Rock en Español is the latest generation of Spanish languagerock and roll. Borrowing heavily from British and American rock and roll music and from popular music of Spanish-speaking cultures (cumbia, ranchera, rumba, tango, etc) Rock en Español has evolved from a cult-like music movement to a more well established music genre.
""Rocken Español' is an umbrella term that tries to define music as diverse as rap, alternative rock, punk, and a wide variety of rhythm and styles," states Morales.
With its mixture of languages, races, and rhythms, Rocken Español is a bright ray of hope in an era that has fostered anti-immigration Propositions 209 and 187 in California and the Hopwood ruling in Texas.
Increasingly, Rocken Español is crossing borders, educating minds, and stirring up the melting pot in a way that political organizations have failed.
Maybe most significant of all for a band that leads the rocken español charge, Roco excoriates the Texas judge who forbade a mother to speak Spanish to her daughter.
Rocken español is as much a movement as a music.
Rocken español bands from Mexico and Central and South America experiment with beats and genres familiar to rock fans everywhere, from heavy metal and punk to ska and synth-rock, but their audiences in the U.S. are still almost entirely composed of Spanish speakers, primarily first-generation immigrants.
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