The Smoking Souls

The Smoking Souls Is A Medellín Colombia Garage Rock Band Formed Early Between 2001 And 2002. The Band Draws Heavily From The Cowpunk And Psychobilly Dynamics And Energy But Also Texturing And Ambient From No-Wave And Experimental. Members Are Jack Pistoletto Drums And Harmonica And Daniel Ceniza Guitars And Vocals Although The Band Is Knon To Invite Friends Fellow Musicians And Even Memebers Of The Audience To Play. Bloody Mary Bass Jack Pistoletto Drums And Daniel Ceniza Guitar Vocals Started To Develop A More Retro Rooted Jazz/blues Oriented Sound They Always Wanted Gaining The Comparisons To Bands From Both The 60's/70's But At The Same Time Struggling To Obtain A Respectable Place In The Local Scene A Scene That Would Not Embrace Their Dense Overwhelming Sound For A While It Took The Band A Hard City Touring Against The Mainstream To Survive Such Struggle.
On The Early 2003 The Band Recorded What Would Be Their First EP Ugly Flowers &... Consisting Of Four Songs Two Of Them "the Bad Son & The Sad Smile" And "the Bad Daughter & The Hidden Cry" A Two-Piece Experimental Song Of Fourteen Minutes That Would Get The Band To The Underground Spotlight.
After This The Band Recruited A Fourth Member The Band So Badly Needed To Complete Their Sound David Kurtiz Keyboards Guitar And On December 10 2003 They Recorded Their First LP Ten-Dec Fac-Med On The Medicine Faculty Theatre Of The Antioquia University A Live Show Featuring A Huge Visual Artistic Experimental Performance Not Seen Before On The City With The Poor Assistance Of Near Twenty Persons Of Wich Remains Both A CD Relase And A Video Relase Imposible To Obtain .
Somewhere Around 2005 Bass Player Bloody Mary Left The Band To Focus More On His Career And Was Replaced By Niebela An Old Friend And Familiar With The Band's Music.
The Band Then Recorded A Wide Number Of EP's Including Zunken Ship Ashtray Hands The Scissor Sessions The Souling Smokes And Played On Numerous Events Including A Brief Gig Bogotá City And An Unplugged In Andes Antioquia . On October 2007 The Band Recorded Their Second LP "The Hangover Sessions" A Live Session With The Participation Of Friends From The Alternative Metal And Jazz Scene From The City. The Band Then Played Diferent Shows In Diferent Cities Of The Country Most Of Them As An Special Guest. On November 2008 The Band Plans To Record Their 3rd Album Also A Live Session. read less