Initially consisting of guitarist Brent Cooper, bassist Graham Evans and drummer Richie Ranchero,[3] Huevos Rancheros released the six-song EP Huevosaurus independently in 1990 before releasing the EP Rocket to Nowhere in 1991 on Estrus Records.[3] In its early years the band was sometimes described as a cross between Led Zeppelin and The Ventures.[3]
The band then signed to C/Z Records, which reissued Huevosaurus in 1992 before releasing the band's full-length album Endsville in 1993.[4]
In 1995, the band signed to Mint Records.[5] Around the same time, Evans left the band and was replaced by Tom Kennedy.[6] The band's instrumental rock record Dig In was released that year.[7]
After touring in Europe with Duotang,[9] in 2000 the band released the album Muerte del Toro.[10][11] They broke up soon after, although they have performed occasional reunion shows at benefit concerts to raise money for a journalism scholarship named in memory of former Calgary Herald music critic James Muretich.[12] The reunion show lineup has featured Evans rather than Kennedy on bass.[12]
Cooper went on to found The Ramblin' Ambassadors, a three-piece instrumental band.[13][14]
Band members
Original lineup
Brent J. Cooper - guitar
Graham Evans - bass
Richie Lazarowich - drums, percussion
2nd lineup
Brent J. Cooper - guitar
Tom Kennedy - bass
Richie Lazarowich - drums, percussion
3rd lineup
Brent J. Cooper- guitar
Keith Rose - bass
Richie Lazarowich - drums, percussion
Discography
EPs
Huevosaurus (1990; reissued on C/Z Records in 1992)
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