John Avila
John Avila at the House of Blues, April 7, 2006
Background information
Birth name	John Avila
Born	(1957-01-14)January 14, 1957 (age 68) San Gabriel,California
Genres	Rock,hard rock,new wave,ska,alternative rock,Chicano rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Bass guitar
Years active	1978–present

John Avila (born January 14, 1957) is an Americanbassist and music producer, best known for being in thenew wave bandOingo Boingo from 1984 to 1995.^[1]

Avila co-founded the music group Food for Feet^[2] in 1981, and played with them until 1991.^[3]

In 1984, he joined Oingo Boingo, replacing bassist Kerry Hatch. He played with Oingo Boingo until 1995. Avila has worked with many other musical acts includingPsychotic Aztecs andNeville Staple in his backing band The Hitmen.^[4] Avila owns and operates the recording studio, Brando's Paradise.^[5] He is currently the bass player in the Los Angeles–based multi-media group the Mutaytor^[6] and The Gama Sennin.

• "Avila's website". Archived fromthe original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved2009-06-21.
• "John Avila's basses at Vigier".
• John Avila Interview atNAMM Oral History Collection

• Living people
• People from San Gabriel, California
• 20th-century American bass guitarists
• 20th-century American male musicians
• 21st-century American bass guitarists
• 21st-century American male musicians
• American rock bass guitarists
• Record producers from California
• Hispanic and Latino American musicians
• American musicians of Mexican descent
• Keytarists
• American male bass guitarists
• Oingo Boingo members
• 1957 births

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