I spent a month in Lima, Peru in 2011, just before returning to the US after almost a year living abroad. I was able to spend a lot of time with some of the punks in Lima including El Terrible Y Los Mongoloids, Voz Propia, and the legendary Pancho Guevara from the band “Los Saicos” […]
I’m in Spain… beautiful Alicante on the coast to be exact.. so beautiful.. Tomorrow I’m on my way to Madrid. We still have some more French punk to cover for you but I wanted to mix things up with this excellent song/music video from Lima, Peru from a band called “Luz Roja” (Red Light)! I […]
You may have noticed that in covering the punk scene in Lima, we’ve been all over the place. We started off with the famous punk band form the 80s, Narcosis, with our interview with drummer George “Pelo” Madueno. Then we fast forwarded 30 years or so to cover contemporary punk and hardcore bands like El […]
Just 2 weeks ago I was knee deep in the punk scene of Lima, Peru. It being a Friday night, it was a good night for a punk show, or two… turns out there were two big shows going on this particular Friday night. Luckily for me they were within spitting distance of each other […]
LIMA, PERU – What can I say, Lima Peru really knows how to rock and to treat a visiting punk. The punks there had arranged for a private showcase of sorts which featured no less than 5 current punk bands playing 3 songs each, exclusively for our cameras. I want you to all to get […]
In every major city in each country I’ve visited there seems to be one punk fan, aficionado and ambassador of punk ,if you will, who sees fit to take it upon themselves to show me the ropes of their local punk scene. For Medellin, Colombia it was Jorge, for the Moscow rockabilly scene it was […]