Chicano Rock! The Sounds of East Los Angeles

For some, Chicano Rock 'n' Roll is synonymous with Ritchie Valens, a teenager from the San Fernando Valley who became a superstar with his 1958 hits "Donna" and "La Bamba." But the roots of Chicano Rock 'n' Roll run even deeper and reach back farther than the 1950s, and its branches weave throughout popular music today.
Chicano Rock documents an important chapter in the history of American music and the lives of generations of artists and audiences while telling the story of a community where it all began-East LA. This story parallels the history of the US's Chicano community itself-decades of struggle and assimilation, strength and pride, and still-growing socio-economic and political clout.
This project was made possible in part with support from Cal Humanities through the California Documentary Project. To learn more visit us at www.calhum.org.

[@tb1149]

Proud to be chicano and love the Chicano rock sound

[@frankmartinez4856]

Just Wonderful 💕the New Chicano music are coming from WILD Records 😳😬

[@LAFan]

Cruising Whittier Blvd was awesome. Millennials will never get to experience it the way it was, but watch Blvd Nights and American Graffiti to get a taste of what it was like.

[@dcmorrison.8725]

Los Lobos took it to another level man.

[@8fs7]

ORALE CHICANOS

[@elbrujo3253]

orale wey

[@miholju]

Orale Buey

[@Steven-yf9rw]

Legion Stadium ,,Yea Baby,, now a post office

[@megaman8576]

City of Los Angeles Rap is mappinG

[@juanytorres6007]

Rap is sucks 🤢🤮

[@bobmarley4272]

So Chicano rock is just American doo wop and RnB music lol......culture vultures.

[@heatherplaton370]

Wtfff

[@oldsoul1164]

It's a a mix of different forms of music. Didn't you hear what they said? Take your hating ass somewhere else & don't spread your negativity on this subject you nothing about.

[@MaskedMenace94]

@@oldsoul1164but the singing styles, instrumentation, here’s etc we’re all created by Black Americans. Chicanos ain’t really add anything new or innovative besides singing some songs in Spanish. But they were emulating Black Americans.

[@manuelyslava8987]

At least you can understand it , not no Jamaica pigeon english😅

[@mr.mr.1313]

Exactly, Órale!