THE DRAGONS – live on September 21 at Mondo Hollywood with with Giuda (Italy) and Hammered Satin (Hollywood) #thedragons — photo by Maren Parusel

THE DRAGONS PLAY MONDO HOLLYWOOD
ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2019
with Giuda (Italy) and Hammered Satin (Hollywood)

September 9, 2019 (San Diego, California) – Mondo Hollywood promoter Ralph Carrera (Masked Superstar Events) explains his long history with The Dragons: “they were a key part of Tiger Mask’s success throughout the early 2000s. Every performance brought down the house, not to mention how hammered their fans used to get. Everyone in the audience seemed to have two drinks in their hands while The Dragons played — whether in Las Vegas or at the Garage in Los Angeles. They have such a highly energetic and mesmerizing live show.  We loved them so much that the Dragons were invited to our first three Las Vegas Shakedown festivals; a distinction shared only by fellow hellraisers Throw Rag. At Mondo Hollywood we hope to expose them to a whole new generation of rock’n’rollers.”

The Dragons began in 1991 in San Diego, California. Three months later, and after playing the first of eleven South By Southwest Music Conference Showcases, the band released a vinyl EP called “X” for a label in Spain called Impossible Records. A year later they followed it up with a single for Poptone Records which put them on the map in San Diego. In 1996 The Dragons Recorded “Painkiller” for Scam-O-Rama Records owned by the infamous “InebriaTED” who discovered the band during his tenure as writer for Flipside Magazine. Two years later The Dragons signed a deal with Junk Records from Long Beach (founded by Lou Carus and funded by Brian Holland of The Offspring) and released “Cheers To Me,” “R.L.F” and “Kamikaze” in three consecutive years. They followed that with a Japanese-only release titled, “The Dragons,” and toured Japan.

In 2003 The Dragons signed with Gearhead Records with the “Master Mechanic himself” Mike LaVella and Michelle Haunold and released “Sin Salvation” as well as a remixed and remastered version “RockNRoll Kamikaze.” The Dragons have toured with The Wildhearts, Guitar Wolf, The Hellacopters, Riverboat Gamblers, B-Movie Rats, Texas Terri, Gaza Strippers, The Demons, The Black Halos, The Spitfires, and have shared bills with The Supersuckers, The Backyard Babies, Rocket From The Crypt, The Muffs, The Zeros and many other reputable and disreputable punks and rockers.

The Dragons will never stop mourning and honoring their brother in arms, Steve Rodriguez (bass) who passed away suddenly from heart failure in 2015. But as Rodriguez himself would insist “the show must go on.” So Hector Penalosa, from the 1978 punk band The Zeros, plays bass for the band which still features the remaining original line-up. Guitarist Ken Mochikoshi-Horne who is now a long-time member of L.A.’s hard rock champs The Bronx and drummer Jarrod Lucas still hammers out sets with various bands in San Diego. Inimitable front man Mario Escovedo (guitar and vocals and also the younger brother of Alejandro Escovedo and Pete Escovedo and uncle to Sheila E.) now engages in mainly off-stage adventures.

MONDO HOLLYWOOD
Saturday September 21st
at Catch One
4067 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Doors 9pm // Hammered Satin 9:30 pm // The Dragons 10:30 pm  // Giuda 11:30 pm
Plus unique vendors, exploitation movie projections, several guest DJs, and a Giallo/Italian thriller-horror-themed burlesque show curated by Vanessa Burgundy.
Tickets $20.00 on sale HERE.
Event page HERE.

Visit the band online:
facebook.com/thedragonsrocknroll
spotify.com

THE DRAGONS PUBLICITY PHOTOS and more HERE, enter password: loaded

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