Los Lobos

From: The Village Voice | Date: April 16, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Back when touring British punk bands used to find local "ethnic" bands for first acts, Los Lobos opened for PiL in L.A. "I had never seen more effluvia thrown at anybody," recalled future Lobo Steve Berlin, who was in the crowd. Having witnessed the Clash's big white audience hurling beer cans at Grandmaster Flash, I could picture it. Punk would soon die and go to heaven, while rap would rule the sound waves for more than a decade. Meanwhile, Los Lobos--East L.A. high school friends David Hidalgo, Louie Perez, Cesar Rosas, and Conrad Lozano, plus ex-Blaster Berlin--have just released Colossal ...

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