John Avila is an American
bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...
and music producer, best known for being in the
new wave band
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo () was an American new wave band formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979. The band emerged from a surrealist musical theatre troupe, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, that Elfman had led and written material for in the ye ...
from 1984 to 1995.
Career
Avila co-founded the music group ''Food for Feet'' in 1981, and played with them until 1991.
In 1984, he joined Oingo Boingo, replacing bassist Kerry Hatch. He played with Boingo until 1995. Avila has worked with many other musical acts including
Psychotic Aztecs and
Neville Staple
Neville Eugenton Staple (born 11 April 1955), sometimes credited as Neville Staples, is a Jamaican-born English singer, known for his work with the 2 Tone ska band the Specials, as well as with his own group, the Neville Staple Band. He also per ...
in his backing band "The Hitmen". Avila owns and operates the recording studio, ''Brando's Paradise''. He is currently the bass player in the Los Angeles-based multi-media group the ''Mutaytor''
and ''The Gama Sennin''.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from San Gabriel, California
20th-century American bass guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American bass guitarists
21st-century American male musicians
American rock bass guitarists
Record producers from California
Hispanic and Latino American musicians
American musicians of Mexican descent
Keytarists
American male bass guitarists