Alacranes Musical vs. Banda Lamento Show

versus

wed 4/23/2008

A collage of Alacranes Musical and Banda Lamento Show.

name	Alacranes Musical.	Banda Lamento Show de Durango.
formed in	1998.	1994.
founded by	Alejandro García.	Eleazar Villalba Ramírez.
homebase	Chicago, Illinois.	Chicago, Illinois.
current lineup	René Urbina, Héctor Urbina, Guillermo "Memo" Ibarra, Omar "Teddy Bear" Sánchez, Chris Urbina, Erik Urbina, Rodolfo "Rudy" Avitia and Oscar Urbina, Jr.	Carlos Galaviz, Gerardo García, Enrique Fonseca, Omar Hernández, Antonio Villa, Héctor Villaseñor, Edgar Villalba, Antonio Negrete, Eleazar Villalba and Eleazar Villalba, Jr.
style	Duranguense.	Duranguense.
signature look	Slick white suits, colorful shirts and snake-skin boots.	Color-coordinated sportswear with matching headbands.
logo	Large black scorpion.	An "L" that looks like a long tongue.
grammar check	Los Alacranes Musicales.	El Show de la Banda de Lamentos Duranguenses.
breakthrough track	Por Tu Amor.	Los Infieles.
cool cover	Por Amarte Así by Christian Castro.	The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace.
lineup trouble	Members Adán Cervantes and Sergio Federico splintered off and formed Aliados De La Sierra.	Carlos Galaviz joined K-Paz De La Sierra for a brief stint.
in their own words	"What has distinguised Alacranes in our long career is the work and professionalism that we deliver on every album and in every live show." - Guillermo Ibarra.	"Since the beginning, we have been a Duranguense band; we were one of the first [bands] to use that sound. The most important thing is that Duranguense is finally catching on" - Carlos Galavis.
most recent release	Ahora Y Siempre: Deluxe Edition.	18 Grandes Piquetes A Lo Duranguense.
the critics	Allmusic: "Releasing an average of two original records a year, Alacranes Musical have not slowed their pace ... maintaining a staggering touring schedule while writing and recording new material."	The Village Voice: "Lamento Show and Alacranes Musical, though, seem to realize they're operating in a field that's completely nuts, and they ratchet up their music's crazy factor appropriately."
webprops	46,566 friend on official MySpace page.	4,370 friends on official MySpace page.
best video moment	Doing their best boy-band impression in the pop version of Sin Tu Amor.	Thinking about the girl of their dreams in Corazón De Roca.