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Bio
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El Sancho is a DIY punk trio from Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. Fast, hook-heavy three-chord songs since 2019.
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El Sancho is a DIY punk trio from Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. Since 2019 they’ve been firing off fast, hook-heavy three-chord songs and tearing up stages across Hawaii and beyond, sharing bills with TSOL, FEAR, Agent Orange, D.O.A., Supersuckers, and Teenage Bottlerocket. Latest LP “Roll Right Over You” (2025) was praised in MRR #510 for sing-along choruses and lyrical depth.
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El Sancho is a Waikoloa, Hawaiʻi punk trio firing off fast, hook-heavy three-chord songs that swing from pointed politics to self-aware humor. Since 2019, the band has shared bills with TSOL, FEAR, Agent Orange, D.O.A., Supersuckers, Bad Cop Bad Cop, M.D.C., Teenage Bottlerocket, Strung Out, D.I., and Voodoo Glow Skulls. Their sound draws from the catchy energy of 90s punk acts like Screeching Weasel, The Descendents, Bad Religion, and Radio Birdman. Razorcake says El Sancho “handles the endless American nightmare era well.” MRR #510 reviewer Tony Party calls their 2025 LP “Roll Right Over You” a record that “emulates PROPAGANDHI with lyrics defining personal politics, wrapped in subtle humor” and cites the DWARVES and HARD-ONS as influences. El Sancho was a 2024 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award finalist.
Press Quotes
“Emulates PROPAGANDHI with lyrics defining personal politics, wrapped in subtle humor.”
— Maximumrocknroll #510, Tony Party (November 2025)“Sing-along choruses and lyrical depth.”
— Maximumrocknroll #510, Tony Party (November 2025)“El Sancho handles the endless American nightmare era well.”
— Razorcake“Catchy and infectious.”
— Maximumrocknroll
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