NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Carlos De La Garza

Carlos de la Garza was the drummer for numerous Long Beach and Orange County bands including The Trenchtown Invaders, Suburban Rhythm, Meal Ticket, F.Y.P. Action League, and Reel Big Fish. He joined Suburban Rhythm in 1992 and was part of the band until their breakup. Carlos was playing with Action League, when Andrew Gonzales announced he was leaving the band, with the break-up of Action League, de la Garza replaced Gonzales as the drummer for Reel Big Fish. Over the next few years, de la Garza would tour extensively and would play drums on the album Cheer Up!. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Suburban Rhythm (S.R.) was a skapunk band from Long Beach, California. ... Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... Suburban Rhythm (S.R.) was a skapunk band from Long Beach, California. ... Andrew Gonzalez was the drummer for the Ska/Punk band Reel Big Fish for the albums Everything Sucks, Turn the Radio Off and Why Do They Rock So Hard?. He was replaced by Carlos De La Garza for the album Cheer Up. He was the original drummer for the band. ... Gonzales is a variant spelling of the common Spanish surname Gonzalez. ... Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... Cheer Up! is the fourth full length release from ska/punk band, Reel Big Fish. ...

His last live performance with Reel Big Fish was taped and released on the The Show Must Go Off! DVD. The last song he played with Reel Big Fish was a cover of the A-ha hit "Take On Me," which lead singer Aaron Barrett introduced by saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, for the last time on the drums, Mr. Carlos de la Garza!". Carlos' reasons for leaving were to spend more time with his family and to concentrate on his recording career, the split with Reel Big Fish was amicable. The Show Must Go Off is a DVD concert series by Kung Fu Films. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... a-ha is a Grammy Award-nominated band from Norway. ...

He later worked at Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles where he worked on the critically acclaimed and Grammy winning soundtrack to "Good Night and Good Luck". He has currently owns and operates Music Friends recording studio, and works as a recording engineer and producer.

He later played drums for various Los Angeles area bands including Sugarcult, Lyra, The Valley Arena, Ray Barbee and GoGoGo Airheart. He is currently playing in a new project with members of Creeper Lagoon. Besides playing drums, de la Garza is a multi-instrumentalist, and is highly skilled on guitar, bass, keyboards, and is a highly-skilled percussionist. Sugarcult is an American pop punk/power-pop band of Santa Barbara, California formed in 1998. ... For other uses, see Lyra (disambiguation). ... Ray Barbee is an American skateboarder from San Jose, California and along with Ron Allen and Steve Steadham one of the first famous African-American skaters. ... GoGoGo Airheart is post-punk band from San Diego, California that started in 1996. ... Creeper Lagoon is a San Francisco indie rock band originally started by Sharky Laguana as a solo project in 1991. ...

Categories: Articles to be expanded since February 2007 | All articles to be expanded | Drummer stubs | United States rock musician stubs Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... Aaron Barrett (born August 30, 1974 in San Bernardino County, California) is the lead singer, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter for the ska-punk band Reel Big Fish. ... Scott Klopfenstein is a long-time member of Reel Big Fish. ... Derek Gibbs is the current bass player for Reel Big Fish, and the now defunct Forces of Evil and Jeffries Fan Club. ... Dan Regan (born May 1977) also known as, The Culprit or The Hippie is the trombone player for the Southern California-based ska punk band Reel Big Fish. ... Ryland David-Burton Steen (a. ... John Christianson (born ???) is one of the current trumpet players in the California-based ska punk band, Reel Big Fish. ... Matt Wong (born January 12, 1973) was formerly the bassist and one of the founding members of the California-based ska punk band, Reel Big Fish. ... Tavis Werts was formerly a musician for the ska band Reel Big Fish. ... Grant Barry, from Corpus Christi, is the former trombone player of Reel Big Fish and before he was in Reel Big Fish he was in The Scholars with Scott Klopfenstein and Aaron Barrett. ... For other persons of the same name, see Andrew Gonzales. ... Everything Sucks was Reel Big Fishs first full-length album. ... Turn the Radio Off is a full-length concept album by the ska punk band Reel Big Fish. ... Why Do They Rock So Hard? is the third full-length release by the ska punk band Reel Big Fish. ... Cheer Up! is the fourth full length release from ska/punk band, Reel Big Fish. ... Were Not Happy Til Youre Not Happy is the fifth LP by Orange County ska/punk band, Reel Big Fish. ... Monkeys for Nothin and the Chimps for Free is the sixth studio album from Reel Big Fish, and their first studio album since being released from Jive Records. ... In The Good Old Days. ... Return of the Mullet is the last cassette demo released by Reel Big Fish in 1994. ... Buy This! is another cassette demo by Reel Big Fish, released in 1994. ... Teen Beef/Tiger Meat- 7 released by Ska/Punk bands Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger (band). ... Keep Your Receipt EP is a small release by Reel Big Fish in 1997 in between their albums Turn the Radio Off and Why Do They Rock So Hard. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Favorite Noise is more or less a Greatest Hits in which the Orange County ska/punk band, Reel Big Fish released only in Europe. ... is a greatest hits album released by Jive Records. ... Duet All Night Long is a forthcoming split EP release by Reel Big Fish and Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer. ... Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer is an indie rock band that originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through core members Vince Ratti and Rachel Minton alongside a young Anthony Green. ... Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album is a 3-disc live album by ska-punk band Reel Big Fish. ... The Show Must Go Off is a DVD concert series by Kung Fu Films. ... Youre All In This Together is the name of a DVD recorded by Reel Big Fish at The Alley in California sometime in March, 2006. ... Members Jay and John playing at the Ska Summit 2003. ... The Littlest Man Band was started by Scott Klopfenstein of Orange County, California. ... Jeffries Fan Club was a Third-wave ska band formed in the late 1990s. ... Suburban Rhythm (S.R.) was a skapunk band from Long Beach, California. ... The Scholars were an American band. ... Nuckle Brothers was a third wave ska band that was part of the early 1990s Orange County, California music scene. ...