What up people!!!!!!
Well, lets start from the beginning shall we? I was born in Guatemala City , Central America , I moved to the United States when I was six months old. Since then I have become a U.S. citizen. I started playing music at the age of twelve, I actually started on guitar and played in a handful of bands as a guitarist and lead vocals here and there. The reason I started playing bass was an accident, the band I was in at the time, (Psychobabble) needed a bass player, we were holding auditions and one of the guys we auditioned left his bass at our rehearsal place. The other guitar player in the band asked me to pick it up and jam on it, as soon as I played it, I fell in love instantly! I love the bass guitar!! I played bass and did lead vocals for Psychobabble for about four or five years, while in that band we met the band Convicted Innocence, and that’s were I met Eric and Beau.
We became really good friends, and I decided to join Convicted after playing some shows with them and being asked to join. I was really enjoying the popularity and we started opening for national acts like, Dokken, Jakyl, and Queensrych. We shared many great memories such as playing the Whiskey A GoGo and the Roxy in Hollywood , California . Not to mention who can forget Beau dressing up like a girl in a black dress and pig-tails.
After Convicted Innocence we join a local musician in hopes of creating new original music while playing in a cover band with the same members. We wanted to quit our day jobs and make a living playing music. After four years Beau and I missed playing with Eric and decided to create the new band AUDIOBOXX. We searched for a few months for the right second guitarist and found our perfect match, Andy. Together we are blowing everyone’s mind with our hard rock medleys, high-energy performances, and party like atmosphere.
Major influences throughout my life include Gene Simmons. I remember when I first saw the band Kiss and it changed my life forever. For Halloween, I even dressed up like Peter Criss when I was 6 years old and Gene Simmon when I was 25 years old. Another influence of mine is Nikki Sixx for his song writing ability and his bad ass appearance in which I was arrested at 15 for obstructing the sidewalk for trying to look like him. “Thanks, Nikki!” Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, Earth Wind and Fire, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clark, John Patatucci, Alice in Chains, Bootsy Collins, Sevendust, Soundgarden, P Funk and many others have all influenced my musical talent.
I would like to say thanks to Eric, Beau and Andy for always playing your asses off and for always being behind me in my trials and errors. Your guys are my true brothers!! Also to my parents Carrol and Xavier and to my Girl Alisa, and the great Lord above for being there and supporting my every step!!