MARTIRES HAS CHANGED THE NAME TO MEMORIA. PLEASE VISIT www.myspace.com/memoria6 FOR NEW BAND SONGS, UPCOMING SHOWS, AND MORE!
UPCOMING SHOWS
September 6th, 90.
5FM Radio Arte
www. wrte. org
Listen to us live & online at 5pm as we talk about our name change & other juicy news!
September 13th, Reggie’s Rock Club
2109 S. State St.
, Chicago, IL
Join us at our first show since the name change! We will perform our new songs at this Rock Scarz Magazine release party beginning at 10pm. Contact us for information about the party bus that will serve you booze & will drive you & your friends to Reggie’s for only $5! This is a 21+ event.
All attendees receive a free mag featuring Opeth, Devil Driver & cd featuring us & other bands!
October 3rd, Champs Rock Room
6501 W. 79th St.
, Burbank, IL
Attn: South Siders! This event is brought to you by Metal Fury Promotions! This is a 21+ show, $5 cover, & starts at 10pm.
October 9th, Cobra Lounge
235 N.
Ashland, Chicago, IL
Come hear us play for FREE! We’re headlining this one & doubling up with Rock Scarz Magazine & DJ L. Vomito! 21+, 10pm. Kitchen is open until 12am.
November 23rd, Metro
235 N.
Ashland, Chicago, IL
This will be an ALL AGES SHOW beginning at 5pm on this holiday weekend! We’ll be opening up this show for Aremay, Bloodloss, Early April, None Will Fall, & Tomorrow Has Arrived, so early arrival is suggested.
Buy your $10 tickets from us!
&035; &035; &035; To book us contact us here on myspace at www. myspace. com/memoria6 or email us at [email protected].
Thanks from all of us!
Memoria
Martires officially began in 2005 and was widely known throughout the local Spanish rock community in Chicago. Some of its members have been together since 1997. In 2001, Negro Gris, which would later be known as a hit song, won honorable mention in the John Lennon Song Writing contest. In recent years, Martires has competed and won contests, like “La Banda Mas Chida†(2006), and performed at various venues throughout the city, including the Excalibur, Double Door, Mutiny Bar, Black Hole, The Note, and Abbey Pub. In 2008, Martires opened for NYC band The Mona Passage at Café Duvall (see show review in blog) and for Kilbourn (Retro Thrash Records) at their Halfway to Hell Tour at Lot 4.
Collectively, its talented members have years of experience performing. Francisco “Javier†Ramirez (lead vocals) from Irapuato, a small town in Guanajuato, Mexico, began with Gestacion, later joined Rondalla Voces Romanticas, and in 2005 founded Martires. His brother, Jaime Ramirez (guitar, vocals), began his career with local band, Sobredosis (1996-1997) and then later followed Javier to Gestacion (1997) where he played guitar and percussion. He joined Quita Cuadra (2000-2003), which later became Antenna, to play percussion, and joined Martires in 2007. Chicago native Jason Michalik (lead guitar) has been playing since he was twelve years old and has recently traveled to Europe to compete and win guitar playing competitions. He won the guitar competion at Emergenza at the Metro in 2006. The band’s youngest member, Omar Estrada, picked up the bass as a teen when his brother’s band needed someone to fill in and has been playing for four years. Chucho M. Gonzalez (drums) of Mexico City has over eight years of experience playing the drums. He graduated from the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and is the only band member who is formally trained.
