Mosquito Control Music, aka “M.C.M.,” is a Heavy Dance Rock Project inspired by the all night clubs of the 80’s when turntables were King! In Southern Louisiana, the place to be was “The Kingfish” and DJ’s only spun vinyl!
One day, while recalling a playlist from 1989 with mixed artists like Egyptian Lover, New Order, The Cult and The Cure; co-producers, Tim Ganard and Bruce Bouillet, set out to create their own brand of high-energy songs that melded the spirit of these styles in a new way.
With the release of their new single “Electric Shock!,” MCM has combined iconic breakbeat drum tracks from the Roland TR-808 with heavy rock and bass guitar riffs to emulate overdriven synthesizers. This foundation is blended with syncopated guitar effects perfect for their hypnotically charged melodies.
Using no keyboards, the multiple styles infused are 80’s: freestyle, break, goth and rock. The result is a nostalgic revolution in modern alternative dance music.
In 1994, shortly after moving to Los Angeles from Louisiana, Tim Ganard met Bruce Bouillet at a Public Storage facility that Tim was managing in the San Fernando Valley. At that time, Bruce was building his first recording studio and placing aside his own bands, Racer-X and The Scream to focus on his engineering skills. Over the next few years, Bruce produced and recorded many local artists including Tim’s band “Wingnut Supreme” which landed them an indie deal in 1995 with T.O.N. Records in Hollywood. His band toured the US via William Morris Agency in support of their single “Status Quo,” playing with Sick of it All, Unsane, Bloodlet and Speedealer as well as showcasing SXSW in 1997.
In 1999, Wingnut Supreme disbanded, leaving the duo alone to start a new project, “American Murder.” Their first demo immediately attracted major label interest and Elektra Records signed them in 2001 just after the 911 terrorist attacks on the US. “American Murder” respectfully changed their name to “Epidemic” and coproduced their debut LP with Rick Parashar at legendary, London Bridge Studios in Seattle, WA. A major publishing deal was then signed with Famous Publishing as their self-titled album reached #11 on CMJ’s Loud Rock Charts and #15 on Album Network’s Aggro Airplay chart. Their single “Walk Away,” reached #34 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Charts and was placed on EA Sports Madden NFL 2003 game and soundtrack. Epidemic toured the US and Canada with Nickelback, Jerry Cantrell, Seether and Breaking Benjamin as well as playing Festivals with Rob Zombie, P.O.D., Hatebreed and Kittie before cutting ties with Elektra soon after. In 2004, the band produced and recorded a new album, “Dilemma” which was never released due to the record industry’s collapse from digital technology.
During the next 20 years, Bruce went on to write and release several solo albums and formed the Bottomdwellerz who collaborated with George Clinton for their single “Lap of Luxury.” Bouillet also toured with Paul Gilbert and Racer-X on G3 tour and won a Grammy for his work with Bob Kulick on the production, recording, and mixing Motörhead's cover of Metallica's "Whiplash". Meanwhile, Ganard founded “The Mudbug Brass Band” in 2011, performing New Orleans Jazz and Funk for a decade in Southern Cali, charting twice on the Roots Music Report in 2019-20 for collaborations with Reverend Shawn Amos on cover Li’l Liza Jane and original “Keep the Faith, Have Some Fun”. In 2023, Bruce and Tim finally reconnected and M.C.M. was born.
The Kingfish Experience!
it is 1:00am on a Saturday night in Southern Louisiana and you’re excited for the bars to close. Why is that? You’re going fishing! Not just any type of fishing…Kingfishin’! The year is 1989, and you might be on the strip or coming in from out of town, but as you leave the city lights of Lafayette towards Breaux Bridge, the excitement quickly builds. Soon, you turn on to Lake Martin Road and for most it looks like nothing is out this way except swamps. All of a sudden, cars appear on the side of the road and like out of a movie, it opens to a packed parking lot. In the distance is the Kingfish sign on a huge warehouse and you turn in to barely find a spot. You hear the thumping of the music inside as you jump out of the car and hurry to the line at the door. It’s past 2:00am now and the bars are closed, but you can bring in an ice chest of whatever you need, alcohol included! You pay the $20 cover and walk in to an immediate rush! You hear something like “Welcome, My name is Gino” and you say, I love this song! You find a spot on the rail or the dance floor and start moving to “Din Daa Daa” and “Blue Monday”. An hour passes like the blink of an eye and right on cue the DJ drops “New York, New York, New York!! You scream and your head starts spinning. This time, you don’t have to say you love this song, because everybody loves this song! Now you are rolling and get lost in “Rigormortis”, and then SU-GAR, Desire, SU-GAR! The minutes turn into hours while “Security” and “Computer Music” zone you out and you hope this never ends! At that point, you turn to someone for the time and right then, “Wild Flower”, erupts! The heavier songs arrive like “Headhunter” and “Join in the Chant” and you dig in even harder! You ride it out for another hour or so until “Fascination street” starts your descent. The pace slows to a grind and finally Morrissey sings…”I am the son, I am the heir,” but you prophetically hear “I am the sun, I am the air” and that’s when you notice the break of dawn through the window. Everyone crawls out into the parking lot sunrise and wishes it was next Saturday already. WOW! What a trip!
