Joe Raposo (born 1970) is an American musician. He is the bassist for the California punk rock band Lagwagon and QA engineer lead at Zynga.[1] He also played bass for a period of time for The Real Mckenzies[2] and Mad Caddies.[3] Additionally, Raposo plays bass for the San Francisco-based fusion group King City, with fellow Lagwagon member Chris Rest[4] as well as filling in on bass for several live shows with the Dwarves.[5] Raposo began his career in 1987 at the age of seventeen by joining California hardcore punk band Rich Kids on LSD as their new bassist[6] and remained with RKL until their hiatus in 1996. In 1995, Maximumrocknroll called Raposo "flat out the best bass player in the state of California."[7] He began playing shows with RKL again in 2003 (after they had re-formed a year prior) until their current hiatus after the death of lead singer Jason Sears.[8] Raposo joined Lagwagon in 2010, replacing original bassist Jesse Buglione.[9] Raposo also plays bass in the cover band Uke-Hunt and is the bass player for the band A Vulture Wake, which is fronted by Chad Price from the band ALL
Joe Raposo | |
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.jpg) Raposo playing with The Real McKenzies | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Genres | Punk rock, skate punk |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1987–present |
In 2018 his band A Vulture Wake released their first full length album called The Appropriate Level of Outrage.
References
edit- ^ Nieva, Richard (July 5, 2012). "Rock or get a real job? He chose both". CNN Money. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ Termaat, Miranda (February 9, 2009). "The Real McKenzies geven een drinkgelag". Hamburg-Magazin (in Dutch). Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ Luke (February 14, 2010). "Mad Caddies – Sascha Lazor, Keith Douglas". Way Too Loud. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ Cheryl Eddy (August 29, 2007). "Class of 2007: King City: Most Likely to Carry a Django Reinhardt Album While Wearing a Master of Puppets T-shirt". San Francisco Bay Guardian Online. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "Joe Raposo". Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ Indiana, Gary (Spring 1989). "RKL Live Interview!!!". Flipside (59).
- ^ Mustafa, Smelly (February 1995). "Record Reviews" (141). Retrieved April 7, 2019.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Cearley, Anna (February 3, 2006). U.S. man who died in Tijuana clinic was singer. Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine San Diego Union-Tribune
- ^ "Joey Cape on". Fasterlouder.com.au. May 20, 2010. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
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