Its going to be a great one everyone! Show up early and support... Que Suene La Banda!!!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
What a weekend for LBS con Panteon Rococo!!
Greetings from the frontlines, loyal fans and friends. This is Jeff, "El Ruso," saying a very grateful thank you to everyone who came out to the shows this weekend. Once again we got the wonderful opportunity to play alongside the ever awesome Panteon Rococo, but for two incredible nights in a row.
Let me lay the scene for you: It's a Friday night, April 24th to be exact, and The House of Blues in Anaheim is bustling and packed to the hilt. Quinto Sol warms up the crowd with a fine set of groovin' reggae and latin flava. The curtains close and mild disarray leads to quick rearranging and adjusting to accomodate the large ensemble that is La Banda Skalavera. The curtains reopen to the loud roar of a rough and ready crowd. Showtime.
Let me lay the scene for you: It's a Friday night, April 24th to be exact, and The House of Blues in Anaheim is bustling and packed to the hilt. Quinto Sol warms up the crowd with a fine set of groovin' reggae and latin flava. The curtains close and mild disarray leads to quick rearranging and adjusting to accomodate the large ensemble that is La Banda Skalavera. The curtains reopen to the loud roar of a rough and ready crowd. Showtime.
A familiar kick drum beat begins thumping and section by section we enter into Sistema Perdido, all the while the crowd begins to dance and skank and off we are into a short, but sweet 30 minutes of musical mayhem. As that half hour of power comes to an end and the curtain once again comes to a close, we feel the love of the fans as they beg and plead for more. Chants of "Culeros!" resonate as they realize we aren't coming back.
Unfortunately we are unable to oblige as we must make way for the homies in 8 Calakas. The crowd is receptive of our brothers in ska and the mayhem continues for them. Then the pinnacle of the evening comes in the arrival of the highly anticipated Panteon Rococo. Alcohol is consumed, sweat beads off the never dormant throng of dancing fans, and a great vibe fills the concert venue.
Ah, but all good things must unfortunately come to an end. Thankfully for Panteon, Quinto Sol and ourselves we looked forward to another night together and hoped it would be as energetic and successful as this.
Saturday, April 25th comes to be our time to open the show. This is only our second time playing at The House of Blues in San Diego, so for us this becomes an opportunity to reach out to new potential fans.
As the curtains open we aren't met by a large crowd, unfortunately, but as soon as that same familiar thump thump thumping of the kick drum begins, all eyes are on us. Those who are in the audience gather at the front of the stage and start to feel our energy pouring off into them. As more people come into the venue, they are met with a powerful sound and electric atmosphere. The set comes to an end and we are rewarded with a bevy of applause. I can only imagine how much more enthusiastic the crowd would have been had we played a little later, but our time will come in San Diego. Soon and very soon....
The rest of the evening for most of the band (except those poor unfortunate baby rhinos) lavishly flowed with alcohol, as well as meet and greets with new fans impressed by our show.
On behalf of the entire band I want to once again thank everyone who came out to see us, whether you be a loyal fan, old friend, new friend, new fan, family member, etc. We always appreciate your continued support and know that we would not be where we are without you all. The journey continues for us and we hope to retain that support in exchange for great, meaningful, entertaining music to share with the world.
Unfortunately we are unable to oblige as we must make way for the homies in 8 Calakas. The crowd is receptive of our brothers in ska and the mayhem continues for them. Then the pinnacle of the evening comes in the arrival of the highly anticipated Panteon Rococo. Alcohol is consumed, sweat beads off the never dormant throng of dancing fans, and a great vibe fills the concert venue.
Ah, but all good things must unfortunately come to an end. Thankfully for Panteon, Quinto Sol and ourselves we looked forward to another night together and hoped it would be as energetic and successful as this.
Saturday, April 25th comes to be our time to open the show. This is only our second time playing at The House of Blues in San Diego, so for us this becomes an opportunity to reach out to new potential fans.
As the curtains open we aren't met by a large crowd, unfortunately, but as soon as that same familiar thump thump thumping of the kick drum begins, all eyes are on us. Those who are in the audience gather at the front of the stage and start to feel our energy pouring off into them. As more people come into the venue, they are met with a powerful sound and electric atmosphere. The set comes to an end and we are rewarded with a bevy of applause. I can only imagine how much more enthusiastic the crowd would have been had we played a little later, but our time will come in San Diego. Soon and very soon....
The rest of the evening for most of the band (except those poor unfortunate baby rhinos) lavishly flowed with alcohol, as well as meet and greets with new fans impressed by our show.
On behalf of the entire band I want to once again thank everyone who came out to see us, whether you be a loyal fan, old friend, new friend, new fan, family member, etc. We always appreciate your continued support and know that we would not be where we are without you all. The journey continues for us and we hope to retain that support in exchange for great, meaningful, entertaining music to share with the world.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Skandalo Nacional was the Shit!!!!! This year it was held at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood Ca. Lots of great bands performed like ekolekua, ninefiveone, Los P2, Todadiscos, Almalafa, Cerebro Negro, Kofre, and many more. We had the honor to play for everyone in the main room. Even though there wasnt any Alcohol being sold, the crowd still had fun!!! Much love and Respect to Pure Underground Ent. and Concrete Jungle for putting this event together. Here are some pictures. Oh and i forgot to mention that Ricky and Fernando didnt get the Memo on the outfit.haha.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Telemundo Buenos Dias Los Angeles
What up everyone.. Sorry its been a while.. Well i wanted to post up some pictures from our TV appearance this past Friday. La Banda Skalavera got the opportunity to appear on Telemundo's local LA channel during the morning show. We were interviewed a little and also played a couple songs. Oh and yes it was playback in case you couldn't tell. ha ha.. It was a long day. We had to be at the studios at 4 am. And most of us had to get back to work after that. It was good overall. We were able to speak a little about the ska scene and what ska is. Most viewers probably aren't as exposed to our lifestyle so it was cool to share that with everyone through this show. You can see the rest of the pictures and Video of the show on our myspace. myspace.com/labandaskalavera
Tonight LBS will be playing at Skandalo Nacional 2009 @ the Knitting Factory. It should be a dope show. See you there.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
So last night we had to honor of sharing the stage with some dope bands. I believe Pimbot was present all the way from Hawaii. And of course the Debonaires represented as always. Much love and RESPECT to them. One of the sickest and tightest bands. We want to thank everyone for coming out. The crowd was cool. No drama. And most of ALL everyone was grooving to the sounds of all the bands.
Next week we will be appearing on TV in the LA area. Check out our myspace for all the info. Also dont forget to come out to Skandalo Nacional 2009 @ the Knitting Factor
y. This is going to be a dope
one!!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Practice was interesting. We went over our set list along with some new material. It went well for the most part. After practice and a few chellas....we headed to Denny's. THere we were loud as usual and ate like cochinitos. We ragged on each other like always and called it a night.
Dont forget to stop by QBonkers this Friday if you get a chance. We will be sharing the stage with the Debonaires, Pimpbot and others. See you there!!!!
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