Los Salvadores

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Los Salvadores are a six piece folk punk band from north Kent, England, signed to Ipswich-based indie label Corndog records. They currently gig in and around the south east of England, and have released three eps: Los Salvadores, Is This a Set-up, and Pink Champagne.

The band are known for energetic live shows and eclectic songs, often blending together a wide range of styles. Though primarily a folk punk band, Los Salvadores' songs display a wide variety of influences, from heavy metal to drum n' bass and rock to pop music.

1 Current Line Up
2 Past members
3 Origins
4 Los Salvadores
5 Is This a Set Up?
6 Pink Champagne
7 Attack of The Clones
8 See also
9 Sources

[edit] Current Line Up

Gareth Arnold - vocals
Martin Whiskin - guitar, backing vocals
Matthew Selfe - mandolin, banjo
Peter Blackett - keyboards
Luke Renton - bass
Huw Arnold - drums, backing vocals

[edit] Past members

Patrick Jones 2004 >2005 - saxophone, backing vocals

[edit] Origins

The band originally formed as a loose folk punk collective in 2004. The original members, Mafro (mandolin), Marf (guitar), Patrick Jones (saxophone) and Peter Blackett (bass, cello and keyboards), met through the Kent music scene, all drifting in and out of a variety of bands covering a variety of musical styles.

Los Salvadores became a more formal arrangement with the addition of singer G, bassist Luke Renton, and drummer Huw Arnold in early 2005, when the band first acquired its name.

[edit] Los Salvadores

The band's self-titled debut ep was released in summer 2005, and featured four tracks: $50, Combination Lock, Preacher Said and My Coloured Town, the only track to still feature regularly in the band's current set.

[edit] Is This a Set Up?

The band's next ep Is This a Set Up? was released towards the end of 2005. This included Young Mums, Just One More, Bad Luck and Surely It's a Set Up. This was the last recording to feature saxophone. Patrick Jones left the band at the end of 2005, moving to Switzerland to become a ski instructor.

[edit] Pink Champagne

Come summer 2006 the band released Pink Champagne, whose five tracks exhibited a more rock orientated sound than previous material. The EP included In Camera, Path in to The Sea, Your Time, Bigger Picture and No Fun in Fundamental. No Fun in Fundamental quickly became a crowd favourite turning into something of a singalong.

[edit] Attack of The Clones

In April 2007 Los Salvadores signed to Ipswich-based indie label Corndog Records. They are releasing the band's first full-length album, Attack of The Clones, in February 2008. Pre-release copies have been sold at gigs, and as well as current material, the ten track album features two reworks of previously recorded songs My Coloured Town and Path into the Sea, as well as a live recording of crowd favourite The Drinking Song. It also includes a rarely gigged track called Questions.