Carlos

An original and continuing participant in the San Francisco Noise Pop Festival, CARLOS has been excavating Bay Area rock since 1992. With three fully digested CDs under their belt, CARLOS, along with AMAZING GREASE RECORDS are feeling damn good about their fourth and finest release, DEVIL'S SLIDE.

DEVIL'S SLIDE is a collection of 12 songs and thousands of feelings, reactions and conclusions surrounding love, loss, lust, good times and bad. Cohesive and thematic, this album has layers for its listeners to peel back. From the GED realizations of Heavy Metal Monday to the go-nowhere garage-band heroics of Papa Star, DEVIL'S SLIDE reflects and projects the light of rock's true believers.

Produced by CARLOS, recorded and mixed by John Croslin (GBV, SPOON, PAVEMENT) at Tiny Telephone in SF, CA and mastered by John Golden, DEVIL'S SLIDE is as sonically rich and intricate as its meanings and music.

CARLOS formed in 1991 in the town of Millbrae, Ca (suburban home of the San Francisco International Airport). It was there that three high school chums decided to do something important with their lives; they were Richard Scramaglia on vocals and guitars, Allan Moon on bass and Doug Lippi on drums. By 1993 the trio had covered a variety of bay area living rooms, clubs and warehouses. Demos, singles and an EP were well received by both fans and press alike.

In 1994 CARLOS released a compilation of some of these recordings as a CD entitled CORIANDER SALAMANDER (Switchtrack Records). CMJ (Collage Music Journal) described the CD as an intricate and impressive story of one band's development and dedication.

In 1995, Stuffed full of melodies and fuzz, CARLOS signed with the Cargo / Headhunter label and recorded AMY ARMAGEDDON in NYC. Shimmy Disc kingpin, Kramer sat in the producer's chair and DRIVE LIKE JEHU's, Mark Trombino, mixed. In 1996 CARLOS hit the road in their big black van and gave the country an ear-full.

In 1997 Broken Rekids released the 7 single of Jan Michael Vincent and CARLOS started recording their second CD for Cargo / Headhunter. Released in 1998, BIGGER TEETH was praised by CMJ, who noted CARLOS' history and continuing development: The focus here is on melody, with production that emphasizes the songs' strong hooks. CARLOS now filled Bay Area clubs, were featured on the cover of the Noise Pop Festival program and received the SF Bay Guardian Goldie Award for Outstanding Local Talent in the Performing Arts.

Soon after, Doug Lippi (with well-wishes from all) decided to leave the band. CARLOS found Doug's replacement in Dee Galway, a longtime fan and fellow Millbilly (one who is from Millbrae). The chemistry remained and they soon recorded the 7, Heavy Metal Monday for AMAZING GREASE RECORDS, a new label started by Scott Kannberg of PAVEMENT. Coincidentally (!?!) CARLOS wound up supporting PAVEMENT on some of their 1999 tour dates.

In 2000 Rich met his neighbor, ex- Alice Donut guitarist, Richard Mather Marshall (honest)and found the forth member of CARLOS he always knew was missing. The new line up soon jelled like napalm and set to recording DEVIL'S SLIDE in the late summer. Appropriately released on the convergence of Good Friday and Friday the 13th, 2001, DEVIL'S SLIDE, offers heavy hooks and flowing melodies as well as an optimistically gloomy (alt: hopefully pessimistic) perspective on rock's murder and resurrection. Dig it.