John Avila is a Mexican-American bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 and music producer, best known for being in the new wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 band Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions and their high energy Halloween concerts. The band was founded in 1972 as The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, a performance art group...

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

Avila owns and operates the recording studio, Brando's Paradise.

External links

• http://www.johnavila.com
• John Avila's basses at Vigier