He shares a famous mother but built his own path far from the Presley spotlight.
Navarone Garibaldi Garcia, born March 1, 1987, is Priscilla Presley's only son and the lead singer of the rock band Them Guns. He recently made a rare joint public appearance with his mother in Germany, renewing interest in his life, his music, and his family history.
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Who Navarone Garibaldi Garcia Really Is
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Navarone is the son of Priscilla Presley and Marco Garibaldi, a Brazilian-born producer and screenwriter. Priscilla had been married to Elvis Presley from 1967 to 1973, and their daughter Lisa Marie was born in 1968. Navarone shares only Priscilla as a parent with Lisa Marie. He has no biological connection to Elvis Presley, even though his name is constantly linked to the Presley legacy.
Priscilla and Marco were together for roughly two decades before they separated in 2006. They were never married. Marco worked behind the scenes in Hollywood as a producer and writer, and Navarone has said he learned more about his father's background as an adult. He once told People he found out through a teenager in Brazil who claimed to be his cousin that his father had actually come from Brazil, and that the family name was changed from Garcia to Garibaldi because a Hispanic-sounding surname was seen as a career risk in Hollywood at the time.
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Building Them Guns Away From the Family Name
Navarone started chasing music as a teenager. At 18, he left Los Angeles for Santa Cruz, California, putting real distance between himself and his famous relatives. He came back to Los Angeles in 2012 and started Them Guns, a synth-rock band where he plays guitar and sings lead. The band has since put out six albums and played well-known Los Angeles spots like the Viper Room and the Troubadour. Them Guns even made its United Kingdom debut in April 2013 at the Kings Head Club in Hoxton, London.
His music career has grown quietly through the independent rock scene rather than through any built-in celebrity boost. In an earlier interview, Navarone said plainly that people know about him because of his family, but they don't actually know him. Releasing songs like "Acid Plane" with Them Guns was part of his effort to tell his own story on his own terms, separate from the Presley name attached to him since birth.
A Painful Family Loss and a Hard Road to Sobriety
Much of the renewed attention on Navarone centers on his recovery from addiction. Priscilla told People that her son came to her for help two weeks after the suicide death of Lisa Marie's son, Benjamin Keough, in 2020. Navarone asked for help getting off fentanyl. Priscilla said he went through 22 days of withdrawal before reaching what she described as a turning point.
Navarone had previously said he started using heroin as a teenager, and he later described getting clean from hard drugs and opioids in 2020. Priscilla said he relapsed on heroin at one point and had been through rehab three or four times over the years. But she said he stayed sober after that later withdrawal. "He's been sober ever since, so I'm really happy for him," Priscilla said. His recovery also allowed him to travel to Switzerland to see Elisa, the woman he married in 2022.
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Lisa Marie Presley died in January 2023 at age 54 from a small-bowel obstruction tied to scar tissue from a past weight-loss surgery. Her son Benjamin died by suicide in 2020 at 27, and she left behind daughters Riley Keough and twins Finley and Harper. Navarone was reported to be in line for one-ninth of Lisa Marie's trust, with Priscilla serving as trustee over his portion. That arrangement is a financial and legal detail tied to Lisa Marie's estate, not proof that Navarone inherited anything from Elvis Presley himself.
Navarone has also drawn attention for a GoFundMe campaign tied to an organic pizza business he hoped to run out of his Los Angeles driveway, a project separate from his music and nowhere near a confirmed commercial launch. Between that, Them Guns, and his bond with Priscilla, his public life stays low-key compared to the rest of his family.
What Comes Next for Navarone and Priscilla
There is no confirmed tour, new album, or court date tied to Navarone right now. His main public activities remain Them Guns' music, rare appearances alongside his mother, and his willingness to speak honestly about his recovery and his father's hidden history. The trust details from 2023 placed Priscilla as trustee of his share, but no new distribution date has been reported since.
For now, Navarone Garibaldi Garcia stands as proof that being born into rock and roll royalty doesn't mean living under its glare. He built a band, fought his way through addiction, and found his own voice, even while carrying one of the most recognized last names in music history.
