what is your favorite mario rubalcaba band?

Buena Vista Social Club.

Damn you Scott! Impossible to choose.

(Very friendly dude -- Elvis Telecom and I and friend Matt all talked to him after an early Earthless show in SD a few years back.)

was that when they opened for AMT

i think i remember that night

(i am not elvis telecom)

correct answer is clickitat btw

Yes re AMT. Great doublebill. I regret never seeing Clickitat.

Rocket, again, nyah. Hot Snakes & Clikatat somewhere around 2nd. Dig Earthless, too. Suspect Hot Snakes will take this, but I dunno, Pinback fans r legion.

wow, i had no idea he was in half of these bands... must have been recently (last 10 years)?

clikatat was good live, but their records are horrid. 411 lol.

isnt dude a pro skater too?

was

411!

LOOK AT YOURSELF! LOOK AT YOURSELF!

Ned, am I mistaken that another former 411 guy, J0sh St4nt0n was a former koochie?

...I don't think you're mistaken but I'm trying to remember what he looked like. I do like KUCI's musical connections (Joey K. from the Locust, for instance).

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Great poll! Clikatat by a nose, though (and theor records were AWESOME, by the way, wtf, do you not love the Gravitys??)

The only band I didn't know he was in is Metroshifter, who I remember as being a slightly artier Falling Forward kinda band, like Fabric

metroschifter fucking suck. god i don't care who wins as long as metroschifter come in last.
i admit to having a soft spot for some of those Black Heart Procession records.

hot snakes were pretty bitching, although the only album of theirs I have, Suicide Invoice, I don't like so much.

remember the peel sessions ep being yoga-flame for all kind.

time even. bah, whiskey.

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http://skately.com/img/library/people/large/mario-rubalcaba.jpg

i didn't see a thread for earthless but the new record is soooo good and i'd say that has a lot to do with this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv7eGCIVIig

saw earthless last night and was about 10 feet from mario rubalcaba while he was playing
it was awesome

he is pretty much the living definition of *beast mode*

his interview on the trapset podcast was worth searching out if you like his bands -- he talks a lot about skateboarding too
when he was asked if he still feels the zing of performing live, his answer was an unequivocal YES and it's so clear watching him play. he rules.