Eastside Punks, Episode 2: The Brat

[@sinclairreed5367]

Your band helped me through high-school. You have been there through every trial and tribulation an awkward girl in the early 80s.

[@wordoftruthwjdnijah3467]

I was there...Original 1St wave. La Mirada Punks. We love the brat.

[@SlothsTV]

Michael Rummans here, sometimes bass player for The Brat. Thanks for posting!

[@JosephSmithJoe]

I love that the lead has a positive spin - to look back so far & think of how it was what we did & how we did it vs. how it is today is a trip.

[@john_from_eastcoast.]

Thanks for this! I grew up with them in LA. Rodney on the Roq used to play them on Saturday nights! Good memories!

[@David-rx5eo]

Those were great times!

[@neonvandal8770]

Literally just heard this band for the first time an hour ago - Vinyl album bought with no delay! Brilliant! 👍🎸

[@fonzerellie3518]

I just heard this band for the 1st time . Way ahead of their time . Frickin amazing !!!!!! Love them ..... 2020 !!!!’n

[@yoooohooooo]

uh Very the era !

[@snakehunter4566]

Where can I get this music???

[@jimmyalvarado6752]

Radiation Records has rereleased the “attitudes” EP with extra tracks, and there’s a collection called “Straight Outta East L.A.” that has a bunch of unreleased recordings and remixes. Both are great.

[@KavaKavana]

Found this band a week ago. They’re the best. They would have been huge if they were left to their own devices. People should be mentioning them along side Joan Jett, the go go’s , etc.

[@stonecold3697]

Agreed. Teresa's vocals are amazing.

[@ResoRonnie]

And alongside "X"... I'm trapped. I was born in East Los Angeles in 1969 and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley. Back then, you were either a 'Rocker, Disco Lover, 'Mod', or 'New Waver'. I was a 'Rocker.' My favorite bands were and are still Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, and The Doors. My parents were strict and didn't let me go to gigs. But, even so I'm supprised I have never heard of this band, well I shouldn't be if they never produced and album. OMG, this freaking guys are great! It makes me so proud that they are 'Chicanos.' Man, history did not give this band justice. These guys are great, man.

[@mrz0413]

Came across The Brat about 2 years ago. Wish I had known about them in the 80s, they’re really good. I love Punk. Plus they’re Chicano! ✊🏼🤘🏼

[@leticiarodriguez3058]

Thank you for bring me back to my memories , I had my pee chee folder and thought I was hard core with having the Brats and X and Sex pistiols and Black flag written on it . Thank you for your music and being such a wonderful band. love the BRATS

[@davidm78]

Just discovered this band. This is beautiful and amazing! Never knew there was a chicano punk scene. VIVA LA RAZA!

[@ritadamayanti2087]

I just discovered this band. I typed in " Chicano punkband" and these guys came up. I love it! The Brats will now be on my play list.

[@RickMichaelis63]

Teresa is a living Doll!!!

[@rootsfestivaltour]

what a fab surprise this was. greetings from Shillong India :)

[@davidvasquez6578]

Thank you for these Punk Hood Stories!

[@David-rx5eo]

I love The Brat. I have their EP. I bought it when it came out. I wish the music "geniuses" would not try to change the bands they sing. If they liked what they heard then why did they need to change them. I always wanted more songs/music from The Brat. Much love to all of them for the pleasure their music brought to me!

[@jackjill-ri8uw]

Great band, too bad they didn't get their due back then. Glad this is here for us all to experience. Thanks for posting this!

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Love this band. I didn’t grow up in L.A. or even Southern California, so I didn’t have that regional reference factor, but I had the EP record and always loved it. It was just really great above-average punk rock. I always wished I had heard more from them, or had gotten the opportunity to see them live.

[@Fonnsterify]

I just accidentally came across them today. I’ve never been happier

[@iocat]

Sych a rad band. Thanks for doing these intervies

[@jake19001]

I don’t understand how they weren’t getting regular play on Kroq. They’re so good & talented!

