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Chicano rock or Latin rock is rock music performed by Mexican American groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture. Chicano Rock, to a great extent, does not refer to any single style or approach. Some of these groups did not sing in Spanish at all, or use many specifically Latin instruments or sounds, at least on what little we have heard. The main unifying factor, whether or not any explicitly Latin American music is heard, is a strong R&B influence, and a rather independent and rebellious approach to making music that comes from outside the music industry. Image File history File links Howwillthewolfsurvive. ... Image File history File links Howwillthewolfsurvive. ... Los Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The ethnonym Mexican-American describes United States citizens of Mexican ancestry (14 million in 2003) and Mexican citizens who reside in the US (10 million in 2003). ... Chicano teenager in El Pasos second ward. ... Latin American music, sometimes simply called Latin music, includes the music of many countries and comes in many varieties, from the simple, rural conjunto music of northern Mexico to the sophisticated habanera of Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos to the simple and moving Andean flute. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...

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Overview

The Champs

There are two undercurrents in Chicano rock. One is a devotion to the original rhythm and blues and country roots of Rock and roll. Ritchie Valens, Sunny and the Sunglows, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Thee Midniters, Los Lobos, War, Tierra, and El Chicano all have made music that is heavily based on 1950's R&B, even when general trends moved away from the original sound of rock as time went by. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was a pioneer of rock and roll. ... Sir Douglas Quintet was a rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Thee Midniters were amongst the first Latino rock bands to have a major hit in the United States, and one of the best known acts to come out of East Los Angeles in the 1960s, with a cover of Land of a Thousand Dances and the instrumental Whittier Boulevard in... Los Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. ... War was a multiracial, multicultural American funk band of the 1970s from Southern California, known for the hit songs Low Rider and Why Cant We Be Friends?. Formed in 1969, War was the first and most successful musical crossover, fusing elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin music, R&B... ... El Chicano is a Latin R&B band from Los Angeles, whose influences can be found in rock, funk, soul, blues, jazz, and salsa. ...


Another characteristic is the openness to Latin American sounds and influences. Trini Lopez, Santana, Malo, and other Chicano 'Latin Rock' groups follow this approach with their fusions of R&B, Jazz, and Caribbean sounds; but all of the groups and performers have some of these influences. Los Lobos in particular alternates between R&B roots rock and the Latin rock style. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Trini Lopez (born May 15, 1937) is a Mexican-American singer and guitarist. ... Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ...


One of the most celebrated rock pioneers was the short-lived Richie Valens, whose death is marked as The Day the Music Died. Songs like Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs "Wooly Bully" and ? & the Mysterians' "96 Tears", while not by definition "Latin Music", may have a Tejano influence in their whirling keyboard runs and beats. "Tequila!" was written and sung by the saxophone player Danny Flores and performed by The Champs. Flores, who died in September 2006, was known as the "Godfather of Latino Rock."[1] Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 - February 3, 1959), better known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican-American, became the first Hispanic rock and roll star. ... Monument at Crash Site, September 16, 2003. ... Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs were a rock and roll band from the mid-1960s led by Domingo Samuido (born 1934), a Mexican-American living in Texas and then New Orleans, known as Sam The Sham. They had several hits such as Wooly Bully, Little Red Riding Hood, and... ? & the Mysterians were an American rock and roll band formed in Flint, Michigan in 1962. ... Daniel Flores (akas: Danny Flores; Chuck Rio) (1929 -2006) was the singer on his self-written song Tequila, an American Billboard number one hit in 1958 for The Champs. ... The Champs were a one hit wonder, most famous for their instrumental Tequila. Formed by studio executives to record a B-Side for a single, the intended throwaway track became more famous than its A-Side. ... Latin rock is a fusion of the rock music with the latin American rhythms and – also – with some instruments which are typical for this music like percussion, but also piano riffs known from son cubano or merengue. ...


Groups like Ozomatli and Quetzal had led the new wave of Latin Rock groups that fuse multiple musical genres. Ozomatli is a multiethnic nine piece band, playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. ... Quetzal is a Spanish-English bilingual chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California. ...

