- Post date
- 1 Mar 2019
- Caption
- As Rock en Español became more known in Los Angeles by the mid 1990s, the members of the Chicano Cultural/Music scene began to take notice.
For instance, Culture Clash member Richard Montoya expressed bewilderment about the emergence of the transnational Latin American genre in the U.S. “As Chicanos, we never saw this Rock en Español thing coming…but now both movements fit very nicely. We need them, and they need us… I don't see Mexicans and Chicanos fighting, […] I see Mexicans and Chicanos knocking each other silly in the mosh pit and then shaking hands after it's all over.” Chicano cultural producers soon perceived Rock en Español as a genre that embodied the potential to create bonds between Mexican, Latin American migrants, Chicanas/os, and U.S. born Latinas/os. These remittances of sonic solidarity led to music shows that began to incorporate both Chicano bands and Rock Angelino bands in Hollywood venues. This is a flyer of one of those shows co-produced by La Banda Elástica and Café Caliente, which was none other than Eddie Ayala, member of seminal East Los Punk outfit Los Illegals. The event entitled: “Chicano Alternativo,” included a plethora of artists and bands that straddled between the 1990s Chicano Rock and the Rock Alternativo (Angelino) playing side by side, ¿junt@ y revuelt@s?
Los Olvidados, Ye-ska, Juana La Loca (Pastilla), Lysa Flores. Plus, spoken word and unplugged performances by Las Tres, Nicole Presley, Aztec Radio, Kinsky and Anima (Monte Negro), Ollín, Hermana Luna, Jesse Nuñez, Club Rock en Español’s own Yvonne Gómez, Linda Gamboa ¿y más? All this for only $10 at the Luna Park in West Hollywood. February 1995.
- Location
- West Hollywood, California
- Type
- flyer
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