Interview with Adrian Buono, lead singer and guitarist of Los Pinguos
Temple Bar, May 18th, 2007
2 years ago, we brought the spice of South America to LA Nightlife with the locally known Argentine group, Los Pinguos (which, for your curiosity is a modified version of pinguinos, meaning penguins). Today, this 6+ group is still taking over the Westside. Though, you won?t find them on the promenade anymore. They've graduated and taken up residency at Temple Bar in Santa Monica, another first review for LANightlife.com.
I had the opportunity to sit down with Adrian Buono to see how, if at all, their style, their music, their overall outlook on their business of music has changed. And the timing couldn't have been more perfect with an overhaul of their website and a new album in the works tentatively titled California (because Adrian has Pinguos on his license plate and felt it right to acknowledge somewhere his now 7 year stint in the sunny state). Los Pinguos belted out a few songs off the new album that seems to bring together the image, the talent, and the message these guys set out to convey when they first appeared on the LA scene. Here's what Coco had to say about their revamp, and the ever-burning question of 'Where did your dreads go'??
He now sports a curly-q do. Perfectly inconspicuous.
Q: What's the biggest difference you've noticed about this album compared to the other ones?
A: It's more collaborative. Fefe wrote a song, Juan wrote a song, I wrote a song. In all about 15 songs.
Q: Out of all the new songs you played tonight, which one is your favorite?
A: Major para los dos.
Q: Why?
A: It's very energetic.
Q: Is that how the new album is as a whole?
A: It's everything.
Q: When can we expect the new album to be out?
A: Well, we are just finishing recording the drums now, then the guitars, then put everything together, then editing, 2 months...maybe.
Q: So, where ARE the dreads?
A: [smiling] I have a skull?I cut them and put them on the skull.
review by Sariah Richardson |
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