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La Guerrilla
12+ albums
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"Throw any kind of descriptors at La Guerrilla – Latin rock, funk, pop, soul, hip-hop – and they'll all stick. But probably the best way to convey what the genre-bending six-piece sounds like is to put it this way: it's a band where members who individually love Gogol Bordello, Björk, Flaming Lips, At the Drive In and Chico Mann can feel at home with one another." - Chad Swiatecki, Austin American Statesman Originated in Austin, TX, circa 2009; La Guerrilla is songwriter and artist Enrique Rumiche's brainchild. His previous solo project was called "La Guerrilla de Lilliput", but got shortened after many venues, and followers only remembered the first or last part of the name. As the sole songwriter, composer, designer, Enrique Rumiche is responsible for the direction of this International Collective. Influenced by many 80's and 90's one hit wonders plus International POP music and artists like Manu Chao, Arcade Fire, The Clash, Banksy, Bjork, Soda Stereo, Dr. Dre, Ruben Blades, Massive Attack, Cafe Tacvba, Bowie, Michael Jackson, ATDI, Sinatra, Yann Tiersen, and many more, Rumiche started his project with a simple Roland beatbox and his acoustic guitar. Placing adds on craigslist, meeting musicians at parties and open mics, he started adding more instruments to his repertoire. Two members of La Guerrilla have been steady since it's conception, drummer and samples Paul Joseph Loney III, and trombonist, rapper, and hype man Zumbi. After every recording the collective
