Carl Elizondo

Music has always been in Carls blood, from his earliest years playing violin at the age of 10 in Catholic school he has always felt the calling. "I remember jamming to songs with my older brother in our room, me on a conga of all things & my brother on  guitar", or "holding the Meet The Beatles album on release day in the backseat of our 64 Chevy as we drove back from Sears, I think the album costs $1.99 but then again gas was .89cents a gallon! We really begged for that album cause my mom had bought us The Beetle Beat album at first, some cheap rip off band!"
During Carls grade school years he dabbled in other passions such as guitar which quickly fizzed out when his guitar teacher told his parents "you're wasting your money, your son plays by ear, only! 

                                                                 Studio Lounge at Soundesign

So Carl found the world of drums. He convinced a family friend to cosign on a drum set from a local dealer, now he had found his passion. Another interest was UFOs, buying books and reading up on the extraterrestrials was something Carl always felt was intriguing. In high school Carls passion for music only grew, he formed a rock band with some high school friends, rehearsing as often as possible. " I actually had band practice on prom night, as if I would have gone to that anyway!"

In 1978, after years of playing in local groups Carl met Bob Loza and joined Razu, a local but popular band that won a Battle of the Bands at Gazzaris in Hollywood. " We turned down the prize because Phil Spector was in on this & would have produced our album and offered a horrible deal!"

From there, in 1982 Carl joined up with guitarist Greg Leon to form The Greg Leon Invasion, The two of them collaborated on many songs as the group saw a revolving door of members from Joey Vera (Armored Saint) to Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne) . They produced a single and an L.P. that moved in local music circuits. GLI was fortunate enough to gig with a newly formed band Metallica at the Whiskey a Go Go. 
During this time, Carl was one of a few drummers recruited  by Jake E. Lee to audition to replace Ozzy Osbourne's ailing drummer, he did not get the gig, but was honored to have had the opportunity.





 Tired of waiting for a break with GLI, in 1984 Carl was recruited for and took up the offer to drum for SIN, which included Rik Fox, a locally  known bass player. The group quickly gained fame in the local music circuit playing and selling out clubs playing with  the likes of Great White. Rik Fox was eventually replaced by Joey Cristofanilli (Ratt) and the group changed their name to Jag Wire and were immediately signed to Target Records. Once again Carl's talents were recognized and guitarist Chris Holmes of  W.A.S.P  offered Carl the drummer position with the band. After much thought, Carl turned down the offer, as Jag Wire was just at the peak of their popularity.
Jag Wire released the well received album Made In Heaven in which writer Laura Canyon from Kerrang Magazine sites "this will place them among the royalty of rock".

 Carl, Rick Perez, Bob Loza, Ruben Reza