43 years ago today
The Plugz – Los Angeles, April 16, 1982

The Plugz were one of the first punk bands in LA, one of the first latino punk bands, and the first to start their own record label, Plugz Record.

📸 Gary Leonard

#punk #punks #punkrock #theplugz #history #punkrockhistory #otd

#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday

Is a #grito a kind of Mexican #falsetto? Is it beyond falsetto - more in the realm of #extendedtechnique? Either way, it's ecstatic, joyful, and liberating. #TitoLarriva and his old #punk band #ThePlugz once gave us a grito for the ages in "El Clavo Y La Cruz". 44 years on, it still sounds exhilarating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzbEv2daYgM

🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #SonicReducer

The Plugz:
🎵 Mindless Contentment

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42 years ago today
The Plugz - Los Angeles, April 16, 1982

The Plugz were one of the first L.A. punk bands, the first Latino punk band, and the first to start their own record label, Plugz Record

📸 Gary Leonard

#punk #punks #punkrock #theplugz #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Now this is a fuckin' JAM. From Repo Man in all it's glory. Get on your dancing shoes. #music #ThePlugz #RepoMan #tunes

https://youtu.be/GZs8BO0bVKw?si=UTgIJgu6VVFVvxFm

#ThePlugz #TitoLarriva #Reissue #LAPunk #SurvivalResearch

So excited that this classic PLUGZ LP is finally getting the quality reissue it deserves. 15+ years on, what I said about it on a now-defunct blog of mine still applies:

"Honest to god I’ve never understood folks that think their first LP is better. Yeah, the 1st is more, uh, “punk” . . . but fuck me if this ain’t the richer slice of Hollywood dive bar rockin’. The songs are unforgettable, the Stratocaster jangle/snare pop is all their own, and Steve Berlin’s sax makes this near enuf the missing link between THE FLESH EATERS A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die and LOS LOBOS How Will the Wolf Survive? LPs. Plus Gary Panter’s iconic cover art is just the best. If THE CRUZADOS had sounded half this good, maybe Tito Larriva would now be a household name."

https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/product/the-plugz/better-luck

41 years ago
The very underrated Latino punk rock band The Plugz at the Cathay de Grande in Los Angeles, April 1982.

Photo by Vincent Ramirez

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This is your read of the day, people! There's a lot going on here, hilarious and kind of infuriating, too! Wonder, amusement, arrogance, ignorance ... just priceless.

#BobDylan #DavidLetterman #ThePlugz

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Plugz Bassist Talks Backing Bob Dylan in Raucous Letterman Performance

https://dylanlive.substack.com/p/plugz-bassist-talks-backing-bob-dylan?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=24981&post_id=109411976&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

#knowyourroots

Latin Punk Rock

Tony Marsico on bass and Tito Larriva of The Plugz playing a show at Al's Bar. Photo by Gary Leonard

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