ELPASO : a punk story / Benjamin Villegas ; translated from the Spanish by Jay Noden ; foreword by Beto O'Rourke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Villegas, Benjamin (Musician), author.

Contributor:

Noden, Jay, translator.

O'Rourke, Beto, writer of foreword.

Standardized Title:

ELPASO. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Punk rock music--Texas--Fiction.

Punk rock music.

Rock musicians--Texas--Fiction.

Rock musicians.

Mexican Americans--Texas--Fiction.

Mexican Americans.

United States.

Texas.

Genre:

Biographies.

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

290 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm

Other Title:

El Paso

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas : Deep Vellum Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

In a state rife with caricatures, Benjamin Villegas' "anti-biography" explores the history of a Texas border-town punk band too good to be true.

In 2015, Benjamin Villegas traveled to Texas in an attempt to write the biography of a music group that could have changed the history of rock: ELPASO, a Chicano band from the U.S.-Mexico border with a punk sensibility, a long since-defunct crew, and little left to remember it by but a suitcase of fanzines and one-off recordings. This is the story of one of the many bands that will never appear in rock n' roll history books, but is at the core of the scene; a band that earned its stripes from sweaty fans and self-taught rock aficionados in basements, garages, and small venues across the country. This is the story of two kids who came together to embrace the punk ethos of the 80's and be a part of the rock n' roll revolution sweeping the US, a world of the Ramones, Black Flag, and, of course, ELPASO. -- Goodreads.

Contents:

First movement (1979-1985)

Second movement (1985-1988)

Third movement (1988-1990)

List of concerts

Photographic record.

Notes:

"A novel about a band of losers" -- cover.

ISBN:

9781646050611

1646050614

OCLC:

1201656826

Publisher Number:

99988705240