We just released a new EP on Bandcamp called Live at the Luau! and it’s killer! Four songs from a show at the King Kamehameha Luau Grounds in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii! This was from a show we played in December with the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. Big crowd of very confused old people, who kinda tolerated our … Read more
Lots of cool new items on our merch table! New t-shirts available in standard and 3/4 sleeve jerseys! Trucker hats, beer coolers and beanies! We don’t have everything up in our merch store yet, but you can get our new “El Sancho Tendencies” hat, “Deafen Hawaii” hat and the new t-shirts from the store right … Read more
Coming up this Saturday 10/28, El Sancho turns into EL MISFITS! We’ll have a special guest singer joining us at Willie’s Hot Chicken for an all-Misfits set, in full costumes! EL MISFITS opens the show and it starts prompty at 6pm, so get there early or miss it! Also on the bill, The Rockaways (Ramones … Read more
This past week, against all better judgement, Al Sancho had two solo gigs opening up for Danish surf-rock legends The Tremolo Beer Gut. These were unannounced and unplanned shows, so I apologize for not telling you about them, but that is likely for the better! The Tremolo Beer Gut were fantastic and rocked the socks … Read more
I was too busy to take any photos, so here’s a quick recap from my brain: Saturday night in Kona, I was a little nervous about the show because it was a new, untested venue and to test the waterswith a fast hardcore band like MDC seemed a little risky. But everything went great. Trey … Read more
Gertrude’s Jazz Bar shut down unexpectedly, so we moved the MDC show to a new location in Kona. Club Ekahi is in Brewery Block, across the street from Umeke’s and Willie’s Hot Chicken. Enter through the Kona Town Storage parking lot and head to the back where Building B is located. Club Ekahi is up … Read more
Whoa! We’ve been sitting on this one for awhile and finally get to announce it!Cherry Poppin’ Daddies are coming to the Big Island and doing two shows with El Sancho and Kauz of Affliction December 8th and 9th. For the Hilo show, we’ll be joined by Oahu ska-punk veterans Completely Insane, and in Kona, Greg … Read more
We’re taking a little summer vacation from the non-stop world of punk rock, but we’ll be back in action Labor Day weekend with two awesome shows with some punk rock legends and incredible local Hawaiian punk bands. Saturday Sept 2nd in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: M.D.C. (Millions of Dead Cops) head to Big Island for the first … Read more
We’re excited to announce that our new album Heads Up! is out now on vinyl! We recorded the album in our garage in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. Our good friend Craig Billmeier (The Love Songs, What Happens Next?) mixed the album at the Dutch Oven in Ashland, Oregon. Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Supersuckers) mastered it in … Read more
Huge thanks to Jason and the festival crew for inviting our band from the Big Island to play at the awesome Sailor Jerry Festival in Honolulu this weekend! We hopped on a plane from Kona to Oahu and after checking in our hotel in Waikiki, hustled over to Nextdoor for a quick soundcheck. The cool … Read more