[@deathraylabs_nature]

so good! I wish I’d heard this band when I was growing up but better late than never

[@quail333]

Wow, I was at that party with Richard Duardo and X, it blew my mind that the wild man punctuated the end of a song with three shots, BANG , BANG, BANG, In the hood, no cops. Always loved Teresa's voice, she was a real Punk Chanteuse. Michael Norman Bayes

[@norbertlofe8366]

Keep em coming! These are the best punk stories!

[@TheGuerillapatriot]

This is a great band, dude. They rock.

[@jackjill-ri8uw]

Thank you covering this great band!!!

[@shubbymcknight4670]

Very cool.

[@vinylrichie007]

Well done. Those flyers are so cool.

[@rickboiardimindshiftingaca6975]

Just heard for the first time! Maybe we’ll get lucky with a band reunion!

[@theguitfiddler6111]

Rudy and Sidney are some awesome musicians i met them back in the mid 70s when i first srarted playing

[@richardquiroz4808]

The Song Allegiance is awesome, literal history. Greetings from South Texas.

[@JerryInfinity]

I lived on Concord and Brooklyn. Use to pass by and listen to you all!!

[@alexromo7003]

thank you love these videos

[@drunvert]

Had this in 81, first heard on Rodney

[@sosathegrunge2]

You did represent your culture!

[@petermclaughlin3292]

Much love

[@Rafma89]

I have been a fan of the Brat ever since Land of a Thousand Dances book came out!

[@GheorgeDuarte]

City Terrace always going wild .

[@riccarrasquilla379]

thanks for the video

[@robertlane1197]

Sick! How did I not know?!

[@finnmcginn9931]

Piercing eyes on the singer. I was but a kid and 5000 kilometres away so had neved heard of them, Great band, deserves to be better known.

[@rodtigre]

She's amazing!

[@Greywolf1066]

Great! Love ‘em!

[@alexromo7003]

LA DIY shows are alive! i go to one every weekend also help throw them

[@snakehunter4566]

Don’t stop!!

[@2815marionwood]

I saw Los Illegales at CSUN in the 80's, it was around lunch time, but I had to go to class. I am Mexican and loved punk and New Wave, but I never heard of you guys, :( . but listening now you guys sound great!! Its too bad they wanted to make you in something they are not. nevertheless loved to see Chicanos playing punk.

[@vinylvinylvinyl]

Catching The Brat at a Disco Party was cool.......was it Carpenters Hall?....... I can't remember lol...

[@coriettapadilla9977]

I love this. ❤️

[@boarheadprods]

tremenda banda! son grandiosos

[@tamusbaby]

awesome..

[@vorefishkid1158]

awesome!

[@jessloya850]

My ex wife told me she had cousins in a band, and I remember hearing of the Medinas

[@johnfelix4611]

I loooove you guys!

[@TruckStopMixtape]

I fucking LOOOOOOOOVE THIS!!!!!!

[@DeathTrap-tc6uv]

Such a great band!!

[@georgie23]

Hell Yeah!!!

[@Trifixion22]

I gotta check these guys out! Reminds me of a slicker sounding X-Ray Spex because of the female vocals, and of course minus the saxophones.

[@Skyhook77]

sick

[@kjfisher1]

So good.... does anyone here know if the Brat opened for X at the Greek? I saw an opening act there in the early 80s (probably?) that I have never ever forgotten!

[@rheatepp1674]

so good!

[@EverardoJessMartínez]

I was a big fan of the brat... Am, met exene, but never got to see you.. Going to catholic school made me a rebel brat, I understand 😎😎😎💪🤷🤷

[@danieljones8876]

Finally found the song "High School"!

[@damnyou01]

pretty bad ass stuff!

[@remmy6610]

Hey Jimmy great to see what you have done, Director awesome. Chido cabron.

[@jimmyalvarado6752]

Much thanks, homie!

