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GONZALEZ

Gonzalez (2003)

Tracklist


1. Dusted
2. New Motor Queen
3. Mt.Pilot
4. No Longer
5. Down on All Fours
6. Three Time Champion
7. Dyin' Ain't Much of a Livin' Boy
8. Drag Vader
9. Call Me to the Grave
10. Sonic Ruin


 

Torero  (2005)

Tracklist


1. Stripmine
2. Seventy Eight
3. Effigy
4. Hang On Me
5. Snake River
6. Doomsday Device
7. Pay The Coyote
8. Bought And Sold
9. Get On With It
10. Nervous Breakdown
11. Nothing To Say
12. Heartbreaker


 

Line-up

Joe Giddins - Guitar

Allan Mozingo - Bass

Kevin Watford - Drums

Joe Voisin - Vocals, Guitar


 

Gonzalez is/was a "stoner rock" band from....you guessed it......Atlanta.???  Never understood the meaning of the name, after all there's nobody in the band named Gonzalez, and they don't sound anything like you'd expect from a band named Gonzalez.  (Perhaps that's where the "stoner'" moniker comes into play.)  They do sound, however, like a straight forward, kick ass rock and roll band that likes to play hard and fast.

I will borrow the following description from another website:https://creativeloafing.com/content-165081-Not-so-speedy-Gonzalez

 

Voisin, lead guitarist Allan Mozinta, bassist Ron Cook and drummer Kevin Watford straddle the line between Black Sabbath and Black Flag while following in a long line of blistering boogie bands from Uriah Heap to Soundgarden to Fu Manchu to Queens of the Stone Age.
By Tony Ware Wednesday February 5, 2003 12:04 am EST 

The band gets extra credit points from me for one of the weirdest mash-ups of I've heard, the song 'Call Me To The Grave' off their self-titled debut.  This tune is a combination of sabbath's Children of the Grave and Blondie's Call Me.  It doesn't sound like it should work, but believe me it does!   It is also unclear as to whether Barn Anj and Gomer sang on the tune Mt. Pilot,

ROBSCURITIES UPDATE:  As to the name of the band:

"I just saw 'Gonzalez' on a windshield and thought it was a great band name," says guitarist/singer Joe Voisin.  "We like knowing at least one person's out [there] pushing for us."

 


 

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Holy Frijoles!  I thought they were named after me, Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all of mejico!

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