GOOMBA - ProfilesArchive

About Me

PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE EP!!
Goombarock (n. goom-bah-rawck) a piercing, exciting form of music usually associated with the rock genre.
Whether they are playing high energy, entertaining shows at venues across Southern California or spending time in the studio recording, one thing is for sure with the boys of Goomba: friendship comes before band mates. Not just kids who answered an ad in the paper, these four nerdy college kids met during their years at John F. Kennedy High School, located in small town La Palma, CA, and found out they share similar interests. Whether it is movies, comics, video games, cartoons, or TV shows, it always came back to music. David (guitars), Ronaldo (vocals), and Mike (bass), all share similar musical inspirations, and while Evan (drums) is heavily influenced by punk, his musical tastes extend to embrace the same influences as the other band members. In the early days of Goomba, their sound would be equated to that of the typical high-school garage band: noisy, dirty, and loud. As the band evolved and the group grew closer, their sound evolved as well into music truly unique unto its own. Their brotherhood mentality lends itself to the writing process, creating an environment of friendship and closeness among the group that the listener cant help but notice in every one of their songs, setting them apart from most put-together bands. And unlike those other bands whose music sounds like their influences, Goombas musical influences have no bearing on their songs they write. Weezer, Ozma, Bad Brains, Rancid, Bad Religion, and The Beatles are just a few of the artists whom Goomba look to for inspiration, but their songs sound nothing like these artists, thus creating a sound all their own: GOOMBAROCK.
While their songs may not be the most complex, or musical, or epic, you cannot deny the quality of the music they make. In fact, because they do not try to be complex and because they do not try to sound like another band, their music stands out from the norm and shines above your typical, high school/twenty something rock. Simple is their shtick, simple but enjoyable. Goomba is a living example of pure, basic, quality rock music made to entertain the listener, and they accomplish this feat as best of friends.
If God were to encounter us upon our journey... God would be rocked.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/16/2003
Band Website: goombarock.com
Band Members: Ronaldo - Vocals
Mike - Bass
David - Guitar
Evan - Drums
Influences: Weezer, Flogging Molly, Rancid
Sounds Like: Awesomeness combined with more awesomeness with a splash of nerdiness.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Last Call....(almost a week later)

So here we are, almost a week removed from our glorious (and yes it was glorious) last show ever. Some people have been asking me how I feel, and I don't quite know how to answer that. I can't speak f...
Posted by GOOMBA on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:00:00 PST

"Only the dead have seen the end of war" -Plato

Hello folks...been a while eh? So first thing's first...in case you didn't see our bulletin post, a clip of our song got played on KROQ for the Inland Invasion contest thingy...but unfortunately we di...
Posted by GOOMBA on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:30:00 PST

A MESSAGE TO MR. LARS FREDERICKSON and TIM ARMSTRONG....

I know this message comes a week late...but if by chance you guys are reading this, it means that you actually listened to our CD that I gave you at the ECHO during Hellcat nights May 2nd. This is Ron...
Posted by GOOMBA on Tue, 09 May 2006 02:16:00 PST

Disorder and Disarray....

Hello all...it's been a long time since we've last spoken. Much has been going on indeed, and the Goomba machine has been moving along quite hastily. First off, our Vegas show, which Mike touched up o...
Posted by GOOMBA on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:53:00 PST

Las Vegas show. A look back. - posted by Michael

I think our Vegas show could properly be summed up in one word: Amazing.And no. I'm not being a typical pretentious prick about this whole thing. Just the experience itself was wonderful, which truly ...
Posted by GOOMBA on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:11:00 PST

Goomba EP Info and Art Preview - by Michael

Above you'll notice the art mock-up for the Goomba EP, scheduled to be released sometime in March I believe. The packaging itself will be rather simple, as it's simply a sleeve (we are far too poor to...
Posted by GOOMBA on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:26:00 PST

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM GOOMBA!!!

Yes yes, we know it's about 3 days late...but that's only because we were up in Big Bear all weekend caught up in the debauchery that is New Years!!! An amazing time was had by all...especially the cr...
Posted by GOOMBA on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:52:00 PST

Since the upload song thingie isn't working at the moment...

The pure fact it isn't is kinda irritating me, but alas, there is nothing I can do about it. So instead, I am providing you a ALTERNATE means of downloading the recently posted songs, via our own webs...
Posted by GOOMBA on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:37:00 PST

Shirts, Buttons, CD's.....OH JOY!!!

Okie dokie folkies...pretty soon...not very soon, but pretty soon...we should have a pay-pal account set up for all (7) of you who would like to buy sweet sweet Goomba swag! Since Mr. Mikey Ion figure...
Posted by GOOMBA on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:56:00 PST

Goings Ons...

Hey everyone...its Ronaldo. I doubt anyone reads this, but i'm gonna go ahead and write anyways, just in case (or just so I can read this again and realize what an ass I sound like). Anyways, our ...
Posted by GOOMBA on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 11:41:00 PST