[@peteespinosa2530]

Does. Anybody remmber. Buttacne?

[@DavidPerez-xo7nh]

Seen them play a few times in East.L.A..Tudy, Johnny and Randy..(Can't tell them apart, with his twin Scott)..Good times.

[@randygravel2057]

My Sharona haha

[@crosslink1493]

Saw these guy twice, about 6 months apart, second time was the 'X' show at the Whiskey that this video mentions and they were MUCH 'tighter' and solid than the first time. Too bad about the record deal and the corporate manipulation. I thought they had great rock-n-roll roots, maybe expand that 'base' by blending in some ethnic music to change it up. Hope all the members are doing well these days.

[@CaptainG23]

Where can we get this music?

[@jimmyalvarado6752]

There’s a double-LP out, “Straight Outta East LA,” that came out a year or two ago and has unreleased songs and alternate mixes of tracks from the EP. Copies of their EP and a later single of “the wolf” can be found on discogs.

[@bizarro999]

I think the band just wrote and sang about whatever inspired them at the time. Just like most artists of any medium do. It's a shame that there was a push to compartmentalize their work into a segment of their personas when they were fine just speaking their truths about any and everything that inspired them as it should be. They didn't need to be cultural cartoon characters to progress and excel and I give them major props for resisting that stereotype. Even if it cost them the careers they SHOULD have had. It's a shame though.

[@GerardoVelasquez-zt6hb]

They have to get back together to make the album there not supported till they pass the tare

[@owenwilberforce6138]

X was cool. Like D. Boon said- “Good old John Doe.” It’s interesting how management killed the band. What’s great now is how the meddling middle entities like record companies can now be bypassed easier than ever. Own your masters and own your destiny. Great video glad they are being remembered. Chicanos like everyone else didn’t want to be put in a box and stereotyped into consciousness.

[@EugeneLorey]

Started out as a decent punk band, ended up sounding like the Go Gos.

[@pumasgoya]

Yes the white bands were representing their culture. You should have too. I remember back then, so many Mexican punks were the type that were rebelling against Chicano culture, myself included, but I'd go home and speak only spanish. By the late 80s I was like fuck this. I'm Mexican. I like lowriders, I like oldies too. Punk certainly helped me to expand my outlook and interests, but no ass kissing for me.

[@MugenWarriorKun]

I think over time you start to realize I'm still the race I am but I'm just diverse I find inspiration wether it be fashion, philosophy, style, or etc from other races. It's why I don't get upset when folks say you don't act black. I like black culture but I also likes white culture, Mexican culture, Japanese culture especially.

[@yoooohooooo]

Uh punk was always multiracial " Yes the white bands were representing their culture. ''

[@yoooohooooo]

Don't you get that ? lmao !

[@justsomedudeyouknow8372]

@@yoooohooooo Depends on where you lived. In some places not at all, in other places totally. And socal/norcal being how it was back then there was lots of WS infiltrating and taking over parts of the scenes. There were plenty of bands that supported multiracial, but some didn't at all. Ask a black punk how scary it was back then.

[@Man_Ray78]

Modern Trash/Punk Band ,Brat brought me here.

[@PopPoopTV]

The Boyle

[@stevegarvey9530]

Shame these young bands cannot see the big picture, sound like they where a great little punk band. Could have gone on to big things, but in the end nothing.Sad

[@laflame7631]

Why do we feel the need to represent our culture... all the time. It’s corny

[@homieflix]

begone white man sympathizer

[@onfoenemgrave]

Why are you so ashamed of our culture… It’s corny

[@yoooohooooo]

Punk is multiracial Always has been 😆

[@livingintheforest3963]

If you had been around in the late 70s and early 80s, it was very white and so the scene on the east side was brown. There was a club that they would play called the vex and we would go there too. It was much more segregated in those days.

[@Druffmaul]

@@livingintheforest3963 There probably would have been more suburban/Hollywood gueros at the Vex if they didn't have to worry about getting jumped by gangs on the way there.