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Unfadeable E.R.G.: E. Rene Guajardo (born January 6, 1981 in Ventura, California), also known by his stage name E.R.G. or Unfadeable E.R.G., is a Producer/Musician/Artist. He is considered by many of the people he works with to be a driving force in bringing real music back, in using real instruments in his creations. With inspiration from many different artist like Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Billy Holiday, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Ice Cube, System of a Down, Korn, D'Angelo, Musiq Soulchild, Xzibit, Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., Master P., Mars Volta, Robert Johnson, Dave Mathews, Alicia Keys, Deftones, Nas, Marvin Gaye and the list goes on. 
The Intro: Unfadeable E.R.G. was born in Ventura, California in 1981 and spent the earliest years of his life in Santa Paula, CA. His parents divorced when he was around 1 1/2 years old. Growing up his mother had many unstable relationships and was always moving. When he was 7 years old he moved to San Diego, California. While his living conditions weren’t always permanent, by the time he was 12 he had already been enrolled in 11 different schools. Rene was always trying to contemplate a way for his family to leave the lifestyle they had drowned themselves in. While living with his grandparents Carrie and Ignacio Castro, a young E.R.G. would study his grandfather playing the guitar and sing old Spanish songs. All while at the same time his uncles Manuel and Abraham Castro were heavy into old school hip-hop and designing rhymes themselves forming MLC and The Azteca, performing at local shops and spots in San Diego. By this time E.R.G. was trying to perfect his rhyming skills on the mic. His uncles who were his main influences in hip-hop music were also rugged hardcore gang members, rapping about the street life, while at the same time trying to push their music on familiar ears.
In 1997 a major life change came upon Unfadeable E.R.G. when his uncle Abraham committed suicide. This really devastated him and was a great loss. Still trying to recoup from his Uncles death 6 months later his Grandmother Caroline, who raised him, suffered a severe heart attack and died. 4 years later E.R.G. would loose another set of his immediate family, his Grandmother from his fathers side Josephina Guajardo, his Uncle Nacho Castro Jr. and his son Nachito III, who was shot in the head by a rival gang member around the corner from E.R.G.'s house on 12th street. That night E.R.G. heard the gunshots but on this side of the neighborhood it was typical and he didn’t think anything of it.
Around 1996 Rene was given his stage name by his Uncles. E.R.G. which are primarily his initials and would later be interpreted as "Every Rappers God", in which was given to him by an artist and translated by everyone as being a producer of beats and musical compositions. Stating the fact that rappers need beats and a producer to make a record, plus also the recognition that was given to him for being a locally go-to producer. During his high school years E.R.G. was know for rapping and would spit on the mic any chance he got. 
By the time E.R.G. was 19 he had started his record label, Unfadeable Records along with friends Isaiah Venegas, Lino DeLosSantos, Eric & Angel Hernandez. They incorperated many different styles of music. With his previous release "A New Era" E.R.G. brought many styles to the table. The album available on iTunes is a for sure classic. The first single "I Want You" has been played on many radio stations in southern California. E.R.G. has performed along side Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and has opened up for T.I. King in Rosarito Mexico. Also on his list is Producing music for 10 other artist in and around Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. 
Currently Unfadeable E.R.G. is still on the grind and producing many artist from San Francisco to San Diego and still performing and taking his music to another level. Please feel free to contact him with any feedback, info or request.
Thank you.
Discography
2001 Unfadeable E.R.G. " Reality is Lost" (local release)
2002 Unfadeable Crew "Chapter One" (local release)
2006 Unfadeable E.R.G. "A New Era" (available on iTunes)
2011 Unfadeable Crew "Unfadeable" (available on iTunes)
2012 Unfadeable E.R.G. "Troubled Man" (Coming Soon)

Gaviotas have an aggressive yet melodic sound, combining elements of Alternative, Punk and Metal. They call it “Resistance Rock,” in the spirit of The Clash, and they believe that art thrives through and with struggle.  

Lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Simon Timony says, “We're politically left, and no matter how much adversity we/Americans/Humans face, nothing should take away our humor, happiness, and love. Our conversations do sound like a Seth Rogan/James Franco movie, written by Noam Chomsky.” 

Gaviotas have released two CDs: Unite!, produced by Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart, Pixies/Frank Black, PJ Harvey) and Assemble (self-produced at San Francisco’s legendary Tiny Telephone Studios). They recently completed their next project, a 7-song album called Skyline, which will be released in early August 2015. 

“A metal-punk hybrid with a flair for smooth melodies and political lyrics...check out three songs (from Assemble), each of them aggressive but tuneful.”  

— SF Weekly 

Timony is the former leader of The Stinky Puffs, a favorite band of the late, great Kurt Cobain, which featured Simon’s mother Sheenah on drums, Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo’s son Cody on guitar, Half Japanese’s Jad Fair on effects, and Don Fleming on guitar. At the age of 11, Simon also fronted the Super Stinky Puffs, which featured Dave Grohl on drums, Krist Novoselic on bass and Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo) on guitar.  

Timony and his current co-conspirators— Rafael Corral (Bass/Harmonies), Gabriel Gunns (Lead Guitar), and Andrew Yagjian (Drums) — wage war on war via music.  

Sometimes the war on war happens pretty close to home. In 2012, Timony was caught up in the riots in San Francisco after the Giants won the World Series for the second time. He was badly injured when he tried to protect a Muni bus full of people from the mob that torched it, and was recognized for his bravery by the City. Read more about that incident here: 

http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/11/08/simon-timony-the-guy-who-tried-to-stop-vandals-from-torching-a-muni-bus-has-a-metal-punk-band 

And here: 

http://www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/11/08/check-out-muni-defender-simon-timonys-metalpunk-band-gaviotas 

As if being a hometown hero, punk rock icon and political rabble-rouser wasn’t enough, rumor has it that Timony has a very special connection to legendary San Francisco art-rock pranksters The Residents, though he can’t say what exactly it is, other than he sees them ‘now and then.’  

“Really great combination of skill and energy.” — Stanton McCandlish  

“Inspiring, refreshing and recommended.” — thefacesofrock.com  

Contact gaviotasmusic@gmail.com 

Twitter: @gaviotasmusic 

facebook.com/gaviotasmusic 

soundcloud.com/gaviotas_SanFrancisco 

Reverbnation.com/gaviotas

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Schoolyard is a side-project by Millis Crullis and Edit Farkas.

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