Sep. 1996 at Nagoya, Japan

LOS RANCHEROS WAS FORMED IN SEPTEMBER 1992. WE STARTED THE EARNEST LIVE PERFORMANCE IN APRIL 1995. SINCE JANUARY 1996, WE CONSIST OF 8 MEMBERS.....



Los Rancheros are:

RANCHERO TACK-ASS/ DOG-HOUSE-BASS, HOWL
BANG-JOE YAMAMOTO / 5-STRING-BANJO, VOICE
OSADA V8 / ELECTRIC-GUITAR, FIDDLE, VOICE
KOIKEI CRANK / MANDOLIN, VOCAL
DRAGON ATCHI / ACCOUSTIC-GUITAR, DOBRO
ROVER TABITO / SNARE DRUM, CONGA, COWBELL
KYOTA THE BRAVE / BASS DRUM
RUSSIE / WASHBOAD, TIN-WHISTLE, ACCORDION, VOICE, JEWS-HARP, VIBRASLAP, KAZOO, etc




OUR MUSICAL CHARACTER IS BASED ON TRAD (ESPECIALLY CELTIC) WHITCH IS MADE UP BLUEGRASS FORMATION AND THE PULURAL NUMBER OF RHYTHM SECTION, AND MANY KINDS OF MUSICAL ESSENCES FROM SPAGHETTI WESTERN, PSYCHOBILLY, HOT ROD, NEWORLEANS SOUND, AND MORE.... ARE MIXED UP IN OUR SOUND. THE SOUND WITCH CREATED FROM WIDE MUSIC TASTES IS DESCRIBED AS "TRASH FOLK", "HARD TRAD", "RUSTIC SEAN-NOS"etc...
WE ARE JUST "KING OF THE WILD FRONTIERRR"!!!!!!



News:
They're gonna be in the studio to record some songs for their coming Mini-LP from One Million Dollar Records(Germany), soon!!


WORKS:

"RUSTIC STOMP 1996" (V.A) 1996, O.M.D. RECORDS.
("Pirates Paddy-o","Oklahoma Stompete")

"SPAGHETTI Vol.2" (V.A.) (NOW PRINTING) O.M.D. RECORDS.
("Lonewolf Gangster")




Sound Files(sound files are in RealAudio format):

1. LOS RANCHEROS THEME
Source: 97/? "Los Rancheros Theme"(7inch)O.M.D.RECORDS

LONG(RA363K)/SHORT(RA36K)

2. THE LONEWORF GANGSTER
Source: 97/? "SPAGHETTI Vol.2"(V.A)O.M.D.RECORDS

LONG(RA452K)/SHORT(RA52K)

3. TIGER RAG
Source: 97/? "Los Rancheros Theme"(7inch)O.M.D.RECORDS

LONG(RA385K)/SHORT(RA31K)

LOS RANCHEROS CONTACT:

LOS RANCHEROS
c/o TAKASU,Akiyuki
D-301,TSURUMI 2-3, TSURUMI-WARD
YOKOHAMA-CITY, KANAGAWA-PREF,
230, JAPAN
FAX NUMBER: +81-426-54-0390




Here is the official site of Los Rancheros by Mr. Koike.




Many thanks to Mr. Koike(Los Rancheros' Mandolin, Vocal man) for this profile.





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