Los Langeros/Fearghal McKee - Sept 18

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The Mezz
Twisted Pepper
Saturday, Sept 18

Los Langeros

Fearghal McKee (Ex Whipping Boy)

To promote the release of their latest album, ‘This is Normal’ (release date 4th Sept 2010), Los Langeros join forces with Whipping Boy front man, Fearghal McKee for a double headliner at a series of dates across Ireland...

Los Langeros are a demented, concoction of country-tinged goat-punk rockabilly. With 3 CDs already behind them and diversity of sound reflecting their disparate influences – from Hank Williams to Nomeansno and Tom Waits- has resulted in what one reviewer called ‘the most intense and ****ed-up country music ever put to record’!

Los Langeros have been festival regulars with Electric Picnic, Kilkenny Rhythm N Roots, Waterford’s Spraoi, Galway Arts Festival, Mantua and Hard Working Class Heroes. With a backlog of club gigs to put most bands to shame, the band have also survived several UK tours, while losing their third and fourth drummer. In 2008 the line-up was completed with the arrival of Joe Bandito on bass and Keri Cajones (ex-Brawl) on drums. They joined with Tenpastseven (OOAL) to become Ireland's Highest Bands, climbing the country's highest peak, Carrauntoohil, and releasing a split 7” single in commemoration of the achievement.

Described as the vocal and spiritual link between Ian Curtis and Van Morrison, Fearghal McKee’s charismatic performances quickly grabbed the attention of the press when Whipping Boy first appeared. Fearghal has cut himself on stage before with broken bottles, appeared with his face swathed in cling film, sung from atop a ladder and stripped bollock-naked mid-song, but this isn't cynically calculated, cheap-thrills theatre, it's Fearghal's way of saying he has nothing to hide. He'd do the same in front of five people or five thousand people, because the songs take him over, pushing him to a darkly exhilarating special place…