, 2026 ... another weekend EP with four quick hitters recorded by Luke Tweedy at Flat Black Studio ... the tunes include top contender, b-side, Lookout! and a little too close to the sun. Thanks to all you "fans of the Stans" for your support. The EP, along with the first two records, are available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and most streamers. We have CDs available for sale at shows, on Amazon and others. Check it out!
photos from when We recorded "one can: three" september 2025, at flat black studio in Lone tree, IA. big thanks to owner & engineer Luke tweedy.
xBk from 08/23/24
Captain Roy's: March 30, 2024.
photo R.K. Anderson
one can Stan: two
A weekend EP with four more recorded by Phil Young at Sonic Factory in April of '22 ... the tunes include weasel, right in two, firefly and Adeline. Thanks to all those who made this happen. Check it out on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and most streamers. We have CDs available for sale at shows and on Amazon for you cave-people ... give it a spin!
Listen on Spotify by clicking on the albumn cover.
one can stan self-titled debut AVAILABLE on itunes & spotify
A little rock & roll on April Fool's Eve at the Greenwood. Thanks for the photo Bill Landis. Gotta love the Greenwood.
Recording one can Stan: two at Sonic Factory April 2022.
Thanks to the crew at the Gaslamp, the National Treasures and 10 Watt Robot for this Saturday afternoon rock-fest.
Hot and sweaty August day with Misled at the Gaslamp.
lyrics from one can stan one, two and three:
MEANSTREAK: I got a little meanstreak a couple miles wide. When you see it coming your way you better run away and hide. I had a little patience but you’ve been wearing it pretty thin. Not knowing what you’re doing who you’re seeing or where you’ve been. Out of your daze it’ll all come back at you. I got a little meanstreak and it’s not falling on your side. When you see me making my mark you better run away and hide. Well keep on with your talking and I’ll hand you right over the key. But turning the lock on that little box ain’t all its cracked up to be. Out of your daze it’ll all come back at you. You start giving me problems before both feet can hit the floor. I bet I gave ya a million chances couldn’t take another million more. I had a little patience but you’ve been wearing it pretty thin. Not knowing what you’re doing who you’re seeing or where you’ve been. Too many stupid people seem to find their way to get to me. They keep picking the lock on that little box ’til they chip away a piece of me. I’ve got a little meanstreak a couple miles wide. I’ve got a little meanstreak a couple miles wide.
LOWLIFE: Well I wrecked your car. Threw up at the bar. You took me home anyway. I guess you didn’t see this as a big thing. Won’t you come listen to this? I gotta be the world’s worst hypocrite. For drinking beer with my next-door neighbor’s daughter. I’m a lowlife piece of shit when you look at it like you do. I’m slipping through the cracks of life. I’ve been sleeping with my buddy’s wife again but you don’t see it as a big thing. So I play the clown in my own little town. I keep it here anyway. Cause left-turn lights and strip malls don’t amuse me. I messed around with all the girls in town for most of them its best that I ain’t around but this town’s only got one bar. Thats where to go if you’ll find me. If you think you’ll change me you’ve got a snowflakes chance in hell. When I need some green for my weed your mamma’s diamond ring’s going up for sale. And I laugh that you think it’s best to move myself out further west to be less like me and more like you is what you think that you're getting. Then I’m a lowlife piece of shit when you look at it like you do. I’m slipping through the cracks of life. I’ve been sleeping with my buddy’s wife again but you don’t see it as a big thing. I’m a lowlife piece of shit when you look at it like you do.
BLEACH BLONDE: Bleach blonde a Walmart mom flicking your butts right onto my front lawn. Why don’t you grab that stroller and push yourselves right away? Bleach blonde a Walmart mom smacking your kids for things that you do wrong and you’re the reigning queen of the trailer park society. Bleach blond a Walmart mom your cut-off jeans show just a little thong and that shirt that you’re wearing ain’t getting the whole job done. Bleach blonde a Walmart mom shouting your kids down they done you wrong and you’re the reigning queen of the trailer park society. Spray tan you got those orange hands. I hope it don’t wipe off onto my churchin’ pants. It looks likes its helping to cover up a bruise or two. Spray tan I hear ya lost your man. He got himself drunk and found a better chance with the reigning queen of the trailer park society. Jet black like a heart attack. If I got you for free you know I’d take you back. So dark and cold like that big black hole in your heart. Jet black beat up Cadillac. Hitting that heater with your kid in the back. Well you’re no reigning queen of the trailer park society. It’s the bleach blonde Walmart mom flicking your butts right onto my front lawn. Why don’t you grab that stroller and push yourselves right away? Bleach blonde Walmart mom smacking your kids for things that you do wrong and you’re the reigning queen of the traitor park society.
