''Punk and mariachi. So where’s the connection you may ask. When Los Angeles hardcore punk band The Bronx started their band-within-a-band Mariachi El Bronx the idea felt natural enough to them. As guitarist Joby J. Ford explains: “Here in LA there are more Latin radio stations than English-language stations playing music in any genre.” Some are local and many are beamed in across the border from Mexico. With a huge local live scene, mariachi is as much a soundtrack to southern California as punk.
But it’s one thing to be immersed in your city’s culture, and another to actually step out and start performing a totally new sound. I asked Joby how the band learnt to play mariachi. “Well I guess we attempt to play it,” he replies modestly.''
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