All over New England and N.Y. State.

It makes small independent bands music available to a larger number of potential listeners.

Yes.

Josh Lederman lives in Somerville, MA and drives a car that gets robbed twice a year. But the payments are low, and soon she'll all be his.

Lederman now fronts his merry band of drunks, rejects and computer programmers who have taken Boston's Irish wedding music scene and turned it on its head. But things haven't always been so rosy. The band's initial identity crisis led at least three bass players to leave the band in such a hurry that one actually left his rig behind at Los Diablos' rehearsal space ($500 or b/o, contact johnb@coffeestainmusic.com for more info.)

Eventually, their love of all kinds of songs led them in one inevitable direction: Irish Wedding music. But they still needed a name. Not knowing where to turn for inspiration, they chose to christen themselves under the universal language, Spanish. Getting wedding gigs proved to be harder than the boys had figured, many bridal parents complaining that they "curse too much." But Lederman offers, "It's not like we were asking to go on the $#%!ing honeymoon. You'd think we were in Cuba or something [we think he was trying to refer to a place where you can't curse]."

Still, it didn't take long till Los Diablos were banned from wedding receptions throughout the New England area. But soon the bars and colleges came knocking. And the band finally found an outlet for their melodies and their tales. "Sure we miss the hors d'oeuvres, but it's worth it to play for an audience that isn't so damn happy all the time," recalls Lederman.

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