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"SURFER"



The Modelos CD Review by Stuart Derdeyn - The Province

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Surf-music groups are typically side projects for busy band members to let off steam from their other gigs. Nothing too serious. Anyone who has had the fortune
of seeing this local quartet on its regular third Monday of the month residencies at the Railway club knows a lot more than recycled "Jack the Ripper" riffs go into its mix. As much as Link Wray and Billy Strange is tossed in as Dick Dale,
giving this disc a wave 'n' Western vibe that crosses genres. Tasty and Twangin' this is perfect for iPod sets for the slopes. B
Stuart Derdeyn- The Province
- The Vancouver Province


"Modelos keep their cowboy-surf succinct"


“The Modelos new self titled CD sports precision-picked Shadows- type ditties and roll licking high desert odes with titles like “Down the Dusty Trail”, “Blood on the Saddle”, and “Curse of the Cowboy”, and there’s nary a cover in the bunch.”

-Steve Newton, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver BC.
- The Georgia Straight


"Vue Weekly - Edmonton"

http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=11560

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Eden Munro / eden@vueweekly.com

The history of Vancouver-based cowboy surf band the Modelos begins a number of years ago with a couple of 16-year-old kids playing music in Toronto. Guitarists Joe Rotundo and Mike Kenney grew up playing music together back then, though they went their separate ways for a time when Kenney moved to Vancouver in the late ‘90s. It was a trail that Rotundo would ultimately follow a few years later.

“I came out just because I was kind of getting sick of living in Toronto,” Rotundo admits. “I lived there for 10 years and did the whole bar scene and played in various bands, so my buddy Mike said, ‘Why don’t you come to Vancouver and check it out,’ and I did it and never left.”

The reunited friends began writing songs together in 2003 and by 2004 the band had been fleshed out by drummer Geoff Hicks and bassist Brad Ferguson and the Modelos were gigging around the city, with a self-titled album following in 2006.

Rotundo admits that the Modelos lucked into a pretty sweet gig along the way that gave the band regular work and allowed it to develop naturally.
“We have a steady Monday at the Railway Club—we call it Modelos Mondays,” Rotundo explains, adding with a laugh, “It’s great. It’s basically our rehearsal space. You’ve got your hecklers and your bartenders right there for you.

“We’ve been doing that for three years now, and it really helped the band develop and it’s sort of been our home base,” he continues. “We often have guests and we’ll back them, and the Railway Club has been great to us.

It’s those Modelos Mondays that have led to the band’s upcoming tour through western Canada with Rodney DeCroo. The Modelos will be doing double duty for the run, backing up DeCroo as well as playing its own full set in support of its second album, Saddle Justice. The affair promises to be a fairly loose one, very much like the Monday night jam sessions that sparked it.

“We don’t get together too much to rehearse with other folks,” Rotundo reveals with a chuckle. “That’s what we do on the Mondays—we just kind of do it on the fly.” V - The Vue Weekly


"CBC Radio Interview with Joe Rotundo of The Modelos"

In Conversation: The Modelos
Posted by Tariq Hussain on May 21, 2009
What do you get when you mix music inspired by Spaghetti Westerns, the surf sounds of Dick Dale and some good old fashioned country and rockabilly too?

Joe Rotundo of Vancouver's The Modelos explains. Plus, he reveals what's behind the song "Death Ranch".

http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2009/05/In-Conversation-The-Modelos - In Conversation - CBC Radio


Discography

The Modelos - Self titled CD, 2006.

The Modelos - "Saddle Justice", 2008 on Northern-Electric Records

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Vancouver's Rock 'n' Roll Cowboy Surfers are back! The Modelos are ridin' high in "Saddle Justice", their latest cinescopic adventures have the Modelo brothers riding along with sharp shooters like Neko Case's Paul Rigby and Mother Mother's Debra-Jean Creelman not to mention Canada's finest whistler, the Railway Club's own D. Trevlon. Their trademark spaghetti western surf sound remains but there's something new — singing!! That's right, East Van's favorite instrumental band has gone vocal!!! Much like when Dylan went electric the Modelo boys (now masked) are preparing for the bally-hoo that now awaits them.

The Modelos formed in 2004 and showcase some of Vancouver's finest roots musicians. Joey and Mikey Modelo are guitar-slingers from East Van's infamous rockers, The Bughouse 5 (Mikey is also the Vancouver Canucks organist!) while Geoffrey Modelo is Colin James touring drummer and Bradley Modelo has lent his bottom to everyone from Lily Frost to Econoline Crush.