Artist description 3 Punk rockers with nothing better to do than make punk rock music...makes sense huh?

Music Style Punk Rock

Musical Influences The Ramones, Social Distortion, The Clash, The Pixies, Rancid, Automatic 7, Face To Face, Alkaline Trio

Similar Artists The Ramones, Rancid, Social Distortion, The Clash, The Misfits, The Pixies

Artist History Torpedo Lucas History Lesson...been around since Feb of 2000...been playing music ever since, short but sweet.

Group Members Nelson Artime-bass and lead vocals, George Graquitena - drums, lead and backing vocals, Alex Fernandez - guitars

Instruments 3-piece....guitar, bass and drums

Press Reviews TORPEDO LUCAS Self-Propelled Geez, talk about having the poise to really, and I mean really, strike the scene with the almighty wing-wang of rock and roll. To have the nerve to serve up a moniker with the gusto of a full-on naval assault. I'm talking about quirky bass lines and rock-steady drumming. I'm talking a guitar that can double the sound effects of a chainsaw massacre in any state of the continental U.S.. I'm talking Torpedo Lucas, veterans of South Florida rock who can still wear jeans and Chuck Taylor All-Stars and shake it on stage. Anybody who's been around the local music scene and hasn't gotten too far into the gin and tonics will remember drummer George Graquitena from the great Fay Wray, the doubly cool Cell 63, and the notorious F-Boyz. Not to mention that the bass player/vocalist, Nelson Artime was in Periwinkle, yet another sunny South Florida oldie but goodie. Luck? Nope. A perfect lining of unknown forces? Nope. Maybe, just maybe, what we have here is the audible equivalent of a sniper assigned with a kill shot, slowly aiming the carbine on the target. Yeah. That's it. We have the madness of Hasil Adkins and the chaos of a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon in "Wild Man". The lucidity of Surfer Rosa-era Pixies on "Blank Stare" and the good times of punk rock in "Situation". The production on Self-Propelled is kind of hurried, but it helps on certain numbers, like "Pass Me By" in which the futility of the event seems drowned in indifference and pushed into chain-smoking depression. But better than all of that, and completely devoid of military allusion, is the fact that it contradicts the old saying of Florida punk-rock: old punkers go to Chattanooga to die. Well, some, maybe. But not these three. And that's one of the reasons why Torpedo Lucas is good. ABEL FOLGAR StreetMiamiMagazine This is one of Torpedo Lucas' best EPs. With a more musical influence, and a hint of Misfits, and Generation X hidden beneath the woodwork Many would say that this CD is "slower" or "softer" than the old EP but this EP is proof of the bands maturity as artist, range of sounds, and determination. Just because bands write new songs, doesn't mean the old ones are gone. Nelson, and George have come along way. "Take your Turn" is an awesome 4 song demo. The best song on the CD has to be "Yeah, Right" this is kind of like the song that links their old sound from "Self -Propelled" with the more mature sound of "Take your Turn". It's fun-filled and yet keeps a respective amount of talent in it. With over 30 years of combined Punk Rock experience, Torpedo Lucas has mastered the art of punk rock. The drummer and backing vocalist George has played in Miami's CELL 63 and F-BOYZ, Gainesville's FAY WRAY, and was lead vocalist for Miami's JOBBERNOWL. Now on Cup a Joe records, the band will hopefully be putting out more CD's for us. I definitely recommend this CD if you like bands like The Explosion, Social Distortion, The Misfits, Bulimics, Generation X, and even The Nobodys. I also suggest you pick up their old EP "Self Propelled" it has more straight forward punk rock, and shoutin sing-along bar songs. - Robert - Fordapunx.com

Location Miami, Florida - USA

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