The Mexicolas Biography By Suzanne Azzopardi Most 24 year olds are at work right now trying to figure out where their youth and their dreams went. Not Jamie Evans. He has already spent 7 years of his life touring the world as a support act to the likes of Alice Cooper, Def Leppard and Wheatus, and now he’s recently just formed his own new band The Mexicolas, and wants the world to hear some of his own music. . Jamie moved to Germany at the age of 2 (his father was posted there by the forces). In a strange country, with no friends his age, he bonded with his father’s guitar instead. By the age of 6 he was a fledging guitarist. “It was a really miserable time for me. I overcame the sheer boredom of being in a foreign land by learning to play the guitar. I just picked it up and wrote songs all the time....” He moved back to the UK 10 years later and joined a performing arts school. The offers started flooding in. He fronted several bands (Lukan and FIN) and started working with the likes of Nigel Kennedy, Ruby Turner and Brian May. Nigel’s management also represented Def Leppard, so when they were looking for a support act for the UK tour, Jamie got the gig. He gave up his university place, and started touring the UK, and then the globe. This led to tours with Alice Cooper, Thunder and Rachel Stamp, but eventually life on the road took its toll and Jamie decided to stay in one place and make music again. Jamie found a drummer called “TT” who was living in South Africa and signed to a label with a band called Amersham. Shortly after, found bass player Ben, formerly of a very well know local Midland outfit, and they just clickedThe Mexicolas were born. The band count The Police, David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Wes Montgomery and The Stranglers as their influences, although The Mexicolas write truly original music that have deep and powerful melodies, with a wise, soulful voice that belies the band’s years. The Mexicolas’ repertoire stretches from heart-wrenching ballads to fiery rock numbers, and Jamie can’t wait to share them “Really, I would love the songs to be heard on a massive scale, whilst staying true to myself. I only ever want to write honest believable songs.”