Jim "El Palo" Muchacho - Drums, Electric Kazoo
Mikey Muchacho - Bass
Mike Muchacho - Guitar
Influences
Surf, Punk, Garage, Hot Rod, Rock n' Roll, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Psychedelic, Noise, Experimental, Instrumental, Exotica, 50s, 60s, 70s, AC/DC, Hasil Adkins, Johnny Barakat, Chuck Berry, Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Bowie, James Brown, Babes In Toyland, Willie Bobo, Booker T, Lenny Bruce, Buzzcocks, Cactus, Johnny Cash, Centurions, Chantays, The Clash, The Cramps, The Coasters, Bootsy Collins, Collins Kids, Alice Cooper, Count Five, Dick Dale, Darts, Dead Boys, Martin Denny, Detroit Grand Pubahs, Devo, Dickies, Dictators, Bo Diddley, Donovan, Duane Eddy, Elvis, 5678s, Flamingos, Genocide, Germs, Gilbert Gottfried, Gary Glitter, Nina Hagen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Josefus, King Kurtis, The Kinks, Gene Krupa, L.O.N.S., Led Zeppelin, Paul Leary, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Lively Ones, MC5, Mar-Keys, The Monks, Motorhead, New York Dolls, Leonard Nimoy, Nirvana, Gary Numan, Roy Orbison, Ozzy, Funkadelic, Carl Perkins, Plasmatics, ? and the Mysterians, Ramones, Boots Randolph, Residents, Alvino Rey, Rolling Stones, David Rose, Rumblers, Saccharine Trust, Raymond Scott, Del Shannon, Sir Lord Baltimore, Felix Slatkin, Sly and the Family Stone, Snakefinger, The Sonics, Sparks, The Stooges, Joe Strummer, Subhumans, Sweet, T Bones, T Rex, Television, Cal Tjader, Ultramagnetic MCs, Universal Congress Of, Trashmen, Ventures, Gene Vincent, Ween, Speedy West, Weirdos, Hank Williams, Gary Wilson, Link Wray, X Ray Spex, YMO, John Zacherle, Frank Zappa, ZZ Top
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus! Click down below to hear the limited edition El Muchacho holiday single recorded for NJ's annual Dogs of War cancer benefit:
Sounds Like
...they forgot to lock the gates at the funny farm!
They said it couldn't be done... You proved them wrong!!!
The instrumental surf / punk / garage band that's been winning hearts and blowin' minds all over the New York Tri-State area is now poised to invade the whole damn planet via the world wide web! Download some MP3s to hear an astonishing aural assault of electric kazoo, surf beats, screamin' guitars and other otherworldly sonic tidbits! Better yet, come out to a show and experience the full-on El Muchacho multimedia extravaganza with all five senses! Click up above to preview some outtakes from the forthcoming and highly anticipated El Muchacho record. [Jim "J. Michael" Muchacho insists that you all be told that none of this crap has been mixed and mastered yet, so don't go bustin' our balls about the production quality!]
Don't miss El Muchacho's record release fiesta Friday 3/14/08 10:00 PM at Otto's Shrunken Head, NYC!!! Featuring live performances by The Octomen [with special guests from Strange But Surf!], Trauma Team 666 and El Muchacho [with Chris Cheek sittin' in on bari sax and TT666's Bloody Mary dancin' and playin' percussion!] After the bands, it's a Bloody Beach Party with the Gorgeous Ladies of BloodWrestling!!! Rock Em Sock Em's tag team DJs Omega & Ultra V spinnin' at the tiki bar all night long!!! No cover!!! Be there or be square!!!
Bound and determined to make 2008 the best year ever, El Muchacho has been hard at work in a high-fallutin’ New York recording studio, layin’ down tracks and puttin’ the finishing touches the 1st full-length El Muchacho record. Featuring a bunch of brand spankin' new original tunes, plus covers of some old surf rock favorites as well as instrumental versions of classics by Black Sabbath, The Ramones and the Strawberry Alarm Clock!!! Look for it soon, with bitchin’ artwork by surf/greaser/lowbrow artist Tom "BigToe" Laura!!! Check him out at: http://www.myspace.com/tom_laura and http://www.bigtoeart.com and click here to view the El Muchacho record cover!!!
Hi Great meeting you & thanks for your support! Give Unsteady F and Bob D a hug from all of us when you meet next time! And of course the smiling Italian Mr Wood!
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