One of the most critically acclaimed music groups ever to come out of Miami, Nuclear Valdez, with their passionate singer, driving guitars and powerful grooves, set themselves apart from what the Miami sound was known for and is honored to be part of the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day with their latest album Present From The Past (Sinical Records).

Since 2007, Record Store Day, has celebrated and spread the word about the unique culture that permeates independent record stores across the country, and the guys of Nuclear Valdez – Froilan Sosa (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Juan Luis Diaz, (bass, vocals); Robert Slade LeMont (drums and vocals); and Jorge Barcala (lead guitar), considered it the perfect opportunity to release Present from the Past on such an occasion.

John Tovar, president of Tovar Music Group (TMG), who discovered the band, would become their manager, and be instrumental in their success, approached them about releasing the album that day.


Here we are in 2017 and after many years of requests from our fans, we scoured our archives and put together a vinyl only release (no digital or CD) called “Present From The Past” (think about that for a second…)

These are all songs in demo form that never made it on to the two albums we released, but we feel are as good as anything we released at the time. Working with Sinical Records, a label created in partnership with our manager, John Tovar (who launched the careers of Marilyn Manson, The Mavericks, among others), made it possible for our album to be accepted as an official Record Store Day release, as featured on the fantastic 10th anniversary roster of titles.

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