User:CHUK DEE/sandbox

The D.D. Angeles were a garage rock band from Orange County, California. The DDA started taking shape in February of 2010 when Rene Bela Shore (vocals, guitar & primary song writer) contacted long time friend and fellow Fountain Valley native, Chuk Davis to play bass. The duo began working on what would become their first songs at Rene's office in Costa Mesa. After getting a short set of songs together, Jeff Trigo (drums), was brought in to record an early demo of "This Is Los Angeles". Although Trigo was a very capable player, Shore thought the band needed a different rhythmic direction and enlisted seasoned veteran Ian McNeil to take the reins. This was followed quickly by bringing in another old friend, accomplished musician and F.V. local, John Hollen, to fill out the sound. This line up is what would mold the signature D.D. Angeles sound. By being true to their roots in early Punk Rock 'N Roll, their sound was a mix of The Clash, Sex Pistols & Social Distortion with a dash of Rancid thrown in for good measure. During the a year and a half of The D.D. Angeles' existence they managed to play about 15 shows at venues in Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles Counties. They also started to make demo recordings of 12 songs that they played live. The band disintegrated before the recordings could be finished properly. If you look hard enough you can find rough mixes of where they were headed musically.