Artist description Ever changing grooves and styles with random bursts of story telling with an extra helping of humor. Hint: Just add booze. We think it helps us sound better

Music Style Multi genre neurotica fueled by alchohol and pasta

Musical Influences Tom Waits, Jon Zorn, Bill Hicks, Geoge Clinton, Can, The Vermin?

Similar Artists Los Trios De Nada

Artist History Formed sometime around 1997 in Las Vegas playing various art openings and parties without an actual name for the band until one day while playing at Legends Lounge in Las Vegas while taking the stage someone asked What's the name of your band Doug uttered those magic words Los Trios De Nada and it stuck.

Group Members Micha De Nada: Bass, keyboards, vocals. J-Dub De Nada: Guitar, keyboards, vocals. Doug De Nada; Drums, keyboards, vocals.

Instruments Bass. Guitars, Drums, Keyboards and Time machines.

Albums The Good Hand Ep. The Bronson Ep(2000). The FlatblackDotnet soiree in Orange CD.

Press Reviews July 22, 1999 Stressed exploration. Los Trios de Nada delve into the musical unknownBy Chris BestFor even longtime fans, finding the right words to describe Los Trios de Nada is next to impossible. There's just too much going on--an improvisation flow of jazz, groove, punk, etc. But finding the right word is easy: "Bronson." Yup, that one word sums up the sound better than any paragraph chock-full of adjectives could. And yeah, I'm as stumped as you. "The sound of the word is strong, full of authority, blunt, but has a soft, luxurious feel to it at the same time," explains J-Dub, Los Trios' eccentric singer and guitarist. Uh, yeah. But, of course, for the music fan obsessed with labels, "Bronson" might not be good enough. The local band, like the members that make it up, is a weird amalgam--think of the best aspects of every modern music form and then put them together like a multi-colored collage of Legos. Sure, that same description could easily be applied to every free-form hippy band playing, but the members of Los Trios are far from being hippies. While the group enjoys improvising and making up new songs on the spot, Los Trios is far from free-form wank. No, the band's ideals are closer to mid- to late '80s punk, a period that stressed exploration over strict adherence to a sound.Even the idea of a set list is a moot point. "You might hear the same song at different shows, but you'll never hear it the same way," says bassist Micha Grangier. "The variations happen naturally. [For instance] one of us will make a mistake and then play with that mistake and repeat it until it's a part of the song itself." Of course, all the improvising can affect the band's overall tone. According to J-Dub--with the rest of the band's agreement--each show is a reflection of the band at that moment. "The mood of the show is about how all of us are feeling," J-Dub says. Some nights it's chipper and quirky, over the top and majestic--think a '60s garage band dipped in slow-moving sets of soul and gospel; others are more dark, mellow and dank, full of psychedelic journeys and Black Sabbath-like dirges. But it's always an honest reflection of the band, and the trio's fans are more than willing to go along for the ride. A good example of that: Los Trios' show with Fugazi back in March. For that occasion they created an introduction tape that combined Western soundtracks and boxing announcements, and then had a friend dressed like a typical musical guest on "Sabado Gigante" lip sync it. The result was both humorous and epic. At the end, even Fugazi's Ian MacKaye was impressed. The secret is in the band's makeup. Each member is so vital to the sound that the band could not exist without one of them. J-Dub is one of a kind. Before he even plays, you know you'll hear something quite different. Using an acoustic guitar fitted with a pick-up and pitch shifter/sampler box, he's playing his effects as much as his guitar. The lyrics are stream-of-consciousness rants and stories that could be about anything on his mind. He's even sung songs about his cats.Then there's drummer Doug Frye. Powerful and versatile, he learned drums only a few short years ago. Amazingly, you'd never know it from listening to him play. His agile maneuvers push the band through changes that most acts wouldn't dare to try. Grangier builds on Frye's heavy grooves, adding forceful yet silky bass lines that have been known to inspire spontaneous nudity.The true test of Los Trios, though, will be surviving a two- to three-week tour in August. The group will travel through the Southwest and California before finally landing Labor Day weekend at the Burning Man festival outside Reno. From there it will be back home to put the finishing touches on the trio's as-yet-untitled debut disc, set for release in the fall. The problem: It's tough to imagine that one album could encapsulate everything that they are. At the very least, though, it's bound to be a great ride. Want to send a letter to the editor about this story?Click here to sound off. .Questions or comments about this site?© 1998, 1999 Las Vegas Press.

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