Zechs Marquise

Zechs Marquise
Zechs Marquise
Genres	Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez ; Rikardo Rodriguez-Lopez
Past members	Michael Farraro
Website	https://zechsmarquise.bandcamp.com

Zechs Marquise was an American psychedelic rock band, formed in El Paso, Texas in 2003.

History

The band was formed in the fall of 2003 by members

Gundam Wing. Zechs Marquise quickly created a stir in their hometown and built a solid fan base within the southwest cities that they had visited on the road. During the late summer months of 2004 the band hit the studio to record its first album. That studio effort was later scrapped and instead in June 2006 the band released 34:26 EP, a live improvised set culled from their frequent west coast tours. By fall of 2006, Zechs was touring the west coast consistently, sharing the stage with such eclectic acts as Daedelus, Busdriver, The Album Leaf, DJ Nobody, Daddy Kev, The Gaslamp Killer, and Totimoshi

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July 2007 saw the band return to the recording studio. Having learned from the difficulties of their first attempt, the quintet decided to keep all of the recording in house, purchasing a mixing board, microphones, and Pro Tools in order to track all of the recordings themselves. After a few days in their studios, dubbed Castle Greyskull and El Morro, the members realized they had enough material for a full-length album. The record, Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare, was completed in February 2008. This became band's last release to feature Farraro, who left the band soon after recording, which led to Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez switching to drums. In March 2009, the band made its first adventure overseas to Europe, opening for

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group, in which Marcel was also a member. In May, Zechs Marquise signed on to the management roster at Sargent House and released Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare on LP/CD/digital in August of that year through Rodriguez-Lopez Productions.^[1]

In the years since their debut album, Zechs Marquise toured extensively throughout the U.S., proving to be a formidable live act supporting

RX Bandits, The Sound of Animals Fighting) and El Paso singer Sunny Baker. 2011 saw Rikardo Rodriguez-Lopez (the youngest of Rodriguez-Lopez brothers) joining the band on keyboards.^[2]

Band members

Current

Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez
- drums (2009–present), keyboards, synths (live 2003–2008, in studio 2003–present)
Marfred Rodriguez-Lopez - bass (2003–present)
Marcos Smith - guitar (2003–present)
Matthew Wilkson - guitar (2003–present)
Rikardo Rodriguez-Lopez - keyboards (2011–present)

Former

Michael Farraro - drums (2003-2008)

Discography

Studio albums

Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare (2008), Willie Anderson Recordings/Rodriguez Lopez Productions via Sargent House
Getting Paid (2011), Rodriguez Lopez Productions via Sargent House

Videography

"Everlasting Beacon of Light" (2011)

References

^ Review. Zechs Marquise getting paid Indie Rock Reviews^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Zechs Marquise presents their newest full length Getting Paid « Sound Colour Vibration (Music | Art | Film)". soundcolourvibration.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.

External links

[1] Review. Zechs Marquise getting paid Indie Rock Reviews^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Zechs Marquise presents their newest full length Getting Paid « Sound Colour Vibration (Music | Art | Film)". soundcolourvibration.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.

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