Hi. Welcome to the “bIO” page. it's a chance to choose your own adventure. you can either read the eloquently penned and deeply fascinating text below…or you can watch the CBS TV interview below…or read this albuquerque journal interview. Or do them all. it's your adventure.
Secret Eagles…more than just thought leaders-slash-global influencers on the cutting edge of making booty’s drop, IT'S a New Mexico based musical experience smashing styles and sounds together like your favorite old mix tape.
The project was created by SANTA FE BORN Michael Moxey deep in his undersea beat lab. Mixing modern indie rock (Wet Leg, Royel Otis) with older indie favorites (The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem), adding a pinch of 90’s alt-rock RaDIO FAVORITES (Beck, Nirvana), then finishing with a dab of 80’ s new Wave (Cars, DEVO), Secret Eagles are not above using the well-worn “recipe” metaphor to describe their voluptuous escapades.
Don't all bands make their debut public performance live on network tv? secret eagles did, playing “fever” on the “New mexico living” show in april 2024. In may 2024, they won a new mexico music award for best comedy/novelty song ("Sexy indifference"), as well as being nominated for best rock album and best indie rock song ("ARROYO summer").
about michael moxey
Michael has a long history of both live music Performance and broadcasting in New Mexico.
He has spent two decades performing in local bands, opening for national touring artists and playing every stage around. a small sampling of his performances range from huge events (Summerfest, the State Fair, Balloon Fiesta) to headlining local festivals (New Mexico Brewfest, Coffee and Chocolate, the old Alibi Crawls) to playing local stages (El Rey, Sunshine, Sister, Launchpad)…he's done just about everything a local musician can do…except play the Mine Shaft.
Prior to the Secret Eagles, his 2 alt-country solo albums were nominated for “Best Country Album” in the New Mexico Music Awards. He also had 2 songs from those albums selected by legendary drummer Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty, Duran Duran, Stevie Nicks, Johnny Cash) to play on his SIRIUS XM “Tom Petty Radio” channel show IN 2018 and 2019.
His broadcasting career includes a dozen years in alternative rock radio, hosting morning shows at the infamous Austin station 101X, as well as shows in Albuquerque at The Edge and The Zone. In that time he was able to interview and hang out with musicians/bands like: Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, U2, The Strokes, Foo Fighters/dave grohl, Blur/Gorillaz, Depeche Mode, Sublime/Bradley Nowell, queens of the stone age/josh homme, the hives, Sheryl Crow, Coldplay/Chris Martin, Lenny Kravitz, etc…ok, we get it. move on.
FUN FACTS: HE won the Austin chronicle BEst Morning show award (long story), was in the A&E TV reality series “Rollergirls” (even longer story), and once had a conversation with one of the strokes while requesting a song from a member of radiohead dj'ing their post-concert nyc basement afterparty he attended with Lisa marie presley (the longest story ever).
He continues to do radio and TV voiceovers, TV work, guest spots on local radio shows and write extremely long bios.