Vallejo (band)
rock band based in Austin, Texas
Vallejo is an American rock band founded by three brothers, AJ Vallejo (eldest twin), Alex Vallejo (younger twin) and Omar Vallejo (youngest brother), in Austin, Texas. The Vallejo brothers were born in El Campo, Texas and grew up there. Later, during their pre-teen years they moved to Alabaster, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. The band has released 12 full-length albums, starting in 1991 with their self-titled debut Sins on Chapel Lane, an indie Birmingham label which is defunct.
Background
Not long after their move in January 1995 to Austin, the group was signed to a multi-album and exclusive co-publishing deal to Chicago Records' Bobby Francavillo, with Steve Peck as the debut album's producer. Gaining a good amount of active rock radio airplay from their 1997 debut album "1969" featuring singles "Boogieman" and "Just Another Day", they signed a major distribution and marketing deal with TVT Records in New York, where the debut album was re-released - receiving rave reviews opening doors for Vallejo who went on to tour nationwide becoming a 'dangerous live act' as described by AustinLive. The followup to "1969", Beautiful Life, engineered, produced, and mixed by Neil King, was recorded at Record Plant in Sausalito, California and released in 1998. Now on imi/TVT, the album was received with less enthusiastic radio response resulting in TVT's decision to pull back promotion after a timid reaction to the single released by the band with Beastie Boys' DJ Hurricane. Bittersweet perhaps that this single, 'Snake In The Grass' would later resurface a decade later on two episodes of HBO's hit-series True Blood to much renewed airplay worldwide.
After catching a High End Lighting showcase in Orlando, Florida, by Vallejo at the House of Blues, Miami producer Emilio Estefan immediately signed Vallejo and Into the New was released by Sony in 2000.
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