Ritchie Valens album cover

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History

In places such as Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area, and Dallas and Houston, Texas, the African-American audience was very important to aspiring Latino musicians, and this kept their music wedded to authentic R&B. Undoubtedly, many listeners in the 1960s heard Sunny and the Sunglows "Talk to Me", or Thee Midniters'and more famously, Cannibal and the Headhunters' "Land of a Thousand Dances" and assumed that the groups were black. The roots of Chicano rock are found in the music of Don Tosti and Lalo Guerrero ("The Father of Chicano Music") Tosti's "Pachuco Boogie," recorded in 1949 was the first Chicano million-selling record, a swing tune featuring a Spanish rap, using hipster slang called "Calo." Guerrero also adapted swing and "jump" styles to Spanish language recordings -- all this as rhythm and blues was beginning to emerge as a forerunner to rock 'n' roll. In the 60s there was an explosion of Chicano rock bands in East Los Angeles. One of the first to have a local hit, and even appear on Dick Clark, was The Premiers, with a cover of a Don and Dewey song called "Farmer John." It featured the beat from the popular hit, "Louie, Louie," which was in turn based on a Latino song, "Loco Cha Cha." Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Caló is an Argot of Mexican Spanish spoken in the first half of the 20th century in the southwest United States and was associated with the Zoot Suit or Pachuco culture. ...


In the early to mid 1960s, the American audience was probably more open to Latin sounds than even today; because of the popularity of bossa nova, bugalú, mambo, and other forms. Also musicians who didn't conform to the rather limited range of early rock could find success as folk performers. For other uses, see Bossa nova (disambiguation). ... Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s. ... Mambo is a Cuban musical form and dance style. ...


Trini Lopez, whose music was a mixture of folk, lounge pop, and R&B, was able to prosper before the Beatles came to America and Bob Dylan went electric. "Corazón de Melón" takes a Mexican folk tune, and like "Heart of my Heart", makes it into a relaxed, shuffling lounge tune. Trini mainly worked and recorded in a live setting (with a lot of audience participation), and soon the Beatles and The Beach Boys made studio recording effects dominant in rock, unfortunately making Trini's loose, breezy live-in-club style seem old fashioned all too soon. Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


The British Invasion challenged all American musicians, not just Chicanos. The Sir Douglas Quintet is said to have made the most 'English' sounding American music of the Beatlemania period (actually since the English were playing music that was more rooted in R&B than many white Americans of that time, the Quintet were actually sounding 'English' by keeping to an all-American R&B/Country sound). Indeed, producer Huey P. Meaux put the Sir in the group's name to emphasize the connection, but that was more a marketing change than a musical one. Sir Douglas Quintet was a rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

While none of these groups challenged the Beatles and the Rolling Stones for more than a brief time, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, ? and the Mysterians, and Thee Midnighters made music that was more like that of the British groups than many other American bands, like The Lovin' Spoonful or The Beach Boys. Part of this was their love of pure R&B, and perhaps, in spite of being just as American as anyone else, these bands were treated as "outsiders" to some degree and their music reflects this unconventional point of view. Also, many of these groups produced music on a very low budget, often working on small labels, or even self-producing music; giving some of their work a rougher feel. Image File history File links Cruzados. ... Image File history File links Cruzados. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Rolling Stones are an English band whose blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll-infused music became popular during the British Invasion in the early 1960s. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Chicano punk

Los Illegals

Chicano punk is a branch of Chicano rock with bands like Los Illegals, The Brat, The Plugz and the Cruzados coming out of the punk scene in Los Angeles. Recent Chicano punk bands include, No Church on Sunday, Golpe De Estado, FISHHEAD, Thee Looters, No Mind Asylum, Peace Pill, Plain Agony, The Tumors And, Union 13, from the streets of East Los Angeles. As well as Los Crudos from Chicago. Chicago's Pilsen Village area has a vibrant chicano punk scene. Image File history File links Ellay. ... Image File history File links Ellay. ... Chicano Rock Music is rock music performed by Mexican American groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture. ... // Cranking out politically charged Pachuco-Punk, sung in Spanglish wedded with the then unheard of combination of third world rhythms and industrialized flamenco, East LA’s Los Illegals played an essential part in shaping the music scenes that exist in the barrios of the world today. ... The Plugz were a punk rock band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1978. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Union 13 is a hardcore punk band from East Los Angeles, California, USA who have, to date, released four full length albums – three on Epitaph Records and one on Disaster Records. ... Los Crudos was a hardcore punk band, prominent during the 1990´s. ...


