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tepeyac usto

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About Me

Started in Mexico on April 16, 2000. Moved to guatemala from there and pretty much everywhere after that. Four core members. 9 different languages. Any musical genre. The name is a pun between the name of the Cerro del Tepeyac in Mexico City, where the Mexicas used to carry out their Mother-Earth celebrations up to the Spanish Conquest, when the Spanish conquistadors decided that its "sacred" nature granted it the necessary importance to claim that the brown skinned Virgen de Guadalupe had appeared there to declare her undying love for the brown skinned locals. After that it became a place of catholic worship. The other element in the pun is Jacques Cousteau, the celebrated French diver. Pronounced Tepejacques Cousteau, then.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/29/2005
Band Website: tepeyacusto.com
Band Members: gregbrosnan (london) dolores ixmucane (guatemala) dave boddiger (chicago) alantl molina (mexico)
Influences: Living outside of their own countries and being exposed to all sorts of music as a result. Old school, 20th century stuff. Boleros mexicanos, bossa nova, pirekuas purepechas, vallenato. Rock. Calypso. Anything.
Sounds Like: Something you'd want to listen to, hopefully. It's got a Londoner (half trinitarian) constantly flirting with funk and soul, a Mexican who grew up playing rock until he realized there oughta be more to life than that. A white man from Chicago that sounds like a black man from somewhere else. A half german/half quiche girl from guatemala beating mad percussions. No one speaking in their own language, no one sounding as you would expect them to.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

pinche miranda

bueno, ya han pasado 4 anyos desde que se fue el ricardo. pues para recordarnos de ese pinche guey que nos afecto tanto, alantl ha hecho una cancion que creo que lo dice todo. solo les digo que nunc...
Posted by tepeyac usto on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Un Día en Champerico

Thu, 10 May 2001 12:27:46 -0500 El miércoles hubo reportes de que en Champerico, Retalhuleu, al Noroeste de Guatemala, una turba enfurecida casi prendió vivo a un hombre. Entonces ayer nos fuimo...
Posted by tepeyac usto on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Fate pt 1, Grench's Dream

"New glass in the window New leaf on the tree New distance between us You and me." - Neil Young Love exacts its passenger toll in force. From a poor forgettable village in southern Chile...
Posted by tepeyac usto on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Fate pt 2, Alantl's Dream

"I waited all day you waited all day But you left before sunset I just wanted to tell you the moment was beautiful Just wanted to dance to bad music drive bad cars watch bad TV Should hav...
Posted by tepeyac usto on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Elevar

Elevar O sol vai se elevar sobre os campos da cor da mel e secos; e sobre as elevadas, e verdes montanhas de flora aonde a névoa da manha cobre a palma, como o suor de um jornaleiro cobre...
Posted by tepeyac usto on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Las Tres Preguntas

las 3 preguntas se juntaban bajo un arbol de mango nació un chancho negro y lo mataron en nombre de changó la caña cantaba con el viento y los negros bailaban lento cortaron las cabezas de los f...
Posted by tepeyac usto on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Alantl's take on it...

Am E7 Police are still uncertain Am E7 police not know fah sure Dm Am but somebody shot herbert wiltshire...
Posted by tepeyac usto on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Herbert Wilshire

Burglary suspect claims police brutality A Belize City man, Herbert Wilshire, who's no stranger to crime and punishment, is complaining of police brutality. Wilshire's sister, Angela Francis, vi...
Posted by tepeyac usto on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST