Rebel Yell
From getting thrown out of Nick Cave’s trailer to performing to a single goat on the side of Mount Carrantuohill, musical funnymen LOS LANGEROS certainly know how to get themselves into a sticky situation.
The Hot Press Newsdesk, 09 Sep 2010
Most Irish bands en route to Stradbally are looking forward to their Electric Picnic show. Not Cork punk outfit Los Langeros. You can’t blame the Leesiders for being a little apprehensive about the festival, given their track record.
Vocalist Phil Langeros remembers: “A matter of weeks before our first Picnic, our drummer was in a car accident, which basically put him out of action for playing drums. We had to get someone to fill in last minute. Then we played two years ago and (guitarist) the Nodge actually slept through the gig and never turned up! But this time we’re gonna get it right! We’re all gonna be on stage, we’re all gonna be conscious! But we’ve always had a really good time there. The first time we played, Nick Cave was on the line-up and it was really chilled out. We were walking around with a suitcase of tinnies, hanging out with Nick Cave, Shane McGowan and Conway Savage.”
Did that motley crew have any rock star tips for the five opportunists?
“Don’t steal Nick Cave’s hummus.”
Oh dear. I’ve been warned. It’s clear before I even open my copy of Los Langeros’ new album This Is Normal, that the LP is nothing of the sort.
“We’re kind of all coming from different places,” Langeros notes. “Pedro (mandolin) listens to a lot of soul music, he grew up on that whole Northern Soul buzz. The Nodge would have been into ska and The Clash.”
They call it “crazy, mandolin-fuelled gypsy goat punk”. I call it a demented mix of disco, ska, Asian fusion and glam rock.
“It makes for an energetic show,” Langeros laughs, “We definitely makes idiots of ourselves live and people love it, it gets people dancing.”
With lyrics like ‘Granny’s eyebrows – shooting up speedballs’, humour clearly rates high in camp Langeros.
“It used to be a lot more important.” he muses. “On our first album we have a tune called ‘You’ll Never Get To Heaven With An Arse Like That’ and a love song called ‘Wank Wank’. But yeah, there’s always going to be that irreverent humour.”
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