| 词条 | Sproose Goose |
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}}{{Infobox musical artist | name = Sproose Goose | image = Sproosgoose.jpg | caption = Sproose Goose before its performance at the Whiskey A Go Go in 2009. Left to right: Carlos Garcia, Jose Velasquez, Carlos Lopez, Alex Sandoval. | background = group_or_band | origin = Bell Gardens, California | Instruments = | genre = Alternative rock, Hard rock, Experimental Rock, post-punk | years_active = 2008–present | label = Sproose Goose Music | Similar_acts = Deftones, Social Distortion, The Who, Nirvana | website = www.sproosegoose.com | current_members = Jose Velasquez Carlos Lopez Alex Sandoval Carlos Garcia }}Sproose Goose is a rock group from South Los Angeles, notable for its Dollar Revolution to donate one dollar from every ticket or piece of merchandise sold. The groups efforts have been featured on NBC's digital and Internet programing.[1] Based in the Los Angeles County city of Bell Gardens, Sproose Goose has also been featured in several local LA community newspapers due to the band members' Latino heritage and their efforts in the Dollar Revolution.[2] HistoryAll four members of the band went to Bell Gardens High, where they met. Jose Velasquez, guitar and vocals, and Carlos Garcia, drums met in band and have been together in five different bands.[3]
Alex Sandoval on bass and Carlos Lopez on guitar were added into the equation in late 2008. They had both been in their own bands before. CareerIn early 2009 the band decided to produce and sell its own independent album recording the first full-length LP, Immature.[4] The album was recorded in Dream Lab Studios in Los Angeles under the label Sproose Goose Music. The album was sold via the band's website and at local South LA vendors in limited release. "Cellar Door" and "Get Rid of Him" were featured on Los Angeles radio stations KISS-FM and KYSR as local talent on the rise.[5] Currently the band is working on a second album. Dollar RevolutionIn October 2008, EGP News Group ran a story entitled "Bell Gardens Band Aims to Make the World a Better Place," documenting the bands "Dollar Revolution" as it prepared to participate in the annual Los Angeles AIDS Walk The article quoted from the band's MySpace page:
In November 2009, on NBC's Music Raw program band front-man Jose Velasquez announced that Sproose Goose would go on a tour in spring of 2010, following the release of the new record, with a goal of raising thousands to fight breast cancer, HIV and global warming.[6] Musical styleSproose Goose's music is influenced by artists such as Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Deftones, The Clash, Sublime, Lynyrd Skynyrd. References1. ^http://www.nbclosangeles.com/around-town/events/MusicRaw__Sproose_Goose_Los_Angeles.html 2. ^http://egpnews.com/?p=2130 3. ^http://www.sproosegoose.com/bio.html 4. ^http://www.sproosegoose.com/bio.html 5. ^http://www.sproosegoose.com/bio.html 6. ^http://www.nbclosangeles.com/around-town/events/MusicRaw__Sproose_Goose_Los_Angeles.html External links
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