Rodriguez was a rock band active in the mid to late 1990s based in San Luis Obispo, California.
Rodriguez | |
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| Origin | San Luis Obispo, California U.S. |
| Genres | folk rock, neo-psychedelia, experimental rock, indie rock, lo-fi |
| Years active | 1992–2000 |
| Labels | Devil In The Woods |
| Past members | Matt Ward, Kyle Field, Mike Funk, Jake Hockel, Sanjeev Srinivas |
The band is notable as an early collaboration between Matt Ward (who later came to prominence as M. Ward) and Kyle Field (aka Little Wings), along with a series of drummers: Jake Hockel, Sanjeev Srinivas, and Mike Funk.[1][2] The band was described by Field as "the band in which I learned how to play music".[2]
They completed one full-length album, 2000's Swing Like A Metronome, which was produced by Jason Lytle of Grandaddy and released by independent label Devil in the Woods. The band also released a couple of songs recorded by Adam Selzer from the M. Ward band and Norfolk & Western. Co-dependent Records released the "Weren't a Problem" EP as a 7" in 1996 and a cassette entitled "Cash Crops and Box Plots" in 1995.
Discography edit
Albums edit
- 2000: Swing Like A Metronome
References edit
- ^ "Little Wings takes flight in SLO", Mustang Daily, 13 February 2007
- ^ a b "Little Wings Archived 2006-04-10 at the Wayback Machine" (Kyle Field interview), dreamgeo.com