The Bronx are from Los Angeles, California not
from the Bronx, New York. “Being from Los
Angeles there’s this east coast, west coast rivalry
and in keeping with that tradition we decided being
from Los Angeles it would be a slap in the face to
name our band The Bronx.” Vocalist Matt
Caughthran explains. If this name nonsense doesn’t
have you confused enough The Bronx have two
albums out soon to be four that are all entitled The
Bronx. Are you still will me?
Caughthran and company, Guitarist Joby J. Ford,
Bassist James Tweedy, Drummer Jorma Vik and
Guitarist Ken Horne are doing things a bit differently
this time around. They have added 2 new members
Vincent Hidalgo of former California punk band The
Drips and Brad Magers. On top of adding more to
their arsenal, The Bronx are releasing not one but 2
new records. The First will be a Mariachi record
entitled El Bronx. Yes you read correctly the punk
band from the west coast will be doing a Mariachi
record. For those of you who are not familiar
Mariachi is a style of music that originates from
Mexico, which typically consist of at least 3 violins,
2 trumpets and 1 Mexican guitar. So why do a
Mariachi record? “We are musicians and we look at
it from an artistic stand point. I love music it is the
artistic medium that I have been blessed with. The
greatest thing in the world is when you get
from the Bronx, New York. “Being from Los
Angeles there’s this east coast, west coast rivalry
and in keeping with that tradition we decided being
from Los Angeles it would be a slap in the face to
name our band The Bronx.” Vocalist Matt
Caughthran explains. If this name nonsense doesn’t
have you confused enough The Bronx have two
albums out soon to be four that are all entitled The
Bronx. Are you still will me?
Caughthran and company, Guitarist Joby J. Ford,
Bassist James Tweedy, Drummer Jorma Vik and
Guitarist Ken Horne are doing things a bit differently
this time around. They have added 2 new members
Vincent Hidalgo of former California punk band The
Drips and Brad Magers. On top of adding more to
their arsenal, The Bronx are releasing not one but 2
new records. The First will be a Mariachi record
entitled El Bronx. Yes you read correctly the punk
band from the west coast will be doing a Mariachi
record. For those of you who are not familiar
Mariachi is a style of music that originates from
Mexico, which typically consist of at least 3 violins,
2 trumpets and 1 Mexican guitar. So why do a
Mariachi record? “We are musicians and we look at
it from an artistic stand point. I love music it is the
artistic medium that I have been blessed with. The
greatest thing in the world is when you get
inspired to do something, and the Mariachi music just
kind of flowed out of us. We did a Mariachi version of
Dirty Deeds on our last record and it really just struck
a chord with the band. We decided to just really dive
into it and write some original music. We investigated
the tradition and the history of the music and make
sure we did it justice. It was just a beautiful
experience.” Caughthran explains.
The Bronx’s love for Mariachi music still doesn’t
explain the need to title every album The Bronx, now
does it? “That’s just not something that the band is
into. We try to do things differently. We are
fortunately enough to have a great graphic designer
and artist in the band, our guitarist Joby. We just let
him do his thing, artistically and just let the records be
visually different, instead of having the titles be
different.” Caughthran explains. You can look for
Bronx III late 2008, early 2009. Bronx III will be The
Bronx’s punk record that will be released shortly after
El Bronx, the Mariachi record. Caughthran promises
some changes on III, but nothing too drastic. “It’s has
a lot of heavy rhythms, We tried to not put too many
backing vocals on this one. We wanted to make it a
real raw, live one vocal kind of a thing. We just like
each record to sound differently. The songs are just
more stripped down, and a lot simpler than what we
have done in the past.” He says. Things may be
simpler, but no less confusing but what can you
expect from a California punk band that calls
themselves The Bronx?
kind of flowed out of us. We did a Mariachi version of
Dirty Deeds on our last record and it really just struck
a chord with the band. We decided to just really dive
into it and write some original music. We investigated
the tradition and the history of the music and make
sure we did it justice. It was just a beautiful
experience.” Caughthran explains.
The Bronx’s love for Mariachi music still doesn’t
explain the need to title every album The Bronx, now
does it? “That’s just not something that the band is
into. We try to do things differently. We are
fortunately enough to have a great graphic designer
and artist in the band, our guitarist Joby. We just let
him do his thing, artistically and just let the records be
visually different, instead of having the titles be
different.” Caughthran explains. You can look for
Bronx III late 2008, early 2009. Bronx III will be The
Bronx’s punk record that will be released shortly after
El Bronx, the Mariachi record. Caughthran promises
some changes on III, but nothing too drastic. “It’s has
a lot of heavy rhythms, We tried to not put too many
backing vocals on this one. We wanted to make it a
real raw, live one vocal kind of a thing. We just like
each record to sound differently. The songs are just
more stripped down, and a lot simpler than what we
have done in the past.” He says. Things may be
simpler, but no less confusing but what can you
expect from a California punk band that calls
themselves The Bronx?
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