El Doghouse

Richard Dudanksi was living in a squat in West London many years ago when he met a fellow named John Mellor, who then went by the name of Woody. They started up a band in the basement of the squat, which came to be called the 101ers. Woody changed his stage name to Joe Strummer. Later, of course, Joe went on to form the Clash. Richard, meanwhile, did drum stints with PIL, the Raincoats and others. He moved to Granada, Spain, back in the late 1980s.Tom Lardner also moved to Spain in 1990. Living in Madrid for 8 years, he played in a number of bands, most importantly La Pocilga de Tio Tom - a strange kind of garage-bluegrass band, if that can be said to exist. Tom moved to Granada in 1998, and formed another band - the Country Dogs.Richard and Tom began to play together several years later. Upon the untimely death of his friend, Joe Strummer, Richard organized several tribute concerts - one in London and another in El Sacromonte, Granada. He recruited Tom to do the lead vocals and rhythm guitar for the project, which included a reunion of the original 101ers in The Tabernacle, in London.As a result of this collaboration, the two went on to form El Doghouse. They recorded their first album "In Heat" in 2004-2005, which was released on Andalucia Records - an independent label created by Richard and Joe Strummer years ago to release the 101ers material. They have been playing regularly since, having also appeared on Spanish television and radio.In 2006 they recorded and issued a limited-edition pre-release of their second album, "Screamin´". The group is currently recording their second full album, which should be ready for release sometime after the end of this spring. Myspace Layouts by Pimp-My-Profile.com