The Bronx – Violent Soho – Mariachi El Bronx – Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss – at The El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss, Mariachi El Bronx, Violent Soho, and The Bronx got together The El Rey Theatre in LA on Tuesday for a bad ass night of music. A crowd of hundreds of die hard Bronx fans showed up despite the stigma of a Tuesday night show and the pain of working on a Wednesday with a hangover.

 

If you haven't got a chance to check out out Mariachi El Bronx, do yourself a favor and check them out. Mariachi El Bronx is simply genius. I have never been a big fan of Mariachi music, but The Bronx, Mariachi style is one of the sweetest sounds I've heard. A total opposite of the Hardcore Punk band The Bronx, Mariachi El Bronx is like their sweet alter ego. The soft melodic side of The Bronx, along with Matt's smile, captivated and seduced the crowd, leaving us all wanting more as they left the stage.

Next up was Violent Soho from Australia. This band took me back to 1995. Everyone was comparing them to bands such as Mud Honey. You could definitely her the 90's influence. I was so enthralled by they're awesome hair I almost had a hard time hearing their music. But all joking aside, they put on a pretty good show and everywhere you looked, people were digging their sound.

After a short intermission, The Bronx busted on the scene with a fury, and the crowd was ready for what was to come. Front man Matt Caughthran climbed off the stage, over the barricade, and into the crowd. His fans made a circle around him as he talked, then he informed everyone that  "this shit was about to go off". The band started to play "Hands of History's Stranglers" and as he belted out lyrics the crowd formed a seriously intense circle pit around him.

The fans loved having him screaming  right in their faces and he sang the whole song in the crowd with swarms of people violently slamming and smashing all around him.  Matt engaged the crowd through out the whole rest of the show and The Bronx put on a kick ass performance. It was the perfect way to spend a Tuesday night! Totally worth a Wednesday hangover.


 

-J. Moncrief-
Big Wheel Music Scene Reporter

 

More photos of the show can be seen HERE

 
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