The folks over at
MRR have been raving about the
Raw Ponx crew since they first graced the Bay Area's presence a few years ago. For those of you who don't know about these punx, they are a loose crew of Latino punk kids from the East L.A. area who put on shows (just about anywhere from a backyard to under bridges) and play in a slew of great bands like RAYOS X, TUBERCULOSIS, and DRAPETOMANIA to name a few. I've always thought "yeah, those bands are pretty fucking good", but none of them ever blew me away until just recently. I went to see RAYOS X, LA VOZ and GENERACION SUICIDA at El Rio in SF a few weeks ago and it was a fucking great show. RAYOS X took forever to set up, but once they started I forgave them. Totally blazing, driving punk. You can find more praises of them (as well as their demos)
here. LA VOZ didn't really do it for me, but GENERACION SUICIDA made me jump up and down and made this fucking Gringo wish that he knew Spanish. They are playing some total LOST KIDS/MASSHYSTERI/GORILLA ANGREB style of punk and they do it well. I wish that the tape was as good as their live performance though.
Download tape here
Cool post dude! You can check out their live recordings from KBOO radio at noconformo.blogspot.com Hope to make it to the Bay Area again soon!
ReplyDeletethey are from South Central Los Angeles. none of the bands are from East los.
ReplyDeleteThis shows how much I know about LA. Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteGeneracion Suicida will be back in the Bay Area Oct 5 & 6. Oct. 5 in Oakland at the Pink String House, Oct. 6 in San Francisco at the Knockout (early show from 4-8:30). Party time!
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