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Artist description
A Swedish "Crusty Folk" band(Folk/Punk/Ska)band that has been touring the indiependent scene in U.K./Europe/Scandinavia since 1990. |
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Music Style
"Crusty Folk" (Folk/Punk/Ska) |
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Artist History
THE HISTORY OF TEQUILA GIRLS:1990- THE BAND WAS FORMED BY THE TEQUILA HEADS BO & TOTTE WITH FRIENDS IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. 1991 - SUMMER TOUR IN DENMARK, FRANCE & ENGLAND, PLAYING CLUBS AND BUSKING ON THE STREETS FOR THREE MONTH. FIRST RELEASE : FIVE BLIND GOATS (TAPE). SHORT CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR TOUR IN UK1992 - SECOND RELEASE: HOME TRUTHS & IDLE GOSSIP (TAPE), EUROPEAN UNITE TOUR WITH UNDER THE GUN (UK). THE THIRD RELEASE : TEQUILA GIRLS (AN UK COMPILATION TAPE OF THE TWO PREVIOS ONES).1993 - TWO EUROPEAN TOURS.THE RECORDINGS FOR THE FIRST FULLENGHT CD TAKES PLACE IN STOCKHOLM DURING TWO LIVE SHOWS A WEEKEND IN OCTOBER. A DEMO VERSION OF THE ALBUM IS RELEASED ON TAPE DURING THE NOV/DEC TOUR IN GERMANY.1994- RELEASE OF THE CD SLUPSK IN STOCKHOLM 940305. THIS IS THE YEAR WHEN TOMAS THE DIGRERIDOO / HARMONICA PLAYER BECOMES A FULL TIME MEMBER OFF THE BAND (EARLIER HE'S BEEN WITH US ON ALMOST EVERY TOUR AS A PHOTOGRAPHER / GUEST MUSICIAN /FRIEND).THE BAND APPEARS SUCSESSFULLY ON HULTSFREDSFESTIVALEN, SWEDENS BIGGEST OUTDOORFESTIVAL. IN SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER THE EUROPEAN TOUR TAKES PLACE NOW WITH OUR GERMAN TOURMANAGER MADNESS BEHIND THE DRUMS AND INCLUDES A SUPPORT GIG WITH NO MEANS NO(C). 1995 - NO NEW RELEASES THIS YEAR THOUGH SLUPSK IS RELEASED IN POLAND AND HOLLAND. TEQUILA GIRLS GOES WEST IN SPRING AND TOUR NORWAY. ON THIS YEARS EUROPEAN SUMMER TOUR THE BAND IS SUPPORTED BY SHEHWAHWAH (D). 1996 - THE BAND RECORDS THE NEW CD MINDTRIPPER, TOUR NORWAY IN APRIL AND "MINDTRIPPER TOUR PART I" GOES TO GERMANY, HOLLAND & BELGIUM IN MAY. "MINDTRIPPER TOUR PART II" IN AUGUST GOES TO GERMANY, TCHECK, AUSTRIA & SLOVENIA. 1997 – TOUR NORWAY AS A FOUR PIECE BAND, THEN THE BAND SPLIT UP, BUT DURING THE SPRING PARTS OF TEQUILA GIRLS STARTS ANOTHER PROJECT: ODDFISH5.ODDFISH5 PLAYS GIGS & FESTIVALS IN GERMANY AFTER THE SUMMER & RECORDS A DEMO.1998 – ODDFISH5 SUMMERTOUR IN GEMANY, TCHECK, POLAND(CO-STARRING THE GERMAN BAND KARUSHI), LOST THE DRUMMER ON THE FERRY FROM POLAND & CANCELS THE PLANED NORWAY TOUR. AFTER CHRISTMAS THE REMAINING OF ODDFISH5 REFORMS TEQUILA GIRLS AND REHEARSALS TAKES PLACE WITH OUR GERMAN FRIEND/TOURMANAGER/DRUMMER MADNESS BACK BEHIND THE DRUMS, BUT HE IS ONLY IN SWEDEN FOR THE HOLIDAY SO WE COULD’NT KEEP HIM.BUT IN: 1999 – TEQUILA GIRLS STARTS WITH A FULL CREW, OUR NEW DRUMMER CALLE JOINS IN JANUARY AND REHARSALS, SONGWRITING, DEMO RECORDINGS & SOME GIGS ARE DONE.A SHORT U.K. TOUR TAKES PLACE IN JUNE, BACK IN BRADFORD AT THE 1 IN 12 CLUB TOGETHER WITH THE DUVALS THEN THE BULL & GATE IN LONDON WITH THE TONE & SOUTHPORT.NEW RECORDINGS ARE MADE WITH OUR MOBILE STUDIO IN THE SQUATED REHARSALPLACE IN THE OLD MOVIE TOWN OUTSIDE STOCKHOLM (LAST EVER MADE THERE, R.I.P). IN DECEMBER THE NEW TEQUILA HEADQUARTER: www.tequilagirls.com uploaded. 2000 - THE FIRST RELEASE WITH THE NEW TEQUILA GIRLS IS A SONG CALLED "INBETWEEN" FROM THE LAST RECORDING SESSION AND IS OUT ON A COMPILATION CD CALLED "GENETIC MUTATION VOL.2"(DHMG/OCTOBER PARTY RECORDS), A 4-TRACK VINYL EP IS ALSO RELEASED IN 2000: "THIS CITY" ON GREED RECORDS (www.greedrecords.de.). A EUROPEAN SUMMER SUMMER TOUR AND SOME GIGS IN NORWAY ARE PLAYED. 2001 - BEGINING THE YEAR WITH A SHORT NORWAY TOUR, BACK IN THE STUDIO TO DO SOME RECORDINGS FOR A NEW RELEASE THEN A EUROPEAN TOUR IN APRIL/MAY (check www.tequilagirls.com for latest tour/gig info). |
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Group Members
BoTotteTomasAndersCalle |
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Instruments
Guitars, Mandolins, Harmonicas, Digeridoos, Bass & Drums |
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Albums
"Slupsk" , "Mindtripper" |
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Location
Stockholm - Sweden |
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