I ended up seeing these guys play in Melbourne on Sunday night.. and what can I say there were awesome!

The gig started off with Mariachi El Bronx.. which unfortunately I got to the gig late and only saw the last couple songs. What was most amazing is just how completely different Mariachi El Bronx are to The Bronx. From what I can tell from the two songs I saw it was just a pretty calm, fun sorta feeling to Mariachi El Bronx.

The second band to play were a Melbourne band called Ouch My Face. This band was .. well.. they were quite weird. They are fronted by a short, skinny, tiny, emo looking chick.. who sings/screams and plays lead guitar, a guy twice the size of her playing bass, and another crazy looking guy on the drums. I’m not too sure how to describe their music, experimental rock with screamo singing? I don’t know. Interesting band anyway!

After those guys played I went for a walk, it was reasonably warm for a melbourne night, so I bought a can of monster and wandered the slightly creepy city streets before heading back to Billboard (the venue).

Not long after I got back The Bronx were out.. and wholly crap! Like I said earlier the difference between Mariachi El Bronx and The Bronx is just crazy. It just felt like there was so much energy straight up, and man is this band full of energy. The singer was often crowd surfing, and at one stage singing standing from a small table in the middle of the crowd (short video I took on my phone below). He was also encouraging everyone to mosh, and jump off tables, etc. Also saw some kid getting dragged out by security, kicking and screaming halfway through the gig! haha. Anyway they put on a great performance, definitely up in one of the best gigs I’ve been too!

I have just been listening to the newest album from the hardcore punk band The Bronx!  These guys have a very awesome sound, they’re not your typical hardcore band, they really are in a league of their own.  The come across with a very smooth sound, almost hardcore blended with rock and roll, but they’re a hard band to categorise.  You’re best bet is just to listen to them!

Now they’re newest album El Bronx is even more interesting.  The Bronx have ditched their hardcore punk sounds and decided to release an entire album in mariachi style, for those that don’t know, mariachi is a traditional mexican style of music.  If you had never heard of The Bronx before and listened to El Bronx, you would have no idea that they did play hardcore punk music.  It’s just that different to their previous albums.

But not to say that this is a bad thing, it ends up being a very nice and unique album to listen to and quite enjoyable.  Listening to the album makes me feel like drinking coronas or tequila!  And in fact I went and bought a 6 pack of coronas and relaxed drinking them to a night of listening to El Bronx!  I recommend checking out this album, mainly just to add something a bit different and fun to your collection!

Mariachi El Bronx