Chicano Rock 1990s-Present

Rage Against the Machine

Many popular Chicano and Chicano-led Rock bands began to emerge during the mid and late 90s such as Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, Downset, Spineshank, At the Drive-In, P.O.D., Fenix TX, Unloco, Voodoo Glow Skulls, MxPx, Adema, Los Lonely Boys and Ozomatli. In the early 2000s the Progressive latin-influnced rock band The Mars Volta came onto the scene. Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine album cover This is an album cover. ... Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine album cover This is an album cover. ... Rage Against the Machine (a. ... This article or section may contain excessive or improper use of copyrighted images and/or audio files. ... downset. ... Spineshank was an American industrial-influenced nu metal[1] band. ... At the Drive-In was an American band from El Paso, Texas that existed from 1993 to 2001. ... P.O.D. is a six-time Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum rock band from San Diego, California. ... Fenix*TX is an American pop punk band. ... Unloco was founded in 2000 by frontman Joey Duenas. ... Voodoo Glow Skulls are an underground third-wave ska band. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... Adema is five-member rock band from Bakersfield, California. ... Los Lonely Boys are American Grammy-winning musical group from San Angelo, Texas. ... Ozomatli is a multiethnic nine piece band, playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Mars Volta is an American rock group founded by Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Isaiah Ikey Owens and Jeremy Michael Ward. ...


See also

Tejano[1] (Spanish for Texan) or Tex-Mex[2] music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Hispanic-descended Tejanos of Central and South Texas. ... Brown-eyed soul is a subgenre of Soul music or Rhythm and Blues created mainly by Latinos and Italian-Americans during the 1950s and thriving into the 1980s. ... Latin American music, sometimes simply called Latin music, includes the music of many countries and comes in many varieties, from the simple, rural conjunto music of northern Mexico to the sophisticated habanera of Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos to the simple and moving Andean flute. ... Little Ray also known as Ray Jimenez, (b. ... Chicano rap is a subgenre of hip hop music, latin rap and gangsta rap that embodies aspects of West Coast and Southwest Mexican American (Chicano) culture and is typically performed by American rap singers and musicians of Mexican descent. ...

References

  • Loza, Steven Joseph (1993). Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American music in Los Angeles. University of Illinois Press, Urbana. 0-252-06288-4. 
  • Monsalvo, C. Sergio (1989). La canción del inmigrante: de Aztlán a Los Lobos. Tinta Negra, México, D.F.. 968-6336-01-X. 
  • Reyes, David, and Waldman, Tom (1998). Land of a Thousand Dances: Chicano rock 'n' roll from Southern California. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque [N.M.]. 0-8263-1929-7. 
  • articles on Chicano Rock. Guerrero, Mark (2004). Retrieved on 2006-03-10.
  • Producer of Chicano Rock documentary. Wildman (2004). Retrieved on 2006-03-10.

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Notes

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The reasons for rejecting the term "Chicano" are numerous and varied, from an aversion to its association with the left-wing politics of the 1960 and 1970s, to the ability of many families, particularly in the state of New Mexico, to trace their ancestry back to the original Spanish settlers of the colonial era.
Chicanos, regardless of their generational status, tend to trace their cultural roots to the indigenous peoples of North America and to the early Spanish and Mexican settlers of the Southwestern United States.
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Chicano is a cultural identity used primarily by people of Mexican descent having connection to the Southwestern region of the United States, but is also used by those from other regions as well.
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Paired with the dissipation of militant political efforts of the Chicano movement in the 1960s was the emergence of the Chicano generation.
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