Artist: Audio Karate
Genre(s):
ROck: Alternative
Rock: Punk-Rock
Discography:
Lady Melody
Year: 2004
Tracks: 11
Space Camp
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
Audio Karate
Year: 2001
Tracks: 9
Audio Karate comprised childhood friends from Rosemead, CA: vocalist/guitarist Art Barrios, bassist/vocalist Justo Gonzalez, drummer Gabriel Camacho and guitarist Jason Camacho (those last two organism cousins). They all bonded all over a shared love of both '80s skatepunk and '70s metal, and in May 2002, released their debut of furiously attention-getting SoCal pop-punk via Kung Fu Records coroneted Space Camp. Tour dates with acts of the Apostles like the Ataris, Tsunami Bomb and the Vandals followed, as did a stretch on the 2004 Warped Tour. Audio Karate's Warped appearance was well timed, concurrent with the June acquittance of their full-blown (and identical well-received) follow-up, Dame Melody, which was produced by Bill Stevenson (Descendents, ALL, etc). More touring was accomplished earlier the guys announced at year's end that they would be pickings a "vacation" for an undisclosed amount of time. Audio Karate resurfaced in the spring of 2006 with the notice that they were working on a new album, in plus to writing the score and soundtrack -- music often different than their past tense efforts -- for the Spanish language independent film, Maquillaje. In the interim, Jason Camacho had as well opened his own studio Lady Melody, named subsequently the band's 2004 album.
