Gabe Saucedo - Guitar, Trombone, sax
Gerry Saucedo - Bass
Tony Prudhome - Clarinet, Sax, guitar
Martin Tapia - accordion
Mike "Chicken" Lopez - trumpet
Normandie Wilson - piano
David Barclay - trombone
David Menchaca - drums
Christina Marino - oboe
Samantha Abraham - vibraphone
Nick Burmeister - percussion
Melina Mena - violin, marimba
Influences
The Association
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Donovan
Harpers Bizarre
Harry Nilsson
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Daniel Johnston
The Kinks
Los Panchos
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Olivia Tremor Control
Os Mutantes
Ramon Ayala
Randy Newman
Simon & Garfunkel
The Zombies
Sounds Like
"high school concert band gone nicely wrong." -riverfront times
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"Red Pony Clock really are a jazz-pop dream encapsulating all the magic and festivity of two fantastic genres." - popmatters
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"the band shambles through storybook melodies with so much gusto they end up sounding like drinking songs for the kindergarten set." - sfbg.com
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"They combine the sheer melodicism of Swedish pop with cowpoke 'shroom fests and drunken, hazy strolls across rolling boat decks" - Splendid E-zine
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"A treat if Edward Lear and Alice in Wonderland absurdities are your bag. A very odd treat." - Losing Today UK
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"Red Pony Clock does beguiling junk-folk, like a big-band version of New York's short-lived anti-folk movement...where Calexico and off-key lounge music intersect to form a charming, mellow mutant." - SD City Beat
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"OK, so let's say that Brian Wilson, in his most delirious and detached stage, set out on a journey to a fantastical tropical island in a multicolored jalopy and along the way picked up a bunch of young hitchhikers from a broken-down bus headed to a "special needs" musical academy." "Imagine, perhaps, a group of high school drama kids who dropped acid and got locked in the school music room." - Doug Wagner, SignOnSanDiego
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"Red Pony Clock has to be seen to be believed". - Onion AV Club
From the sun-kissed shores of San Diego, CA comes Red Pony Clock, an ever-shifting musical collective with a penchant for jubilant horn arrangements, effervescent vocal harmonies, and confessional song-writing. Primarily a recording project based on the songs of Gabe Saucedo & Tony Prudhome; the live Red Pony Clock lineup can oftentimes swell into the the double digits, with members switching back and forth between a wide variety of non-traditional instruments, such as trombone, banjo, accordion, & vibraphone. RPC will pretty much try to work with whatever they can get their hands on. The same goes for their song-writing, which has been known to take from such diverse influences as mariachi, disco, country, jazz, & R&B.
At first listen, the density of Red Pony Clock's music can be overwhelming, even confounding. But take heart!! While most twelve-headed monsters are intent on luring you under your bed only to inflict unspeakable acts of torture, Red Pony Clock would rather help you build a pillow fort in which to chill out and have a sing-along. Or better yet, a jamboree!!!
Over the course of 6 years, Red Pony Clock has gone from being a one-man lo-fi recording project to the incalculable, cult-like assemblage of today, sporadically releasing their music on 7" records, cassettes, and hand-decorated CDRs. Their latest release, God Made Dirt (HHBTM records), marks RPC's first foray into professional studio recording. With the help of their old friend, Roy Silverstein at Habitat Studios, Red Pony Clock has finally made the record they've been trying to make since they started. It's a boundlessly sprawling work, made to be absorbed as a whole, and brimming with the spirit of a band who makes music only because they love it more than anything else in the world.
Lost Sound Tapes just released a recording of our ultra rare, all acoustic, microphoneless performance at a thousand oaks park last year!!! Check it::: It's a tape, dudes!!!
Asaurus.org!!!
Booker dudes: here's a list of bands we've played with: Architecture in Helsinki, Of Montreal, Apples in Stereo, Elf Power, Mt Erie, Daniel Johnston, Ruby Suns, Black Kids, Persephones Bees, The Brunettes, Dr Dog, Dirty Projectors, Half-Handed Cloud, Essex Green, Castanets, Irving, Yacht, His Name is Alive, Deerhoof, The Blow, Scout Niblett, Herman Dune, The Instruments, Thanksgiving, Octopus Project, Ladybug Transistor, blah blah blah ... etc etc etc ... you get it.
Check out the video for "My New Best Friends", made by Sean Gillane, Isaiah Leggett, & our own Gerry Saucedo!!! It's burrito-riffic!!!
Here's a video made by our dear friend, Omar De Leon. It's for our first song ever, "The Day I Became my Lawn". Yowzers!!! This guy's GOOD!!!
Eriks Animal has received 2 nominations for MAVRIC's 2008 awards. MAVRIC is a Ventura county non-profit org, set up to promote Ventura County musicians.
the nominations are:
Song of the year - Dance -- Be Cool (I'm at the top of the list on this one!) Song of the year - Rock -- Gasoline Girl
All of you have helped me out in some way or another over the years. Some of you played a real direct role here (Treehorn on Gasoline Girl, and Cory on Be Cool). Thanks to all.
You are cordially invited to join us this Saturday night @ The Casbah as we celebrate
CHELSEA'S 21ST BIRTHDAY
This will be an early show and admission for guests is free... SO BRING OUT THEM BLOODY SACRED FEET AND GET A HEAD START WITH US IN MAKING THIS SATURDAY NIGHT THE CRAZIEST FUCKING DRUNKEN NIGHT OF 2008! Doors are at 7:30pm La Ballena De Jonas 8:15pm Di Nigunim 9:15pm
ALSO... We are glad to be back in business following our brief hiatus and are proud to welcome our brand new family members Brian on drums John on guitar/misc.... and the triumphant return of Jon our original pianist!
If anyone has any questions, get in touch and feel free to bring a gift to the birthday girl who is making all this possible...
Hey,hey,hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!Did you ever track down that promoter in Leeds?He owes you money dirty cheating fucker Why the cheeky bastard,we ought ta.....!!! Hi 5 from all Nesters..POW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember when I said that I (WE) were making a new album? Well here are some samples I put up today. We're making progress! But NOT prog rock! See what you think. We got way into some 80s Jerry Garcia solo stuff. love, chris
Hey guys. Great set at Indietracks this summer! We played the church on the Sunday but caught you guys set on Saturday..
Our 1st single BRUNO comes out in Finland today. To celebrate this, our label are making it available as a free download for 1 week only at www. northernswing. com/bruno untick the top box unless you want receive spammo from EMI Finland…. Once you’ve clicked on ‘rekisteroidy’, another box will appear, just click on mp3 and that’ll start the download. Happy days!
