Today I’m going to be telling you about are Artist of the Week: Latin Rock Fusion Band Desmother!
Here’s their story in their own words! Enjoy!
VMS: “When did you start writing and performing your music. What’s your backstory and current lineup.”
Desmother: “We started to perform during the pandemic, something not a lot of people know is that we are a family. Sandra is the mother of Josue the guitar Player, Flaco the keyboard player, and then we adopted Diego as our bass player.
We were all locked up, and there weren’t a lot of things to do, so we grabbed our instruments and started to jam. We always had music in our lives but we had never joined forces, until then. We started to recruit people to join the band and decided to make it official with a full on Mexican backyard party.”
VMS: “What artist or bands inspire you and your sound.”
Desmother: “We all have our favorite artist since we all come from different musical backgrounds, so here is a list.
Josue: “Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Carlos Santana, Metallica.”
Flaco: “Jay Weiberg because he lived the dream of every musician/fan which is to play alongside your idols.”
Diego: “Panteon Rococo for now.”
Noe : “El principe Jose Jose.”
Sandra: “Mana y Yuri, mujer siempre siempre ha sabido renovarse a través de los años.”
Saray: “Aida Cuaves, Linda Ronstadt, Alehandra Guzman.”
VMS: “What’s your writing process and inspiration for your lyrics.”
Desmother: “Our Sad Love stories. We know we have a name that means to have fun, but we are in our sad lover era. Don’t worry we got full on pit openers in the works.”
VMS: “I love your songs “Last Chance” , “Inseguro” and “Antepasados”. What is the inspiration or story behind these songs.”
Desmother: “Both songs, “Last Chance” and “El Inseguro” were written about love stories from our past. We think that art should be a window to the soul and we aren’t afraid to open that window and let people see who we truly are.
The pain we feel is expressed through our art, we aren’t scared about judgment. People have their ways to cope and let out their feelings, for us it’s music. Whether it’s performing or making music, we are musicians, it’s what we do. For the song “Antepasados”, it’s more a homage to the history of our family that is full of musicians, and representation of our latin culture.”
Listen to “Last Chance” on Spotify:
Listen to “Inseguro” on Spotify:
Listen to “Antepasados” on Spotify:
VMS: “What do you want your audience to feel and experience at one of your live shows.”
Desmother: “The pain of a broken Heart, the excitement when you are watching your favorite telenovela and the main characters finally kiss. The pure energy of a Mexican Party, Our culture at its purest form. We want people to feel our excitement, that same energy and feelings you get when you walk into a Mexican backyard party. We just want to share our culture with people, not everyone gets to experience it.”
VMS: “Do you have a favorite song that you like to perform.”
Desmother: “We all came into agreement that our favorite song to play is “Tropi Metal”, porque es un estilo diferente, es una combinación de cumbia y metal. We love mixing genres so this song just defines what we do and what we stand for, a mix of cultures and art.”
VMS: “Do you have any crazy or interesting stories from working in the music scene.”
Desmother: “A cool crazy story we have From working in the music scene is performing at Telemundo campaign Lounge for the World Cup. Telemundo is one of the major Latin TV channels. We performed for all of the news anchors, all of the behind the scenes personnel and it was like meeting celebrities. We were all excited because we all watched the news and to see People you think are Untouchable is a life changing event. They were dancing and screaming to our music and we even got a small segment on their online news section. So yeah we officially, unofficially made it to the news.”
VMS: “What does the future hold for Desmother.”
Desmother: “Life is uncertain, but we know we will keep making people shake their booties off, and growing our family here in vegas and hopefully out of state. We will keep making music that shows our souls, and give 1000000 percent on all our shows. Desmother is an unstoppable machine and we will play until we have reached our dreams, no matter the cost. We have no genre, so expect all sorts of music, like AN ANIME EP……….”
What I love about Desmother and their music is their fun energetic spirit, wonderful musicianship and the fact that they don’t confine themselves to one genre of music. They effortlessly jump from rock, salsa, cumbia, reggaeton and beyond, all while still keeping true to who they are and their story. Desmother will take you on a musical journey of joy, sadness, redemption, and love, and they will make you feel things you didn’t even realize you had in you, or maybe haven’t felt in a while. That to me is the power of music, but also the power of this band.
I’m so excited to see where the future will take Desmother, but I know for one I’m definitely going to be staying along for the ride.
—-VMS
For more information about Desmother, please visit their Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/desmother_lasvegas?igsh=MWx0dzl3cGZvMjZtcA==
Desmother on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/desmotherlasvegas?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Desmother on YouTube:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCuf5qJs9s8NthQ2J6v0HWdQ#bottom-sheet
Desmother on Spotify: