Raised in the small town of El
Campo, Texas on their parent’s LP collection of Tito Puente,
Santana & Tijuana Brass, VALLEJO was first formed by the three
Vallejo brothers A.J. (Vocals, Guitar), Alejandro (Drums), and
Omar (Bass). Learning music by playing trumpet in the high school
marching band and jamming to friend’s mixtapes of classic
rock and funk, the brothers eventually migrated to picking up
the guitar, bass and drums to create something that was instantly
recognizable on the airwaves as their own.
Since then, VALLEJO has racked
up fans one by one with thousands of high energy shows and a growing
catalog of album releases including Sins (Chapel Lane),
Shining Sun, Beautiful Life (TVT Records), Into
the New (Epic Records) with famed Latin music producer Emilio
Estefan Jr. (Miami Sound Machine), Stereo, Leftovers,
Steamboat Live & Black Sky on the Vallejo
brother’s own label VMG (Vallejo Music Group). In, 2009
VALLEJO released their critically acclaimed album, Thicker
Than Water (VMG/Quadra) and recently took home the award
for “Best Rock Band” at the Texas Latin Music Awards.
VALLEJO has toured extensively
throughout the United States and Mexico sharing the stage with
bands like Stone Temple Pilots, Fuel, 3 Doors Down, Juanes, Molotov,
Black Crowes, The Foo Fighters, Matchbox 20, Shinedown & Los
Lobos. The band has also had their songs featured in several TV
shows such as HBO’s True Blood, ABC’s The Unusuals,
WB’s Roswell, MTV’s Road Rules and UPN’s America’s
Next Top Model.
In 2010, VALLEJO recently released
their newest CD entitled Acousta, which features acoustic
renditions of the band’s songs throughout their career that
were voted on by fans online. Vallejo is also currently in the
studio recording new material with plans to release a new album
later in the year.