The Paranoias consists of five musicians within LA’s “underground” music scene, a buoyant bossa nova-tinged style and attitude. Hailing from South LA, the group has steadily become one of the city’s top bands by sheer virtue of their magnetic live performances at the annual SkaWars festivals. The band has shared the stage with legends like Celso Piña and Inspector. As part of an assembly of local bands called LACollective, The Paranoias play a true LA
sound that is equal parts Latin as it is American. Lead vocalist Ralf Velazquez brings a soulful, romantic touch that matches the strumming of his rhythm guitar along side Nico Curiel’s bilingual vocal backing. Albert Arevalo, Javier
Gonzales and David Campos lead the majority of the instrumental work on guitar, drums and bass respectively; contributing some of the most inventive riffs and ska harmonies heard in recent years
