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El Segundo

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It all started when three babies were abandoned at a bus station near Tijuana, Mexico. They were taken in by a young, diseased hooker named Rosa. As they began to grow into young boys selling Chiclets in the streets, they started to notice that one of the children, Carlos was continually banging on pots and pans and having tantrums at the other two because they didn't understand. The other two thought it strange but they had habits of their own. After seeing a Mariachi Band, Ricardo was seen constantly holding onto his pee pee and moving his fingers around as if playing on the neck of a guitar. Lopez, being hung much lower than Ricardo actually started to hold his taught and pluck at it with his fingers. This produced a very bassy sound but had a very limited range. As with many habits of young boys, these soon passed .... well, except for Carlos yelling.As this trio finally made it to their teenage years they had sold enough Chiclets and various sexual favors to wealthy touristas to afford instruments. This was the beginning of The Tijuana Trio (earliest band name). Upon playing their way through the local dance hall (whorehouse) and donkey show circuit, the band thought it was time to branch out ... and I don't mean to Mexico City. That's right, they decided to head to America. Crossing the boarder was no problem. The boarder guards thought that they would do the work that no American would ever want to do. What those boarder guards didn't know, was that they only wanted to rock! SEE COMPLETE BIO BLOG FOR MORE...
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Member Since: 08/06/2006
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/elsegundochicago
Band Members: Rich Hay - Guitar// THIS COULD BE YOU!!!! - Vocals// Kevin Lopez - Bass// Chuck McAuliffe - Drums
Influences: Ramones, New Bomb Turks, Rolling Stones, Replacements, Zeke, the Stooges, Lazy Cowgirls, Backyard Babies, Pegboy, AC/DC, Dirtbombs, Iron Maiden, Bad Brains, At War, Antiseen, Slayer, Naked Raygun, Electric Frankenstein, Nine Pound Hammer, Candy Snatchers, Junkyard, Nashville Pussy, Fred Sonic Smith, Radio Birdman, Wipers, Big Fuckin Tits, J Mascis, Nomeansno, Alice Cooper, Disfear, Wolfbrigade, The Who, Screeching Weasel, Chuck Berry, Venom, Husker Du, Lemmy, Bad Seeds, Dwarves, Sun Records, Crypt, Circle Jerks, The Faces, High on Fire, X, Mick Ronson, Cock Sparrer, NY Dolls, The Saints, David Lee Roth, Rocket from the Tombs, Sonny Vincent, Scared of Chaka, Pagans, SLF, Wildhearts, Danko Jones, Loud Marshalls. And most importantly, yer ma.
Sounds Like: "El Segundo seriously rocked, I was super impressed! You were on fucking fire. Really impressive." -HEATHER WEST ~ BLOODSHOT RECORDS ************* "Formerly the Box Bruisers, El Segundo now boasts a new and cooler name (as in "I Left My Wallet in ... ") to go along with the new and cooler lineup. Guitarist Rich Hay, vocalist Brandon Salmans, bassist Kevin Lopez and drummer Chuck McAuliffe play a ferocious but tuneful brand of old-school punk with equal measures of garage drive and metallic edge. It's a familiar sound, of course, but in addition to the accomplished musicianship and a strong ear for melody amid the din, El Segundo rises above the pack courtesy of Salmans, a pudgy, balding, funny and self-effacing front man who brings heaping doses of unique personality to the proceedings, onstage as well as on the raucous sampling of tunes posted on the group's Web site" -Jim DeRogatis ~ Chicago Sun-Times*******************Check out our youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/elsegundochicago
Record Label: Mexican Death Rag Records
Type of Label: Indie

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El Segundos Past shows

Saturday, January 27th, 2007 @ The Mutiny------Saturday, February 17, 2007 @ Quenchers Saloonw/ Viceroy-------------Wednesday, March 7, 2007 @ The Liar's Clubw/Tyla and the Dogs D'Amore--------------S...
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Complete Bio

 It all started when three babies were abandoned at a bus station near Tijuana, Mexico. They were taken in by a young, diseased hooker named Rosa. As they began to grow into young boys selling Ch...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:02:00 GMT