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el boxeo

We're officially on hiatus.

About Me

We've been together since 2001. Became a hot trio in 2003. Released our first full-length album in 2006. 2007 holds more shows, and some touring. Mmm.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/12/2004
Band Website: elboxeo.com
Band Members: Lisa Norton - violin, viola, vocals, tap shoes; Zach Norton - bass; Danny Sperry - drums. Other members: Zach C. - piano, vocals; Matt R. - percussion, vocals; Chris O. - vocals; Mike S. - organ, vocals; Kristine R. - flute; Genevieve P. - cello; Jay M. - trombone; Aaron Q. - saxophone; John K. - trumpet; Bill B. - tape recordings; Kevin M. - vocals, Phil J. - percussion, keys, vocals
Influences: Being awake and living in the day, and being asleep and dreaming in the night. Also, being asleep and dreaming in the day, and being awake and living in the night. Plus, all the times when the distinction between the two is unclear. In addition, trolls.
Sounds Like: Electric violin, fuzzed out bass, busy drums, occasional vocals.
Record Label: suburban sprawl music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We’re taking a break from being a band

Yeah, it sucks. Don't worry, we're not breaking up. Maybe we'll do some stuff this summer or something. Who knows.
Posted by el boxeo on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:02:00 PST

Write up in MSU online Magazine, The Big Green

http://www.thebiggreen.net/article.php?id=876 Danny calls us "rustic" and the writer calls us "role models." For real. The writer has also done articles on Mason Proper and Great Lakes Myth Society, i...
Posted by el boxeo on Tue, 08 May 2007 08:30:00 PST

We made a new song

It's about time. And it's really good. We don't even feel weird about posting that in a blog (well, maybe a little).
Posted by el boxeo on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:13:00 PST

Did you guys see Zach on stage with Page France and Canada?

That's called going for it.
Posted by el boxeo on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:04:00 PST

Thanks for coming out on Friday!

Woo. It was super fun. Thanks to the people at the Panopticon. Super blast. If you've got any, please send us some photos from the show. Zach is never doing that balloon thing again, but we'd love fo...
Posted by el boxeo on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:57:00 PST

Summer Tour '06 "The Walking Tour"

7-15, Chicago, IL @ South Union Arts On the drive there we stopped at a gas station in Michigan, and there was clearly another DIY band there. They were milling about (there was seven of them or so)...
Posted by el boxeo on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:04:00 PST

My computer is broken, still

So, still no tour journal. By the time it's up, everyone will have forgotten about it and it will be all that much sweeter of a surprise. I promise. Unless it gets erased while my computer is getting ...
Posted by el boxeo on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:41:00 PST

We're home!/New Top 24!

Whoa, dudes! We're home. We totally slept through the last two days. Feels good. And terrible. We had a blast on the road.Our new top 24 features only a handful of the awesome people and bands and ven...
Posted by el boxeo on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:32:00 PST

About the Albuquerque show

We couldn't show up. Our van started overheating and some somewhat rare metal tubing needs to be replaced. We were spitting out coolant everywhere. Anyway, we're getting a temporary fix tomorrow morni...
Posted by el boxeo on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:41:00 PST

We got new shirts!

Lisa and I designed them and I stayed up all night last night making them. They're really cool. They have our jellyfish/ghost/tennis playing alien/stage dancers on them. Come to the show and get on TO...
Posted by el boxeo on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:53:00 PST