About Me
TORTILLA FLAT is
Lexu (Drums)
Ritchie (Bass, Harp)
Chris (Guitars, Vocals)
- From Langenthal, Switzerland, founded in 1991,
same members since the beginning, about 80 original songs, a lot of live gigs,"
sometimes live with Bagpipes (Pesche & Biitschi), Banjo (Hugo), Dazoo (Keys) and Pipe (Spider)
- named after the John Steinbeck novel
- Simple, mostly short, straight and melodic rock songs, often influenced by punk rock & partially folk, reggae and country rock
- Several live and acoustic gigs without drums
- TF are focused on playing gigs, writing songs together and having fun playing in a band. The intention to be musically perfect and financially successful is being left to others.
- Various influences are old & new school punk rock (Ramones, The Clash, Green Day), folk/alternative (The Pogues, The Dubliners)
- Discography: "In the grip of the grape" (1996, Album, CD), "As usual" (1999, Album, CD), "All hail the W" (2002, 7" Single, Vinyl), At the tavern (2004, Album CD)
- New album will released in january 2008 named."From vine to wine".