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Guajiro

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About Me


Guajiro (Pronounced "War Hero" in Gringo...), are a Hialeah Florida based rock band, comprised of exilios from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Long Beach. Each member comes to the table with a dream of recreating the music they left behind in their former projects, such as Slapshot, Speak 714, and Friction Wheel. A combination of Classic Rock, '77 English punk, and 80's Latin Rock, Guajiro hopes to bring back the energy and soul that has been lost to major label executive influence and heavy handed pro-tool production. Guajiro's aspirations are to create creditable albums that will stand the test of time and build a loyal fan base that are looking for honest, straight to the point, no bullshit music. They do songs in English, Spanish and in most cases "Espanglish", a combo of both.
Con presentaciones con los grandes de la musica punk rock como Rancid y Flogging Molly, Guajiro continua su trajectoria exitosa atraves de ambos mundos de el Rock anglo y sus raizes latinas. El grupo con su inimitable “rock en espanglish” acaba de grabar un disco con el conocido productor de Punk, Darrian Rundall, cuyos creditos incluye Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, Yellowcard, Veruca Salt y muchos mas. En el nuevo disco “Material Subversivo” (el titulo apropiado de un oficial Cubano que nego la entrada de el primero disco a la Isla de Cuba y lo declaró “material subversivo”), Guajiro continua la exploracion de temas pertinentes a su experiencia bilingual en los Estados Unidos. El disco refleja la dualidad ideologica e musical de la banda, que consiste de miembros Cubanos, Bajista-cantante Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera y guitarrista-cantante Will Lopez, guitarrista Puerto Riqueño David Santos y baterista Irlandes Douglas Mackinnon. Con musicos invitados tan diverso como el trecero Julio Martinez (Albita, Compay Segundo) y el bajista Randy Bradburry (Pennywise), el disco es un puente musical entre las culturas Estado Uniense y Latina Americana. Ahora, los verás en Rally, por MTV. Que el punk rock te conduzca. www.guajiromusic.com

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Music:

Member Since: 2/2/2005
Band Website: www.guajiromusic.com"
guajiromusic.com
Band Members:
Willy Lopez - guitar y vocals
David Santos - guitar y vocals
Jorges Gonzalez Graupera - bass y vocals
Dougla' MacKinnon - Drums y no vocals (gracias a Dios)
LOS COMPADRES: Ariel Gonzales (El Mantanzero), Luis Castellanos, Oscar , Domino Kid, Ivan, Gil (G2), Omar de Miramar, Grupo Obbar, Eddie, Georgina, y Eduardito de Luyano, Cuban Frank, Harold from DNME, New Art School and all their bands, Julio "El Pelegrino" Martinez, Aruan and Areluan.
Influences:
Soda Stereo, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, The Pixies, Ramones, Mano Negra, Descendents, Dag Nasty, Silvio Rodriguez, Bob Marley.
SPONSORS:
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Record Label:
I SCREAM RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

GUAJIRO needs YOU!!!!

How r ya people?! Hope you are all doing good! Ok well here's the thing, MUN2 has our video on their rotation and like us, we enjoy them too. Now they started this blog piece with us and basically wan...
Posted by Guajiro on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:17:00 PST

Fan Facts regarding Rally MTV Episode One

Hey, It's Will - Here is some info regarding the Rally first episode - Hope you all enjoyed it - Those that have MTV Tr3s that is...>It's the channel right next to ESPN 8, "The Ocho" - ha ha - 1 - Jor...
Posted by Guajiro on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:13:00 PST

Guajiro on City Link Cover - July 11th

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Posted by Guajiro on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:04:00 PST

GUAJIRO NEW TIMES / MIAMI HERALD -

NEW TIMES - HIALEAH HARDCORE - http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2007-06-14/music/hialeah-hardco re/   MIAMI HERALD Friday, June 22, 2007  Weekend Section Pg 28..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:sch...
Posted by Guajiro on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:16:00 PST

Guajiro to appear in MTV Reality Series- RALLY MTV -

Guajiro is starring on an MTV Reality show called "Rally MTV" The show will consist of a Rally Race from Sao Paolo, Brazil to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There are five bands competing - Zombie - Argenti...
Posted by Guajiro on Wed, 16 May 2007 05:30:00 PST

WE SIGNED WITH I SCREAM RECORDS ! YEAH!

We signed with I Scream Records and could not be any happier -Thanks for all your patience - It was a REALLY tough negotiation...basically, it went down like this....I Scream asked, and we said HELL Y...
Posted by Guajiro on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:40:00 PST

The Monthly Cover Sessions

So this is how it works - Every month a member of the band will pick a song, and we'll record it.This months selection is from Doug.  The song is "Watch Your Back" by Cocksparrer - We think the s...
Posted by Guajiro on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:34:00 PST

PROMOTERS NEED TO START PAYING BANDS

PROMOTERS NEED TO START PAYING BANDS - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH NOTE - THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN IS NOT INTENDED FOR ANY SPECIFIC PERSON, PROMOTER, OR BAND, IN THIS TOWN. IT IS a GENERAL SENTIMENT FROM OUR D...
Posted by Guajiro on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:57:00 PST

Opening for Flogging Molly, September 15th @ Revolution

A friend of Will's posted the following on a forum.  We think it best sums up how the show went....Pics and video coming soon - ------------------------------------------------------------ -------...
Posted by Guajiro on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:45:00 PST

I love good news....

Yeah, so today we are supposed to hear from CMJ about our showcase...and we get nothing - Then I get a call from Club Revolution asking us if we want to open for FLOGGING MOLLY on the 15th of Septembe...
Posted by Guajiro on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:57:00 PST