Robert Ulysses Simon Hare - Guitar/Vocals *
Billy Diablo - Guitar/Vocals *
Brett Savory - Drums *
Paul Mancuso - Bass
Influences
Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynrd, Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Slayer, Cactus, Leaf Hound, Captain Beyond, Sir Lord Baltimore, Ted Nugent, Rose Tattoo, AC/DC, Dust, Abramis Brama, Humble Pie, Free, Raging Slab, Danzig, Black Crowes, Alice In Chains, Pantera, Crowbar, Kyuss, Rush, Iron Maiden, Corrosion of Conformity, 70's heavy rock 'n' roll, 80's thrash, our old cassettes and records, horror flicks and the thousands of CDs we own between the lot of us.
Sounds Like
Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynrd, ZZ Top, Slayer, Cactus, Leaf Hound, Crowbar, Motorhead, Kyuss, Trouble, Entombed, Fu Manchu, Corrosion of Conformity, Down, Sixty Watt Shaman, Budgie, early Metallica, Black Crowes, Free, Allman Brothers Band, Pantera, BLS, Captain Beyond, Raging Slab, Clutch, a whole heapin heck-load o' dirty southern blues metal from the great white north. Getcha horns in the air!
Chest poundin’, whiskey swillin’, southern doom rock ‘n’ roll. Diablo Red is the truth - red hot rock and roll evil, hard, fast, heavy and dirty.
Diablo Red unleashed their debut full length release, "Rojos", in December of 2005, following it up with the well-received "Vol. II: Statue of Mary with Bullhorns" in March, 2006. Their third, and most recent album, "Lower The Troll" was released August of 2007, the collective result of five years of blood, sweat, beer, and dirty, heavy, southern doom rock. “Lower the Troll” would chart almost immediately at 4 on Toronto’s CKLN radio, gaining favor with rock fans on the radio, and on the road as the boys relentlessly gigged to promote its release. The boys of Diablo Red have managed to sell out run after run of their 3 DIY releases, and continue to build a buzz and gain praise both locally and internationally for their honest, hook-laden and heavy brand of hard rock.
Diablo Red originally came to be in 2002, influenced by classic '70s heavy riffage and dirty southern blues rock. Old friends from their days playing in various punk and metal bands in their native Sarnia, Ontario, Robert Ulysses Simon Hare and Billy Diablo began writing the songs that would form the sonic nucleus of Diablo Red after splitting from their previous bands and reconnecting in Toronto. As a result of growing up listening to the incredible 70's rock and 80's and 90's metal playing on Detroit rock radio, Robert and Billy found the natural style of Diablo Red to be somewhere between Black Sabbath, Motorhead and ZZ Top; the vocals a mixture of raw rock emotion and dark blues soul. Long time friend, breakdancing champion, horror author and skin-bashing maniac Brett Savory (also of “the Sarn”) joined the boys in Spring 2002, and the devilish Paul Mancuso joined in 2006, fleshing out the bottom end and solidifying the group's current recording and touring line-up. Diablo Red is currently playing select dates and preparing to record their fourth, as of yet un-named, lp.
“Big, hairy, detuned southern rock is the order of the day when Diablo Red comes through your town. Super-heavy rock with a southern-style chaser. You could put 'em on a bill with 99% of Small Stone Record’s bands, and they'd fit just fine.” - Andrew Carver, National Capital Rock (natcaprock.blogspot.com, Ottawa)
“There are but two bands on this earth where I can walk into a venue and immediately I’m in the moment and completely focused on the band to the exclusion of everything else: one is Motorhead, the other is Diablo Red.” – Miss Barbrafisch, host of CKLN 88.1’s Satan Takes A Holiday radio show (format: metal/rock) and Much Music pundit
We raise a glass to our fans and friends, and the bands we've played with over the years .
"May you be in heaven 40 years before the devil knows you're gone..."
Hello to all, Just thought we'd stop by and say thank you ,to all the awesome bands that have sent in their material which has been aired on the show throughout the years.
We have had an exceptional response through myspace from some of the most talented underground musicians in the world . It is your contribution to our show that show people that there are still actually real musicians out there [and rap is surely not damn music, neither is that techno crap].
Undergroundsounds airs throughout Australia Thursday/Saturdays p.m.
Bands that would like their music aired on any future shows can forward their material to the address below;
Undergroundsounds Program Manager 44 Bambil St, Crestmead,Queensland. Australia.
thought you might dig em. swing by the page and check out the rest, they are all custom done if you want something, hit me up! cheers, spread the good word
hey guys long time no see. check out our two wacky hilarious new videos on our page. if you've seen our oldies then you know these ones are going to be more mental then ernest goes to camp and ernest scared stupid combined! we got a bunch of new jams posted as well
THE JIM ROSE CIRCUS VS. JAKE THE SNAKE ROBERTS TOUR we are looking for wrestlers,variety,burlesque,comics,freak show and circus acts..PLEASE message us here..if you are a BAND please get us contact info for your local promoter that is INTERESTED in booking this show.. message us here too..if we get the booking because of your contact info you can open for us..please dont have managers contacting us unless they have a gig with guarantees..we dont do door deals..sorry for sounding harsh on that one...FANS FANS FANS this show is going to be amazing..keep checking this site for tour dates and updates we start on the west coast july 3rd thanks jim
I interviewed renowned photographer Bob Gruen last year and just posted a video of that on YouTube. He talks about the early days when he was taking pictures of Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon, the New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols and the Clash. Check it out!
Greetings from Montreal. We really appreciate that you’ve accepted our request. Looking forward to your friendship. You ROCK. Great music. Great work. Keep rockin’ … it’s the only thing that matters!
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