El Presidente
El Presidente
Label: Sony/BMG
Release Date: September 12, 2006

Scottish pop-rock group El Presidente was formed in 2005 by former Gun member Dante Gizzi. Thanks to their popalicious glam-rock sound and live performance approach, they’ve been billed the Scottish Scissor Sisters and have met with medium success in Europe, including the release of four singles.

While you can practically isolate stolen Led Zeppelin, RENT, Prince and Beach Boys riffs throughout the album, tracks are relatively catchy and you can see why they translate well live. In fact, Gizzi has been quoted saying, “…my style icon is actually Prince. I love dressing up and I think all bands should make an effort with their appearance. We want to put on fantastic live shows and that means looking as exciting as we sound.”

Seeing as how this album was released in the U.K. nearly a year ago, we’d like to see what El Presidente have up their sleeves for completely original material. It’s an election year, after all. For now, El Presidente is being removed from the iPod.