When asked about Spanish or Hispanic music, most of America would think of the classic mariachis, Jennifer Lopez, or the presently popular "reggaeton" type of music. To be fair, this is also what I used to think up until a couple of years ago. Before the internet was made readily available to the whole world, music wasn't really able to leave it's local region until it became extremely popular. But now, artist can post their work on the internet for all to see (or listen to in this case). So now, there is alot of really good rock music coming out of Latin America. There's Voodoo Zombie from Chile who have a really brutal psycho-billy/horror-punk sound. There's also "Dos Minutos" who've pulled of a great cover and translation of "I turned into a Martian" originally by The MISFITS.
There also seems to be a parallel between the rock culture of Latin America and the USA, at least when I compare my family( Hispanics) to my friends' families. (Caucasians). My family never really approved of me listening to "rock". I thought this was just my family being weird, but when I moved to Utah and then San Antonio, Texas, I learned that I was not alone. Most of my friends had families who felt the same way about the listening to "the devil's music". I thought it was very cool that even with all the translations and language barriers, rock was viewed almost exactly the same way in both parts of the world.
miércoles, 30 de enero de 2008
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Interesting. You should bring some of that Spanish rock to class!
I love psychobilly....I wanna hear this!
I love psychobilly....I wanna hear this!
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