A LITTLE PINCH OF SUGAR: A little pinch of sugar. A couple cups of spice. That’s what the girls are made of if you want some advice. You ain’t winning for losing. You’re gonna to lose if you win. And if you’re getting one over you’re gonna find out again. You know you’re gonna find out again. You know they keep that honey shaking in those hips. A little bit of mascara. Fingernails. Shiny lips. If she don’t want your money well that ain’t coming for free. And when she breaks your heart boy don’t come crying to me. Don’t come crying to me. A little pinch of sugar. A couple cups of spice. That’s what the girls are made of if you want some advice. You ain’t winning for losing. You’re gonna lose if you win. And if you’re getting one over you’re gonna find out again. You know you’re gonna find out again. A little pinch of sugar. A couple cups of spice. That’s what the girls are made of. I ain’t got no advice.
IF THE PD DON’T MESS WITH ME: I got the B-U-double-Z driving down the highway again with me. I’m wondering if I’m gonna sleep at home tonight. And if the PD don’t mess with me I might make it home and get a chance to see the sun coming up on a Sunday afternoon. Three rocks and four fingers high helps the morning go away for awhile. The second and third get me ready for the afternoon. And there’s the W-double-E-D settled deep in my anatomy. Sometimes I think that you might be my only friend. I got the B-U-double-Z driving down the highway again with me. Wondering if I’m gonna sleep at home tonight. And if the PD don’t mess with me I might make it home to get a chance to see the sun coming up on a Sunday afternoon. The sun coming up on a Sunday afternoon.
IS TODAY GONNA BE THE DAY?: So is today gonna be the day? When a brick through the glass is gonna take you away. Leaving me with nothing to say. They had a price that you just couldn’t pay. You gotta ride in the back when they take you away. Sitting there with nothing to say. But since you, you can’t see the light of day before your face. You move from room to room just feel out of place. A pill a day keeps the crazies away? I don’t know. I sure don’t know. But since you, you can’t see the light of day before your face. You move from room to room just feel out of place. A pill a day keeps the crazies away? I don’t know. I sure don’t know. So is today gonna be the day? Is today gonna be the day? Is today gonna be the day?
BORN FAT AND STUPID: Born fat and stupid. It wasn’t really his fault. When he was just a bun his oven was mostly crocked. Growing up was hard. Gettin his ass kicked out on the school yard. And when they called him a retard it didn’t help his self-esteem. But he still liked girls. Knew what to do with the hole. But the bitches that he wanted wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole. He couldn’t get a blow off a $20 ho down in KC, MO. He tried to get a jerk off the slutty looking clerk at the Citgo. He said there’s more way than one for me to find my fun so he went down to Ed’s Pawn and bought him a gun, but when he got his saw is when they really went to pieces. He couldn’t get a blow off a $20 ho down in KC, MO. He tried to get a jerk off the slutty looking clerk at the Citgo. He said there’s more way than one for me to find my fun so he went down to Ed’s Pawn and bought him a gun, but when he got his saw is when they really went to pieces.
AILEEN: Aileen. You followed me home that day. You walked home a different way. I thought you had something to say. Aileen you walked into my front door and straight to my bedroom floor. You know it should have happened before. But since you can’t make the time for leaving me behind. Aileen. You’re making a left turn today. I knew that you’d find your way. I guess you got something to say. Aileen. You walked into my front door and straight to my bedroom floor. You know it should have happened before. But since you can’t make the time for leaving me behind. Aileen.
WEASEL: Sara Jane was anything but plain. Those sky blue eyes they could drive me
to the point of doing something wrong I thought was right. Helping you stand up on Saturday night. Sara Jane. Sara Jane. General Grant with with his baseball bat
made plans to meet me at the Strawberry Patch. I guess he couldn’t wait another minute or more or I would’ve bled out in Debbie’s daddy’s store. I took a call I wouldn’t normally take got picked up early just in time to be late. That little weasel tried to set me up. Took a fool for a ride but I’m still alive. Sara Jane. Sara Jane. Sara Jane was anything but plain. Those sky blue eyes they could drive me to the point of doing something wrong I thought was right when you showed up wasted on Saturday night. General Grant with with his baseball bat made plans to meet me at the Strawberry Patch. I guess he couldn’t wait another minute or more or I would have bled out in Debbie’s daddy’s store. That little weasel tried to set me up. That little weasel tried to set me up. That fucking little weasel tried to set me up. Took a fool for a ride but I’m still alive. Sara Jane. Sara Jane. Sara Jane. Sara Jane.
FIREFLY: She keeps getting away with it. I’m starting to get pretty sick of this shit. She keeps getting away with it again. You know she’ll stay for a couple more. Knock back six then its four on the floor. She keeps getting away with it again. She keeps getting away with it. Striking the match the fuse is already lit. She keeps getting away with it again. She used to be my little firefly. The flame burned out but she hung on for a while. She keeps getting away with it again. She keeps getting away with it. Popping those pills instead of taking her hit. She keeps getting away with it again. You're gonna fool me once. Lie to me twice. You can’t even listen to your own advice. She keeps getting away with it again.
