The Anacondas

El Ray

We were on El Ray 's website lately, where we read the terrible news about El Kido. El Kido died of cancer earlier this year after a 3 month struggle.
El Ray is a great surf band from Copenhagen, Denmark. We had the chance to play with them here in Amsterdam a couple of years ago, and we always went to their shows when they were around touring. El Kido wasn't a loud talker, but a real nice guy, and when he was on stage he was a wild and enthousiastic bassplayer. Born in 1981, his life was unfortunately way too short. The guys from El Ray were able to say a last goodbye.
"Oh, thank god we all said goodbye to Kido. He was sick for aprox. 3 months, and we followed him the whole way. In the end he died at my work, a Hospice in Copenhagen, So I saw alot off him and his family. I think its terrible, and yet a good reminder for all of us. I hope Marzl and Kido have united the Anacondas and El Ray somewhere...", El Firetone (lead gituirast) says.
El Ray will continue as a three piece and will release a new CD this year. They just got signed to a new label.
At this moment I am listening to their classic album Tick Tick Tick. "Great to see you here", El Kido wrote at he back of my copy. We're all gonna miss him...