Artist description Three guys with no past and a gal with no future playing the instrumental soundtrack to their lives...Sounds like heartache and loneliness mixed with tumbleweeds, warm beer and a fistfull of amphetamines blasting from the speakers in your '68 Eldorado as you're tearing through the desert at 90 plus with hot wind in your hair and dust in your teeth...

Music Style Desert-Surf Instrumental

Musical Influences Dick Dale, Link Wray, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton, Jimi Hendrix

Similar Artists Friends of Dean Martinez, Calexico, Los Straitjackets

Artist History We have no past...

Group Members El Jefe - GuitarRobert Garceau - GuitarMistress Tinaluscious - BassSteve Toland - Drums

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums

Albums The Assassin, Tri-State Killing Spree

Press Reviews Phil Dirt - Reverb CentralPO Box 7240, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-7240 USA THE CADILLAC HITMEN Tri-State Killing Spree **** What a marvelous disc this is. Light years ahead of their fine first CD, this demands attention. It is most artful, very sophisticated, sensitive, dangerous, and shimmering. It takes instro rock into new territory, like the undelivered promise of prog, it creates imagery, almost movie like stories, but it does so without leaving the rock 'n' roll behind. BLACK SNAKE ROAD**** Boy howdy! "Black Snake Road" is one monster track. It employs a simple riff and a basic beat, but the purely ominous guitar effects of delay and tone create the kind of can't escape fear epitomized in the repeatedly failed attempts of Nicholas Cage to escape the Hell of Red Rock in Red Rock West. Wow! Desert Evil Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE BULLET DANCE**** A splendidly cool whirl of tone and melody, suggesting shimmer and shadow, and magically drawing you in. It has a Bo Diddley / Buddy Holly feel, not the Bo Diddley Beat, but the swirling tone he used on some of the more melodic and fluid recordings. It shines and smiles, while implying an optimistic escape from a sadder time. Excellent! Rhythmic Sage Brush Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------LOCK 'N LOAD**** From the opening scene, this slowly climbs from cymbal moods to shimmering vibrato images. It's sad, slightly menacing, with an illusional beauty and a round crunch. Quite spectacular. The dark double picked bridge is most dangerous. Open Space Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------TRI-STATE KILLING SPREE**** The almost peaceful nature of the opener is quite deceiving. There is a sad open road escape from horror as the credits roll feel to this western movie. Very pretty and VERY enjoyable. The shimmer of the vibrato mid stream makes for a solid change of pace. Once the power house drums kick in, it becomes a galloping cowboy ride away from danger. The many changes keep the landscape changing and the danger escalating. Very cool, like a Clint Eastwood cactus drama. Western Drama Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------BLUE AGAVE*** Blues and melody, warmth and out in the cold feelings, and a slow deliberate pace. Blues Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Great To Have --------------------------------------------------------------------------------TOMBSTONE & GILA**** This rocks and rolls with the sort of warm countrification the Shakin' Apostles created with "Run Through Wild Country," where the open trail and the adventure meet the electric guitar. Really a nice track. Tumble Weed Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------COLD SWEAT**** Distant edge, throbbing atmosphere, and moody tones. Spectacular drama exists here. "Cold Sweat" is a marvelous track with crunch and pomp, danger and lure. Thick production on the guitar works to create the kind of danger few have previously achieved (maybe the Scorpions with "Sails of Charron"). Menacing! Ghost Town Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE PAINTED DESERT**** The landscape of this track floats on your imagination as you embrace the orange skies at dusk over the cactus plain. Scenic Beauty Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------EL GRINGO MUERTE**** "Hey Gringo!" - BANG! "El Gringo Muerte" sports a great rolling cadence with a solid rock-cowboy feel and wonderful chunk. Probably the closest thing to surf here, this is immediately accessible and magnetic. Low-E grind and power. The glissandos complete the link to the aquifer. Death of the American Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------DO THE IGUANA**** Cool and undulating, this fun track bounces along like a playful display of happy lizards. For some reason, I keep seeing the Taco BellŪ chihuahua saying "Here, lizard lizard." Here Lizard Lizard Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------RACE FOR THE BORDER**** Power grind edgie attack of the relentless ones. Thick sustained distorted guitar and super tight backtrack. A powerful way to close out the disc, with rhythmic assault and demanded attention. Power Instrumental Performance:Notable Production:Average Stereo Gotta Have It Factor:Miserable Without It

Location Greenland, NH - USA

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