Real name: Los Banditos

Effective period / Period of releases: 1998 - 2016

Members: Django B.B. Silbermann, C. Rodriguez Flamingo, Smoking Joe, Mr. 2000 Volt, Ulf Steinhauer, Sven Franzisco (2)

Surf and Big Beat band from Jena, Germany, formed in 1996. The band started as a trio, but grew to five people.

The Banditos first specialized in Surf, but soon enough line up and musical competence were steadily broadened, so that 10 years later were facing a 5-headed gang that is still celebrating its music on a solid Surf base and is unmistakeably inspired by the East German Big Beat bands of the early Sixties, but is integrating the sexy groove of the Sixties/ Seventies Soul and cuban percussions into its music as well as performing classical RnB vocal pieces this is an own version of Post Easy Listening Pop. This mixture is produced on original vintage GDR-equipment: Musima de Luxe guitar, Musima Brillant 76 bass and Weltmeister T/O 200.5 organ. Nowadays the band consists of four musicians.
The band also writes music for theaters across Germany and Switzerland and for films.