Aztlan Underground is a fusion band from Los Angeles. Since the early 1990s, Aztlan Underground has played Rapcore. Indigenous drums, flutes, and rattles are commonplace in its musical compositions. AU Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Chicano rap is a subgenre of rap music and latin rap that embodies aspects of West Coast and Southwest Chicano culture and is typically performed by American rappers of Mexican descent. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Experimental Related to experiment it is refered to ideas or techniques not yet stablished or finalized involving innovation. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Aztl n is the Aztec/Mexica place of origin in Northern Mexico — perhaps in the area of the present-day southwestern US states or perhaps an island in part of the modern Mexican state of Nayarit. ... Rapcore is a musical genre that fuses the techniques of hip hop, punk, heavy metal and sometimes funk. ...

This unique sound is the backdrop for the band's message of dignity for indigenous people, all of humanity, and Earth. Aztlan Underground has been cultivating a grass roots audience across the country, which has become a large and loyal underground following. Their music includes spoken word pieces and elements of punk, hip hop, rock, funk, jazz, and indigenous music, among others.

The artists are Chenek "DJ Bean" (turntables, samples and percussion), Yaotl (vocals, indigenous percussion), Joe "Peps" (bass, rattles), Zo Rock (Guitars), Caxo (drums, indigenous percussion), and Bulldog (vocals, flute).

Aztlan Underground appeared on television on Culture Clash on Fox in 1993, was part of Breaking Out, a concert on pay per view in 1998, and was featured in the independent films Algun Dia and Frontierlandia. Culture Clash is a Chicano/Latino performance troupe. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...

The band has been mentioned or featured in various newspapers and magazines: the Vancouver Sun, Northshore News (Vancouver, Canada newspaper), New Times (Los Angeles weekly entertainment newspaper), BLU Magazine (underground hip hop magazine), BAM Magazine (Southern California), La Banda Elastica Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Calendar section. It is also the subject of a chapter in It's Not About A Salary, by Brian Cross. They also opened for Rage Against the Machine in Mexico City. The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper published in British Columbia by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a CanWest Global Communications Company. ... For the chain of alternative weekly newspapers, see New Times Media. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... Rage Against the Machine is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band, noted for their blend of hip hop, hard rock, punk and funk as well as their explicit revolutionary socialist philosophy and lyrics. ...

It was nominated in the New Times 1998 "Best Latin Influenced" category, the BAM Magazine 1999 "Best Rock en Español" category, and the LA Weekly 1999 "Best Hip Hop" category. L.A. Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized newspaper (a so-called alternative weekly) in Los Angeles, California. ...

The band is currently in the studio completing their third album as of June 2006. The new album is due summer 2007.

Discography

Decolonize

Year:1995

1. Teteu Innan
2. Killing Season
3. Lost Souls
4. My Blood Is Red
5. Natural Enemy
6. Sacred Circle
7. Blood On Your Hands
8. Interlude
9. Aug 2 The 9
10. Indigena
11. Lyrical Drive By

Sub-Verses

Year:1998

1. Permiso
2. They Move In Silence
3. No Soy Animal
4. Killing Season
5. Blood On Your Hands
6. Reality Check
7. Lemon Pledge
8. Revolution
9. Preachers Of The Blind State
10. Lyrical Drive-By
11. Nahui Ollin
12. How To Catch A Bullet
13. Ik Otik
14. Obsolete Man
15. Decolonize
16. War Flowers

See also

• Chicano Rap
• Native American hip hop
• Rapcore
• Chicano rock

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External links

Official sites

• Official site

Related sites

• Xicano Records and Film
• Myspace link

Mailing address: Aztlan Underground, P.O. Box 921776, San Fernando, CA 91392. {{{{}}}}