Tito & Tarantula

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Tito & Tarantula
Tito & Tarantula (2016)
Tito & Tarantula (2016)
General information
Genre (s) Rock , blues rock
founding 1992
Website www.titoandtarantula.com
Founding members
Tito Larriva
guitar
 Peter Atanasoff (until 2004)
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Tito Larriva
Marcus Praed (since 2012)
Bass , backing vocals
 Lolita Carroll Larriva (since 2012)
Victor Ziolkowski (since 2011)
former members
bass
 Jennifer Condos (199? -1999)
Lyn Bertles (199? –1998)
Drums, percussion
Nick Vincent (199? -1998)
Drums, percussion
 Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez (1996-200?)
violin
 Petra Haden (1998)
Violin, mandolin, flute , guitar
 Andrea Figueroa (1999-2000)
bass
 Io Perry (2001-2003)
bass
 Abby Travis (200? –200?)
Drums
 Achim Färber (2001-2004)
Drums
 Fredo Ortiz (200? –200?)
bass
 Dominique Davalos (2005-2007)
Caroline "Lucy La Loca" Rippy Portillo (2008–2012)
Guitar
 Steven Medina Hufsteter (19 ?? - 2011)

Tito & Tarantula is an American rock band that became famous worldwide for their appearance (as a musician and actor) in the film From Dusk Till Dawn in 1996 . The After Dark played in it is their most successful song to this day.

Band history

The band was formed in Los Angeles in 1992 by Tito Larriva from Mexico (formerly with the 1970s and 1980s punk bands Plugz , Flesh Eaters , The Impalas , Cruzados ), guitarist Peter Atanasoff and drummer Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez founded. Tarantula refers to the SF horror film of the same name by Jack Arnold from 1955. Tito & Tarantula started as a fun project with live performances in various clubs and cafes in Los Angeles, which increasingly attracted more audiences. It was there that they first met director Robert Rodriguez in the mid-1990s . This helped Tito Larriva to a smaller role in Desperado and the band contributed three songs to the soundtrack. A year later the aforementioned film From Dusk Till Dawn followed (with two soundtrack titles). In 1997 the first album Tarantism was released , with From Dusk Till Dawn director Robert Rodriguez among the producers, who was now a friend and supporter of the band. The ten titles also include four pieces from the two films mentioned.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1997 Tarantism DE43 (26 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: October 1997
1999 Hungry Sally & Other Killer Lullabies DE39 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT38 (5 weeks)
AT 		-
First published: March 1999
2000 Little bitch DE33 (4 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: August 2000
2002 Andalucia DE40 (3 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: March 2002
2008 Back into the Darkness DE62 (1 week)
DE 		AT58 (3 weeks)
AT 		-
First published: April 2008
2019 8 Arms to Hold You - - -
First published: September 2019

More albums

  • 2009: Texas Roadhouse Live: Tito & Tarantula Live at the Continental Club
  • 2015: Lost Tarantism
  • 2017: Live at Rockpalast

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1998 After Dark
Tarantism 		DE74 (4 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: April 1998

More singles

  • 1998: Mexico
  • 1999: Slow Dream
  • 2000: After Dark remixes
  • 2000: Forever Forgotten & Unforgiven
  • 2000: Goodbye Sadie (Promo)
  • 2002: California Girl (Promo)
  • 2008: Monsters (Promo)

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT

Web links

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