THE PLUGZ Achin / La Bamba FATIMA 45 Latino Punk NM
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Description
The Plugz
Achin' / La Bamba
Fatima Records FTM 79
US Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM Single, released 1981
Cover and vinyl are NM.
The Plugz
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Punk rock, rock
Associated acts Los Cruzados, Tito & Tarantula, Izzy Stradlin and the JuJu Hounds
The Plugz were a Mexican-American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1977. They and The Zeros were among the first Chicano punk bands, although several Latino garage rock bands, such as Thee Midniters and Question Mark & the Mysterians, predated them. The Plugz melded the spirit of punk and Mexican music.
The band was initially composed of:
* Tito Larriva (Lead vocals/guitar)
* Charlie Quintana (drums)
* Barry McBride (Bass/Backing vocals)
This lineup recorded the band's first album, Electrify Me (1979).
After McBride left (sometime in 1979-80), he was replaced by John Curry from The Flyboys , but left to form Choir Invisible less than a year later. Larriva and Curry wrote the title track to the second album Better Luck. The musicians on the band's second album, Better Luck (1981), were:
* Tito Larriva (Lead vocals/guitar)
* Charlie Quintana (drums) (credited as "Chalo Quintana")
Guests:
* Gustavo Santaolalla (Bass/guitars/Charango/Backing vocals)
* Anibal Kerpel (keyboards)
* Steve Berlin (Saxophone)
* Bruce Fowler (Trombone)
* Steve Fowler (Saxophone)
* Brian Qualls (Piano)
Tony Marsico joined the band in late 1980.
The band was formed in 1977 and was a contemporary of the bands featured in The Decline of Western Civilization. Their songs reflected the anger and angst of growing up Chicano, and this was reflected in their sardonic hi-speed version of Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba". The Plugz are generally acknowledged as being the first D.I.Y. punk band in L.A., having started their own PLUGZ RECORDS and later Fatima records.
The Plugz also feature prominently on the soundtrack to the movie Repo Man. They composed original instrumental music for the film, and performed "Hombre Secreto," a Spanish version of Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man".
The Plugz accompanied Bob Dylan on his appearance on "Late Night With David Letterman" on 22 March 1984 for three songs: "Don't Start Me Talkin'" (by Sonny Boy Williamson), "Jokerman", and "Licence to Kill".
In 1984, The Plugz name was retired and the three members formed the Cruzados with Steven Hufsteter.
The Plugz reunited the three founding members for The Masque 30th Anniversary Party and Book Release show on November 11, 2007 at The Echoplex in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California.
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