RODRIGO Y GABRIELA's New Live Album To Include METALLICA, LED ZEPPELIN Covers

September 5, 2008

Mexican acoustic rock duo RODRIGO Y GABRIELA will release a new live album, "Live In Japan", with a bonus live DVD on October 28, 2008. The CD captures Rod and Gab making their live Japanese debut at Tokyo's Duo club on March 30 this year. The show had been sold out for weeks; such was the level of anticipation from their Far East fanbase. "Live In Japan" mixes tracks from RODRIGO Y GABRIELA's acclaimed, self-titled debut album with older live favorites, and also includes a new track — "OK Tokyo" — as well as Rod and Gab's legendary solo jams recorded for the first time. The album, which is being released as limited edition by ATO Records, also includes a five-track bonus DVD of highlights from the concert, mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound; which is sure to be in demand with RODRIGO Y GABRIELA's fret-fanatic following.

Since its original release in Europe in February 2006, "Rodrigo y Gabriela" has been one of the great word-of-mouth success stories in recent music history. With over 500,000 albums sold worldwide (300,000 in the U.S.),it has helped to establish Rod and Gab as one of the most exciting live bands on the planet. The duo are currently writing songs for their next studio album at their base in Ixtapa, Mexico.

Track listing - CD

01. OK Tokyo
02. Juan Loco
03. Orion
04. Foc
05. Satori
06. Ixtapa
07. Vikingman
08. Take Five
09. One
10. Gabriela Solo
11. Rodrigo Solo
12. Stairway To Heaven
13. Tamacun
14. Diablo Rojo

DVD

01. Satori
02. Ixtapa
03. Vikingman
04. Tamacun
05. Diablo Rojo

Natives of Mexico City, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero began their careers as members of TIERRA ACIDA, a heavy metal band which played on the city's underground gig circuit for seven years.

"Like a lot of Mexican youth, we were heavily influenced by American metal bands — METALLICA, MEGADETH, PANTERA, and also SEPULTURA," Gabriela explained. "It was a full band, very loud, and for vocals, Rodrigo would just scream. We played this way for seven years."

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA performing METALLICA's "Orion":

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA playing METALLICA's "One" mixed with some of their own song live at The Warfield, San Francisco on February 9, 2008:

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).