An original sounding band, Gaucho still manage to captivate their audiences’ attention, no matter how many times they’ve seen the band perform live. The set lists may change, but the quality of sound oozing from Gaucho does not, injecting power and emotion into people as their melodic tunes hit home hard with their soul-searching lyrics and a fusion of rock and funky beats.

Hailing from Retford, Nottinghamshire, Gaucho was born late 2004 and still has all their four original band members. They have gone from strength to strength, gigging locally with a few gigs further afield. The band consists of Marcus Shaw, Jason Ellis (Elge), Mark Lodge (Dodge) and Chris Barnacoat (Barney). They all have a musical background that has been advantage to them in writing their own music and putting lyrics to it, as well as with recording and video experience.

Gaucho have a simple recipe for their music that comprises of musical input from all of them, bound together by lyrics written mainly by Marcus and based on his own experiences. It seems to work well for the band, and judging from the reaction they receive, there is no need to change it.