Greyhoundz
Greyhoundz was formed by the Avenido cousins and named after their father/uncle's former band. Friends from school and childhood augment the line-up, with Rubio as the newest member. The band initially had a vocalist who succumbed in rock-star delusions a little too early, and was not very open to different approaches to vocal treatments such as rap. They met Rubio at Dredd; he was in a band called Chaddish Magoy, which, by his own account, had an excellent guitarist but a weak rhythm section. Greyhoundz was already a tight band by that time, and after saying good bye to their original vocalist, invited Rubio to the fold. The band members' original influences included Pantera, Pearl Jam, and even Guns 'n' Roses and Ugly Kid Joe, but collectively, they take sonic and visual cues from Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Deftones.