- Los Crudos
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Name = Los Crudos
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Origin = Pilsen, Chicago,United States
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Genre = HardcoreThrashcore
Years_active = Early 1990s–1998
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Associated_acts =Limp Wrist ,I Attack , Punch in the Face, MK-ULTRA, Harto, Tragatelo
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Notable_instruments =Los Crudos was an influential Chicago-based Latino hardcore band. cite web|url=http://wm09.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll |title=Los Crudos: Biography |accessdate=2007-08-24 |last=Bonacich |first=Drago |work=
Allmusic ] They paved the way for later Spanish-speaking punk bands and helped to increase the presence of Latinos in a predominantly white subculture. They have been described as "one of '90s punk's truly great bands" and "one of the greatest hardcore bands of the ’90s (um, I mean, ever)." [ [http://origin.avclub.com/content/node/71450/print/ Of lists and listlessness | The A.V. Club ] ] Kennedy describes them as "very popular in both the 'crusty' andEmo /straight edge scenes in North America."History
The band formed in the early 1990s. Their lyrics were almost always sung in Spanish; the song "We're That Spic Band" (written in response to an audience member calling them a "spic band") is the sole exception. Los Crudos' lyrics were explicitly political, addressing issues such as class, police brutality, homophobia, and California ballot propositions directed against immigrants.cite news | first=Johnny | last=Temple | coauthors= | title=Noise From Underground | date=1999-09-30 | publisher= | url =http://www.thenation.com/doc/19991018/temple/2 | work =
The Nation | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-01 | language = ] At concerts, singerMartin Sorrondeguy would often speak at length about the songs' meanings between songs, partly as a way of getting around the language barrier (audiences weren't always happy about this). Their music was loud, fast, and energetic with songs built around three chords or fewer.cite book | last = Kennedy | first = Paul T. | authorlink = | coauthors = Victor Roudometof | title = Communities Across Borders: New Immigrants and Transnational Cultures | publisher = Routledge | date = 2002 | location = | pages = 152 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = ] "We're That Spic Band" and "Asesinos" (about "the disappearances of radical youth during military dictatorships in Latin America") have both been described as their most well-known song. [http://www.ocweekly.com/music/music/beyond-the-barrios/20253/ Orange County Weekly - Beyond the Barrios ] ]The band's first shows were in Pilsen, the Latino neighborhood in Chicago where the band members lived, and many of their lyrics were first sung there.cite news |first= Jose|last= Palafox|authorlink= Jose Palafox |author= |coauthors= |title= Screaming Our Thoughts: Latinos and Punk Rock|url= http://www.wiretapmag.org/stories/9674|format= |work= WireTap|publisher= |id= |pages= |page= |date= 2000-08-22|accessdate=|language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] Sorrondeguy has said that, "One of the main reasons for singing in Spanish was to communicate directly with kids in our neighborhood." In Pilsen, the band also worked closely with community agencies such as [http://www.projectvida.org/ Project Vida] , an AIDS prevention organization, and Project Hablo, a domestic violence support group.
Los Crudos incorporated DIY ethics into every aspect of the band's existence, including promoting and booking shows, recording music, touring, and silk-screening T-shirts. They toured
Mexico (in 1994),South America , Europe, and Japan, as well as touring the US many times.cite book | last = Sinker | first = Daniel (Ed.) | authorlink = | coauthors = Kim Bae| title = We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews | publisher = Akashic Books | date = 2001 | location = | pages = 247-248| url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1888451149 ] The band's recordings were released onindependent record labels such asFlat Earth Records ,Ebullition Records , and Sorrondeguy's labelLengua Armada Discos .Los Crudos played its last shows in October 1998,in the neighborhood which they started in, Pilsen. After the band's breakup, Sorrondeguy became the vocalist for
Limp Wrist , as well as releasing a documentary about Chicano and Latino punk (""). He has also been in the bandsHarto andTragatelo . Guitarist Jose now plays in the Chicago punk bandI Attack . Drummer Ebro became the vocalist for Chicago band Punch in the Face. [ [http://subvox.blogspot.com/2007/12/suburban-voice-blog-53.html Suburban Voice On-Line: Suburban Voice blog #53 ] ]The band played an unannounced reunion show in June 2006 at Southkore (America's first and largestcite news | first=George | last=Sanchez | coauthors= | title=Wassup Rockers | date=2006-08-09 | publisher= | url =http://www.metroactive.com/metro/08.09.06/san-jose-spic-core-fest-0632.html | work =
Metroactive | pages = | accessdate = 2007-08-25 | language = ] Latino punk festival), in Chicago's Little Village.cite news | first=Jessica | last=Hopper | coauthors= |authorlink=| title=Pogoing Across Borders | date=2006-06-16 | publisher= | url =http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/ourtown/060616/southkore/ | work =Chicago Reader | pages = | accessdate = 2007-08-25 | language = ] The festival attracted more than 400 fans. They are also slated to play 2008's Chaos in Tejas festival in Austin, Texas. [http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2008/02/19/more_confirmations_for_chaos_i.html austin360.com ] ]Members
*Martin Sorrondeguy (vocals)
*Jose (guitar)
*Juan (bass)
*Ebro (drums) - also a member of Charles Bronson [Sinker, 255] and MK-ULTRADiscography
CD Discography - Compiles everything EXCEPT their split 7" with MK- Ultra
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*7" split with
Huasipungo
*7" split withMannumission
*7" split with MK- Ultra
*7" "La Rabia Nubla Nuestros Ojos…"
*7" "Las Injusticias Caen Como Pesadillas" [http://www.operationphoenixrecords.com/heartattackissue03_5MusicReviewsPart1.pdf]Full Length
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