Red Light Cameras’ rapid rise to local prominence built on band chemistry and catchy sound – first published in Local-iQ,,
By Charlie Crago
It’s becoming more and more clear that when speaking of Albuquerque’sRed Light Cameras, it is not the Big-Brotheresque, government-sanctioned, pole-mounted video recorders paving the way for an Orwellian state we should be concerned with, but rather, the stomping-rock outfit currently taking the city by storm.
It’s becoming more and more clear that when speaking of Albuquerque’sRed Light Cameras, it is not the Big-Brotheresque, government-sanctioned, pole-mounted video recorders paving the way for an Orwellian state we should be concerned with, but rather, the stomping-rock outfit currently taking the city by storm.
Comprised of husbands, wives, thespians and old friends, Red Light Cameras has garnered a massive local following in an incredibly short period of time. Still, it isn’t too hard to find them, as the band is booked somewhere in Albuquerque almost every weekend — a fact emphasized by drummer Kirsten Lopez in a recent interview with Local iQ.
“Wherever we can go, however we can make it, we’ll play,” she said.
There couldn’t be a more appropriate location to talk with a band than a dark corner of a dark bar on a dark street lit by little more than a neon sign. I asked the members of Red Light Cameras over beers atBurt’s Tiki Lounge how they felt about the rapid success of the band, and as they completed each other’s sentences, it became clear that Red Light Cameras is a band united by a strong sense of loyalty.
Husband-and-wife duo Barney and Kirsten Lopez handle drum and bass duties, respectively, withChris Walsh’s guitar leading the troupe. Vocalist Amanda Machon described the band’s success: “It’s pretty exciting. It’s all happened very fast; we haven’t even been Red Light Cameras for a year. We have great chemistry as a band, and musically we get each other,“ she said.
