As the name suggests Cortez is a band set to conquer! Partially true, the name of the band is Cortez…and they are set for something.. Brothers Waz and Shaun (Billy) Bunting have been playing in various bands both in WA and the eastern states for nearly 20 years before forming their own band Cortez in 2010, Perth Western Australia.

Waz studied percussion at the Conservatorium of Music in Victoria and Billy has worked with some great Aussie musos including Travis Dempsey (Living End), Ben Pertzel (Dirty York) and most recently Billy was the frontman for Solid State who played the Big Day Out and recorded 2 quality CDs 'The Point' and 'The Dirty Sessions'. After watching a friends' CD launch the Bunting brothers met Luke Macrae waiting for a taxi. Macrae a guitarist hailing from Mandurah WA was invited back to Waz's house (after ditching a bunch of his mates) and settled in to a 2 hour high pressure audition. Macrae sang harmonies easily over Billy's vocals and managed to work nice guitar melodies over the existing rhythms so the decision was made and Macrae officially became the 3rd member of Cortez. Flavours of sound The essence of Cortez steams up from a melting pot of bands, ingredients include: 4 tblsp of Radiohead 1 cup of Soundgarden 1 pinch of Springsteen Some shredded U2 All mixed together with an oz of Dave Matthews Band Best served hot and loud with a room full of friends hungry for quality! After months of crafting the demo tracks a pre production meeting was held with Rob Grant at Poons Head (Tame Impala, Jeff Martin, Lenny Kravitz) in Fremantle and Cortez embarked on the recording of their debut album. They have spent the last 6 weeks in the studio producing 9 tracks with the album tentatively titled 'Run for your Life'.

The official CD launch is set for early 2012. Many musicians claim their sound has big potential but few are prepared to take the gutsy step of funding & recording a high quality release, fewer still have any songs with both powerful meanings and quality musicianship. Cortez have... but you can decide for yourself right here.. www.cortez.net.au