RIGHT IN TWO: I got a week’s worth of sin come on and let me in. I’ve got a couple stories for you. They start with some drinking and end up with me thinkin’ my place in your heart’s gonna break right in two. Right in two. I got my south side bitches on the telephone. I got up and left you sitting all alone. I got back to gettin’ back to drop some clues its all just a game you’re getting ready to lose. Cause I’ve been thinkin’ about the breakin’ I’m gonna do to your heart. Well all this Waiting. Anticipating. When’s the end gonna fire its gun to start? Don’t want to give it back and turn it to something new. Something bigger than me something better than you. You can lie to yourself if you think its true but my place in your hearts gonna break right in two. Right in two. Let’s go. I had a week’s worth of sin I knew you’d let me in. I had a couple stories for you. They start with some drinking and end up with me thinkin’ my place in your heart’s gonna break right in two. Cause I’ve been thinkin’ about the breakin’ I’m gonna do to your heart. For Something bigger than me something better than you. My place in your heart’s gonna break right in two. Right in two.
ADELINE: You won’t let it go. Just moving too slow and tripping on your own little lies. All the time. All the time. Adeline you’re spending your life just looking for some peace of mind that you can’t find. Adeline. Now don’t take this wrong but I don’t have long for standing in your own little lines. All the time. All the time. You took a chance or two. Trying to do too much with your wasted time it was yours and mine. Adeleine. You try to take and leave me. You try to take and leave me but you don’t go. Why not believe me? Why not believe me if you don’t? There’s just something about this. There’s just something about this you gotta know. Adeline. You’re spending your life just looking for some peace of mind that you can’t find. Adeline
TOP CONTENDER: I’m currently just your top contender. We both know that you can do much better. So go out and try and when you do then we’ll just. I never make a very good first impression. Your momma loves me but your daddy don’t. I heard him tell you you can do much better and he wants you to try and when you do then we’ll just. Just have to say goodbye. I can’t tell if you do or if you’re just pretending . I really don’t mind either way. We both know you can do much better. So go out and try and when you do then we’ll just. Just have to say goodbye. I’m currently just your top contender. We both know that you can do much better. Your momma loves me but your daddy don’t. So go out and try and when you do then we’ll just. Just have to say goodbye.
B-SIDE: I just lost my last quarter to your record machine. I got a crazy little number just dying to hear 317. If we can drop the needle in the groove move back and let her shake that thing. They don’t play it on the radio. The five-and-dime don’t sell it no more. She found a DJ who’d play it the station threw him right out the door. When it gets her motor gets running you’ll see things you’ve never seen before. Its just a b-side 45 her off-and-on dad used to play. On the truck stop table-top jukebox when he’d come to stay. And when that backbeat hits her move back and let her shake that thing. If I could try another quarter in your record machine. Still have that crazy little number just dying to hear 317. If we can get the needle in the groove move back and let her shake that thing. Its just a b-side 45 her off-and-on dad used to play. On the truck stop table-top jukebox when he’d come to stay. And when that backbeat hits her move back and let her shake that thing. Its just a b-side 45 her off-and-on dad used to play. On the truck stop table-top jukebox when he’d come to stay. And when that backbeat hits her move back and let her shake that thing.
LOOKOUT: Well the Groovy Ghoulies they don’t scare me. I like to turn ‘em up to 10 at a quarter ‘till three. My mom runs down the stairs and starts to scream. I just close my eyes and go back to my Donnas’ dream. Filled out my fanzine form with a check I paid. Number 187’s leaving Berkley today. You’re only as good as what the kids are gonna say. Goodbye California in a good kind of way. And Lookout! You got another one coming. Lookout! I’m gonna play it all summer. Lookout! Lookout! Lookout! for me. Well I pity the fool who don’t like Mr. T. Heidi Sez its an experience that’s perfect for me. Janelle Janelle you little teenage queen gonna put you hold while I go back to my Donnas’ dream. Dream just a little while. Cutting classes in the afternoon. Gonna get in my car. gonna drive real far just to see you. See you at your show tonight. I can’t stop thinking ‘bout that skater girl. I’m just a king dork living in your punk rock world. You’re only as good as what the kids are gonna say so goodbye California in a good kind of way. And Lookout! You got another one coming. Lookout! I’m gonna play it all summer. Lookout! Lookout! Lookout! for me. Lookout! Lookout! Lookout! for me.
A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN: I don’t see you where you say you’re gonna be. I can’t hear you ‘cause you never talk to me and I knew. Thought we might have picked our sides. Alone on a magic carpet rides is when I knew that I flew. Just a little too close to the sun. Closed my eyes so I wouldn’t see you pull the rug right out from under me and I knew. Too far apart or side by side. Alone on a magic carpet rides is when I knew. That I flew just a little too close to the sun. Just a little too close to the sun. Took a fall in the wrong direction started gaining altitude. felt the flames and heat get closer there was nothing I could do. Went as far as I could without you in your crowed solitude. Then I knew that I flew. I don’t see you where you say you’re gonna a be. I can’t hear you ‘cause you never talk to me and I knew. Closed my eyes so I wouldn’t see you pull the rug right out from under me is when I knew. That I flew just a little too close to the sun. A little too close to the sun. A little too close to the sun. A little too close to the sun
