3/24/2023 0 Comments Devo alter ego band![]() Parliament was a heavier funk/R&B hybrid, while Funkadelic added touches of psychedelia to its R&B. ![]() ![]() Parliament/Funkadelic: Led by George Clinton, these one-time Toronto residents used the same personnel throughout the 1970s for the two bands, who were signed to two different labels. ![]() “We do all these different types of shows in all these types of environments because the music is so much more open, know what I mean? So it definitely opened doors that way, opened us up to places that The Bronx were a little too abrasive to get into, because The Bronx is kind of ‘show up and trash the place!’”Ĭaughthran says the next new music coming from his troupe will be a Bronx album, though he expects a Mariachi El Bronx EP will follow not long after. Mariachi El Bronx’s intriguing approach has also enabled them to land gigs outside of The Bronx’s wheelhouse, touring with bands like The Killers and Foo Fighters. It’s a lot of what’s going right in our world, so we choose to kind of shine the light on that with El Bronx.” You know, it’s not all positive stuff but, for the most part, it is. So I feel like there’s a whole other side that we’re able to tap into with El Bronx. “You write a certain way and you express only a certain part of your existence, because it only taps into so many things. “Before El Bronx came along, it felt one-dimensional,” Caughthran explains. “We were just trying to do something different,” said Caughthran in a phone interview.Ĭaughthran jokes that being in both bands makes them work “twice as hard,” but he’s appreciative of the additional creative channel. While The Bronx bowed in 2002, Mariachi El Bronx - appearing on a triple bill at the Danforth Music Hall Friday sandwiched in between headliners Clutch and the Mike Dillon Band - made their first appearance in 2006. tour where Mariachi opened up for Bronx,” Caughthran recalls. Ford and Ken Horne, and bassist Brad Magers, supplemented by drummer David Hidalgo Jr - perform double duty, sometimes on the same night. “And El Bronx is the outlet for love.”Įxcept for adding a few bodies to supply the brass, the four Bronx mainstays - singer Caughthran, guitarists Joby J. “The Bronx is pretty full on, pretty aggressive, the outlet for anger,” explains singer Matt Caughthran. Where The Bronx goes for the critical jugular in seething two-guitar-attack classics like “ Heart Attack American” and “They Will Kill Us All (Without Mercy),” Mariachi El Bronx pulls out sunnier arrangements, trumpets and mariachi rhythms for more dramatic and lighthearted fare like “48 Roses” and “Raise the Dead.” punk rockers The Bronx, but the duality of a band that pursues both identities with equal career-driven vigour is a rarity in this day and age. There’s nothing too sinister about Mariachi El Bronx, the alter ego of L.A.
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