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Doctor Jekill
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genre(s) RockaJazz
Afrocuban Rock
Years active 1999–present
Label(s) [http://www.rpgrecords.com
Members
Evelio Perez
Abraham Juarez
Chris Perez

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History

1996-1997

Dr Jekill was formed in Miami,FL in May 1996 by Singer guitarist Evelio Perez, Bass Player Jonathan Llaurador and Drummer Robert Gomez. The band toured heavily throughout South Florida and neighboring states for a whole year. During that time Robert Gomez was replaced by Doug Walker on the Drums and Jonathan Llaurador was replaced by carlos Mesa. In August 1996 Dr Jekill organized a benefit concert for "the Jimmy Rice Foundation"and shared the stage with Notorious Southern Florida Bands Like The Goods, Purple mustard, Kalimen, Seventeen Bucks and Orgasmic Bliss[4] now known as Volume Cero[5].

1997-1999

While Touring in Southern Florida Doctor Jekill was discovered by producer and promotion guru Anabella Ricardo [6] from RockEngine Productions Group. Doctor Jekill was then flown to Los Angeles,California where the band was quickly set into motion. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. That year the band debuted at a sold out presentation at The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Naming and construction With Germany launching their and into service the British did not want to be left out in this ship building race Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Band went into studio and recorded their first Single "Mother's Love" released under RPG Records which skyrocketed overnight and gained them notoriety. The Mother's Love tour[7] following the success of the Single of the same title, was then set in motion, this tour help established their footing and earned them the nickname "The Kings of Rockajazz" setting up trends and selling out venue after venue especially in Latin American countries. The tour went well into late 1998 when they headedback into studio to record their second album. However, scheduling conflicts and contractual obligations prevented them from cutting their tour short. The management then decided to record the album live during the remainder of the tour. The Album was titled "Speed Demons" and it would be the Last Album "The Kings of RockaJazz would Release in Many Years. By the beginning of 1999 the band began to organize for their first official American Tour. The tour lasted an entire year placing Doctor Jekill on Stages al over America all in cities with large populations of predominantly Latin descent. This placed the band in the forefront of the American Underground Movement from which many mainstream bands like Rage Against the Machine and Ozomatli would emerge. Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is Ozomatli is a multiethnic currently eight piece band (although they have had as many as ten members and as few as six playing primarily Latin hip hop and rock formed in

2000-Present

The new millennium brought new propects for the Kings and this time came in the form of percussion-extraordinare Abraham Juarez (Naguales)& (Caballo sin nombre) who met Evelio at a Jam session in Los Angeles with Rudy Regalado (Who was later featured in "Faking my Death") and Guitarist superstar Javier Batiz. Soon there after Ken Ackerman Joined the band and they went on to perform at The 3 Arts Event a concert series sponsored by RockEngine Productions Group and Gateway Entertainment. Soon thereafter they headed into studio for the first time in 7 years to Record a compilation of some of their best tunes to release it under a new name; "Faking my Death" which includes some of the most acclaimed themes from "The Kings of Rockajazz". The Album was released in 2005 under RPG Records. In January 2006 the band management announced a new tour called "The Resurrection Tour" designed to promote "Faking my Death" a superb album featuring guest artists like Latin Jazz percussion legend Rudy Regalado and Hip hop artists Alwa'z Carey the album was cut on a record-setting 4 days at Conway Studios in Hollywood, CA. When asked about it, during a live Radio appearance in KCLA 99-Rock in Los Angeles, California, they simply said "We didn't even realized that we had finished all the songs, well. . . that gave us a lot more time to mix at the studio". The resurrection tour according to their press release will include South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. officially their first global tour.

Discography

Live releases

Studio Albums

Members of Doctor Jekill

Miami

Los Angeles

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