Members
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Rodrigo Ortiz
Rodrigo Ortiz comes from Mendoza, Argentina. At an early age he took drum and saxophone lessons inspired by his family who were musicians as well. He was very influenced by national and international rock bands such as Motorhead or AC/DC but his biggest influence was the Argentinean band SUMO, a band that whose rock music is mixed with genres such as blues, ska and reggae. Nowadays, Rodrigo tries to keep his own style when it comes to play the drum mixing different styles of music that he enjoys listening, combining sounds and being inconforme, seeking the right technique.
Ernesto Burgues
Ernesto was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1975 but raised in Canada most of his life since his Uruguayan parents left the country due to the dictatorship. Later on when he became a teenager, Ernesto went back to Uruguay to finish high school. During this time he became very fond of bass guitar and rock music mostly Punk-rock music. His biggest influences were the Ramones, Offsprings and Bad Religion. When he came back to Canada he met Rodrigo and later on he met Alberto and Maria and they made the band Toma y Dale Rockablues.
Maria Guevara
She is the backbone of the band. Maria was born in El Salvador. She should have known she was born to sing the blues when she fell in love with Jimi Hendrix at the impressionable age of 13. As it is, it took her a lot longer to figure out that this is what she wanted to do. Her musical influences range from Nina Simone to Rage Against the Machine to The Mars Volta. Basically if it's music, and she likes it, it's an influence. Welcome her into your life and she will rock your face off.
Alberto German Verissimo
Alberto was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the age of 13 he received his first guitar; however, due to lack of interest during the first stages, he didn’t learn how to play it until he turned 15 years old. The band that got him into rock music and metal was Rata Blanca (an Argentinean metal band), then he started listening to Pappo (His biggest guitar hero), Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, AC/DC, Motorhead, Deep purple and Iron Maiden. When he turned 18, he decided to go live to Canada with the ultimate goal of becoming part of a band and shred all the way through for the love of rock music not giving a damn what others might think.