Sir Fred
(Vocals, Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Kazoo, Cheapo Synth, etc..)
Tosh
(Guitar, Vocals, Kazoo, etc...)
Kat
(Bass)
Sticks
(Drums)
Influences
Musical Influences:
Violent Femmes, Pixies, Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, Beck, Blues Explosion, Billy Harvey, Eels, Willie Nelson, Lost Boyz, Stevie Wonder, The Clash, Johnny Cash, The Beta Band, All Time High, Liam Lynch, Sublime, Hayseed Dixie, Billy Talent, Talking Heads, Ben Folds Five, Mishka, DJ Format, Our Lady Peace, Iggy Pop, Jurassic 5, Handsome Boy Modelling School, Nirvana, Blind Melon, Faith No More, Blur, Tenacious D, Gomez, Spin Doctors, Polysics, Weezer, Badly Drawn Boy, Kid Koala, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Doors, Death In Vegas, Krash Slaughta, Meat Puppets, The Beatles (White Album), Ween, Voicst, etc... - Are these folks really influences or am I just typing the names of bands that I like? Hmm...
Random Influences:
Thoughts, dreams, nonsense, writing degree zero, imagination, confusion, unconscious, subconscious, random, what does nothing really mean? If nothing is really nothing it shouldn't have a name because it is nothing, taking it too far, upside down, conversation, malibu and irn bru, make believe, the sweet sound of morning kazoo on the subway, smoked cheese, and on and on and on forever and ever non stop till the break of dawn...
Sounds Like
A different band every day, depending on how you listen to them! If you listen to them while reaching inside your fridge for the last individual trifle they sound a bit like a goat with a built in distortion pedal playing the blues kazoo old skool style...
Here's a little review of Operation Immigration that might help this description?
REVIEW
...It's an astonishingly diverse, stream of consciousness outpouring from the deeply odd mind of Sir Fred. Think Galliano meets Arab Strap at a Beck gig to form a Flaming Lips tribute band and you'll only have half of this bizarre but enchanting blend of scuzzy hip hop.It's like listening to a great party through a wall. Prolific, ramshackle and something approaching genius...
- Catriona Killin, Daily Record
Record Label
Planet Groucho Records (make believe record label)
El Jugador are a four-piece alternative rock act with a twist of folk-hop, grunge pop and cow punk. They formed somewhere round about 1999 as a semi solo project artist performing strange acousto-hip-hop-pop, (...skip to the end...) when Sticks, Kat and the mighty Tosh joined the line up was complete and the music tasted sweet (*not sweet like candy, sweet like sweet hot chili sauce!).
New Album
At the moment El Jugador are recording their 2nd full length album (probably around 30 tracks) at Planet Groucho Studios... It is said to have a much dirtier rockier sound than any of their previous releases, this is due to the amount of dirty rock juice the band have been inhaling... Tracks rumoured to make it to the album include: Nardovia, Sir Fred Can't Be Dead, Eleven, Jeff's Song, Ding Ding, Did It Again, etc...
Discography
Operation Immigration (album) featured a wide range of musical flavour that tantalised the taste buds of many. The album featured collaborations with All Time High, Speech Therapy and many random artists that choose to remain nameless at this moment.
My Shoe Fell Off (e.p.) was a rockier release, experimenting a bit more into the rock side of things. If features Sir Fred's debut on the Pedal Steel Guitar... Nice.
Broken Banjo (random CD) is a collection of tracks recorded by El Jugador that didn't previously make it to a CD. It had to be made due to the demand for more songs.
Gig History
El Jugador have rocked many a stage including: King Tuts, The Boom Boom Room, The Arches, Paisley Union, The Loft, Stereo, The Magnum Theatre, Evolution Skatepark, Parkers, The Arena, The Barfly, etc...
Hey!! Just thought id stop by and with it only being 3 days til Santa comes i thought id wish you Merry Christmas!! and all the best for the New Year... bring on oh-7!!
is one going to attend this weeks dirge gig?we r playin catty this friday tickets r £4.£6 at the door(fuk tht) every1 who dont hav a ticket yet is meetin me in central at 6.45pm at burger king(inside the station) so am sellin tickets there for 10mins if ye can make it. so mayb c u there?cya m8ty
I just wanted to give you some god blessings, but as all comments should end with a question... Cuanto cuesta un billette de segunda clase de ida y vuelta para Sevilla?
Allright guys!
I nearly seen you in parkers with Mummy short arms a while back, but I left before you came on....
And I nearly caught more than two songs at Tut's with How to swim had my timekeeping not been disgraceful as always!
I look forward to catching a full set sometime in the near future!!
Likewise x) Eventually. When I finally get some decent software for this ebil machine they call a computer -sigh- IM me, if you want. It's easier and a little faster. x)
Brilliant-ness. Great influences -cough- The Clash. You've got some other brilliant bands and singers in there. More brilliant-ness. Rock on! And, if you aren't uber busy -cough- Comment back?
hey kat i hope youre well wee yin... hows/ how was vegas? bet it wasnt as good as GLASVEGAS!! oh yeah!! just got back from aberdeen.. was back up north for the weekend visiting my wee buddies and got FAR too wasted!! gimme a bell when youre back in good ole fairley cos i owe you lunch (or dinner) seeing as you paid last time and im not staying in your debt forever! (it would be far too risky) xxx david
The charity gig on the 30th October. Tell me more.....
We have a haloween party on the go. You want to come? Dress up is essential and we are playing along with Speach Therapy and Smiz if I ever pull my thumb out my ass and ask him... If you're up for it then I'll try and get you on the bill.
i was dancing with a snake when you played 'my shoe fell off' at stevenston point! i went both days, saw all performances and came back with a snake on a stick and some fine lookin sunburn! a small price to pay to worship the almighty El Jugador! and big thanks for waving at us as you drove away in that pretty red car! Sticks wasnt there but thankies to you dear! keep up the awesomeness and i love you XxkelxX
Hey there, thanks for the request. Sounds great, like your style! Any plans about maybe coming to Germany, or even better, Munich soon? See you, Martina
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