DRIVEN BY THE TEXAS HEAT,MANAGED BY MADNESS AND FUELED BY ANGER
ALBUM......LUCKY
13.....AVAILABLE ON CD
PRICE......US$15.00
ORDER
THE MUSIC AND WORDS OF ARCHIE BUNKER ARE PURELY EMOTIONAL AND STRAIGHT FROM THE GUT AND HEART,SAYS GUITARIST KEVIN BRADFORD...MY MUSIC IS MY WHISKY!IT GETS OUT OF MY SYSTEM THE EMOTIONS AND STRUGGLES OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND BULLSHIT THAT SURROUNDS US.
IT'S DEFINATLEY A RELEASE FOR ALL OF US WHEN WE HIT THE STAGE.
VOCALIST BEN SMITH SPEWS FORTH HIS VERBAL LASHINGS LIKE FEW OTHERS CAN.COMBINING ANGRY,YET SARCASTIC AND WITTY TONE IN BOTH LYRICS AND VOCAL DELIVERY.
BEN HAS ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE GETTING THE GROUP BANNED FROM MANY LOCAL CLUBS DUE TO HIS MANIC AND OUT OF CONTROL STAGE ANTICS.
"I'M NOT TRYING TO PROVE ANYTHING OR BE SOME TORMENTED ARTIST UP ON THE STAGE ALTHOUGH IT MAY LOOK LIKE THAT.I JUST LET THE FLOW AND AGGRESSION OF THE MUSIC TAKE HOLD OF MY PHYSICAL BODY AND WHAT EVER HAPPENS,HAPPENS"
HE ADDS "TOO MANY VOCALISTS ARE ONE DIMENSIONAL,I TRY TO KEEP A SENSE OF MELODY AROUND MY VOCALS BUT ALSO USE SICK,PSYCHOTIC SCREAMS AND WHATEVER ELSE COMES AROUND TO KEEP IT INTERESTING"
ONE LISTEN TO THE BANDS DEBUT "LUCKY 13" WILL ATTEST TO THAT.
BASED IN AROUND THE DALLAS,FORT WORTH,TEXAS AREA,THE BAND FORMED IN THE SPRING OF 1995 AROUND THE NUCLEUS OF BEN SMITH AND HENRY VASQUEZ.BOTH HAD PLAYED IN LOCAL FAVORITES...WORLD BENEATH WORLD BEFORE DECIDING THEY NEEDED SOMETHING HEAVIER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE AND POWERFUL
GOING THE ROUNDS ON BASS AND GUITAR PLAYERS A FINAL LINE UP WAS SETTLED BY DECEMBER 1995 WITH THE ADDITION OF KEVIN BRADFORD ON GUITAR AND MIGUEL SALDANA ON BASS.
ALL OF THE MEMBERS HAD SERVED THEIR DUE PLAYING SENTENCES IN VARIOUS LOCAL BANDS OVER THE YEARS.
THE TIME HAD COME TO KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS INTO THE MOSTLY LAME LOCAL HARD METAL ROCK SCENE.....
IN MARCH OF 1997 THE BAND SIGNED A RECORDING DEAL WITH THE INDEPENDENT LABEL "BRAINTICKET RECORDS"
SOMETIME SHORTLY THEREAFTER THEY RECORDED THEIR DEBUT "LUCKY 13" AND CONTINUED TO DOMINATE THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL HARD MUSIC SCENE.THE ALBUM SUFFERED A DELAY DUE TO ARTWORK HOLDUPS BUT THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT AS PREMIER UNDERGROUND ARTIST FRANK KAZIK DELIVERED YET ANOTHER CLASSIC SLICE OF ALBUM ART FOR THE BOYS.
"LUCKY 13" IS NOW AVAILABLE.
ARCHIE BUNKER HAS ALREADY PLAYED WITH WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED BANDS SUCH AS ..
GALACTIC COWBOYS,FU MANCHU,SOLITUDE AETURNUS,EYE HATE GOD,FLOODGATE AND MANY OTHERS
