3 guys. 3 instruments. Lots of noise.
VASQUEZ was originally three guys who met on Gumtree following a post looking for band members by guitarist/founding member Ciaran Mckenna. The ad lead to him meeting R James Iremonger (bass) and Jon Adam (drums) in 2009 and coming up with the name VASQUEZ; named after the hard as nails, heavy machine-gun wielding marine from Aliens.
The three band members began to write and gig together leading to them recording and self-producing their first EP in 2010.
In December 2010, original bass player R James Iremonger was forced to leave the group for personal reasons leading to the addition of Sean Quinn as the current bass player.
CRITICAL PRAISE:
‘The vibrant instrumental troupe blend technical flair with a loin-commanding love of the groove, echoing the good work of Death From Above 1979 but thrust through a technical mincer and sure to appeal to followers of Adebisi Shank, Trans Am and The Fucking Champs’ (‘Ones To Watch’, The Skinny,Jan 2013)
‘That was good. I liked that’ (Stuart Braithwaite, Mogwai)
‘The next band…mmmmm…oooooooohhhhhhhhhh…….I have to say this is probably one of my tips for the year, it’s Vasquez’ (Halina ‘Glasgow Podcart’ Rifai)
‘You would be hard-pressed not to be impressed by Vasquez’s live show, they might just be a band whose hype is actually justified, and we all know how rare those are’ (edinburghunderground.com)
