- Post date
- 11 Dec 2018
- Caption
- Este es el flyer para una de las primeras tocadas de Las 15 Letras. ¿Por qué la certeza? Pues porque the band was originally called “Las 15 Letras de Dos Culturas” (the fifteen letters of two cultures). This was a nod to the band members’ fondness for the tales of the Mexican Revolution that the Sánchez studied in their Chicano Studies class at Cal State L.A.
As Martín Sánchez has explained, “We took the name after the cantina where Pancho Villa supposedly killed a former friend that betrayed him, and that event begins his journey as a revolutionary. We thought we were at the beginning of something revolutionary [with Rock en Español.] So, we named the band after a place where an important event in the Mexican Revolution takes place. In addition, we wanted to show that the band was a product of two cultures, the Mexican and the American cultures. That is why we originally added ‘las dos culturas’ to the band’s name.” The band’s deliberate process to pick the name was in line with their decision to only write and performs songs in Spanish, this in order to be fully immersed in the Rock Latina/o scene. Yet, it was also an acknowledgement to their sense of cultural belonging —perhaps in equal parts— to Latin America and the United States.
Also, this show was likely organize by the members of Los Olvidados as Producciones Sin Futuro would become the moniker of their own Record imprint. Buen punks los vatos pues. This went down somewhere in South Central L.A. December 11, 1993. 25 years ago!
- Location
- South Central LA
- Type
- flyer
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