Rico Villasenor is an American

United States

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 musician

Musician

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 and the current bassist

Bassist

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 for Metal

Heavy metal music

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 band

Band (music)

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 downset.

Downset.

downset. was a rapcore group hailing from Los Angeles, California.-Band history:The band's original moniker was Social Justice. They released their debut album, Unity Is Strength, in 1989 and the EP I Refuse To Lose under this name with a different lineup in 1992...

. Villasenor also played in the side projects Drunk with Power and Demean with downset guitarist Brian "Ares" Schwager.
On an extended 8 weeks all over European Tour in 2004 Rico and Ares teamed up playing 2 sets every night, with downset.

Downset.

downset. was a rapcore group hailing from Los Angeles, California.-Band history:The band's original moniker was Social Justice. They released their debut album, Unity Is Strength, in 1989 and the EP I Refuse To Lose under this name with a different lineup in 1992...

 and supporting themselves with their band Demean. There were no day off's, only one Demean gig had to be cancelled for health reasons concerning Ares. This was a safety messure to make sure the downset.

Downset.

downset. was a rapcore group hailing from Los Angeles, California.-Band history:The band's original moniker was Social Justice. They released their debut album, Unity Is Strength, in 1989 and the EP I Refuse To Lose under this name with a different lineup in 1992...

 headline show and further shows could be played.

Villasenor started his career with LA underground Metal favorites Manhole

Manhole

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, who later changed their name to Tura Satana

Tura Satana

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, featuring My Ruin

My Ruin

My Ruin are a Los Angeles-based hard rock/stoner metal band fronted by Tairrie B , they have been going through various line-up changes since 1999. They have a dedicated fanbase, most notably in the UK...

 vocalist Tairrie B

Tairrie B

Tairrie B is an American singer. She was originally a rapper, but later became an alternative metal singer....

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Rico currently plays with Drunk with Power guitarist, and famed Graffiti artist, Axis in the LA based Metal band The Pain.