Voices of Latin Rock

When I travel to the USA, which has been at least 15 or so times over the last decade. I have been heartened and surprised by meeting so many Believers within the Latin-Rock community. Firstly; I recall Gabe Manzo and Tony Menjivar and I spent a great night at the top of the Mark Hopkins [...]

Hey Jim, so good of you to give me this opportunity, to speak, finally after all these years. I believe I will bring some new insights into Malo etc.   I really appreciate it and thanks so much in advance. Where were you born and when did you start to play the drums or any other [...]

PART 2 ANGEL OROZCO JR: The life and times of a Latin Rock drummer………… PART 2 ANGEL OROZCO JR: The life and times of a Latin Rock drummer………… Angel Orozco; although not known in the forefront of the Latin Rock vanguard, is a sterling example of a versatile drummer whose musical career has traversed

Angel moves to San Francisco and finds the Cobra Band rehearsals in the City….. After the El Chicano tour, when we got back home to LA, I received a call from Mark Weisberth, who was the pianist for Chepito’s band and also Cobra. Well, Cobra was looking for a drummer and that if I was [...]

Joining Attitude with Carabello, Chepito and David Brown. Now this is the time that I hook up with ATTITUDE! I was with Attitude from 1977/78 to 1980. They were not an active band and did not have many gigs. Richard Kermode, Dougie Rauch and Abel Zarate!! Yes, they were in the Attitude band but a [.

Playing with Bandido/Puro Bandido from the Mission……. Well, There is where I met Jose Mayorga. Jose heard me sitting in with a band there that night and if I remember right the bands name that I sat in was called, Beluga Wale. So after me sitting in playing a couple of songs I went back [...]

I have to update you on my life and times! After so much disappointment in the music business and not enough gigs to support myself I went back to work again for my Chinese family’s Hop Sang Meat Co. in Chinatown driving/delivering pigs/hogs all threw the bay area again! It was tough and I off [...]