La Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio (English: The Damned Neighborhood and the sons of the fifth Patio usually called only "La Maldita") is a band formed in Mexico City in 1985 Pioneer in genre fussion and is one of the most influential rock bands in Latin America.
They first make an impact with "Mojado", "Un poco de sangre", "Cocodrilo", "Pachuco" and "Un Gran Circo" which narrates the problems, adventures and beauty of a society anxious for improving his economic status. Along with their music the wardrobe is of classic Pachuco, an archetypical character represented by Tin Tán in the Mexican cinema. Tin Tan is sampled in one of the group's biggest hit, 1991's Pachuco.
The last studio album recorded was in 1998. Since then, the band has collaborated with other bands, as well as having participated in tribute albums like the tributes for José José and Tigres del Norte. Their sound incorporates many styles, including Ska, Rock, and traditional Mexican forms such as the bolero. Roco, the band's vocalist, dresses in a manner reminiscent of the
History
At the end of the Eighties begins a movement denominated "Rock en tu Idioma (Rock in Your Language), a marketing phrase developed by some record seals to draw attention of the young people, whom it invites to a new current coming from Argentina, mainly influenced by bands like Soda Stereo, Los Enanitos Verdes, Virus, Autobús and Zas the band of Miguel Mateos, which were the pioneers of the rock in your language then, from there the sprouting of Mexican groups born from the middle-class and with influences of groups like The Police, [[[The Cure]], Paralamas do Sucesso, and others. The leader bands of the movement arise, Caifanes, Maldita Vecindad, Cafe Tacuba and Maná obtains exorbitant sales and great international recognition.
Maldita Vecindad appeared in the musical scene with a tendency unheard of in Mexico, the one of the mixing of rock with popular rhythms. The attire of Roco inspired by the Chicano culture represented by Tin Tan, the incorporation of the sax and to openly vindicate the culture of the capital open the way to them in the City of Mexico.
From 1986 to 1988 they participated actively in popular movements like the one of the victims by the Earthquake of 1985 and the elections of 1988.
Their second album El Circo was the one that really took them to the commercial success, reaching 800 thousand sold copies (a record-high then}. In 1991 in its first tour by the United States they played with groups like INXS, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Sonic Youth, Madness, Faith nonMore and Jane' s Addiction. Towards 1992, they got to alternate with [[Mano Negra and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs in the City of Mexico, when the fusion groups were not so popular.
The creativity of the band does not got itself stock in the narrative, they manage to adapt songs of other artists like Los Tigres del Norte, Armando Manzanero and Juan Gabriel and give them a style on its own
The Name
In the City of Mexico a "Vecindad" (Literally Neighborhood) talks about residential constructions inherited of century XIX and principles of century XX, still inhabited, composed by a patio, baths and common laundries of clothes for several poor families. The more patios would have a vecindad, more populated and therefore more poor it would be, reason why the name "and the children of fifth patio" that vindicates the urban and working origin of the band.
Lineup
Members of the band use only pseudonyms.
- Roco: vocals
- Tiki: guitars (1985-1988)
- Pato: guitars (1988-94, 1997-current)
- Aldo: bass
- Pacho: drums (1985-2002)
- Sax: saxophones
- Lobito: percussion (1988-93)
Discography
- Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio (1989)
- El Circo (1991)
- En Vivo: Gira Pata de Perro (1994) live
- Baile de Máscaras (1996)
- Mostros (1998)
- Maldita Sea, Vol. 1: 1989-1999 (2000) greatest hits
Selected collaborations
- El Circo, from the album "El Mas Grande Homenaje a Los Tigres del Norte" (2001).
- Pacas de a Kilo, from the album "Tributo a los Grandes: Tigres del Norte" (2004).
- Amnesia by Inspector, from the album Alma en Fuego (2002); also featuring Cafe Tacuba.
- Lo Pasado, Pasado, from the album "Volcán: Tributo a José José" (1998).
- La Tormenta, from the album "Juntos Por Chiapas" (1998).
- Los Agachados, from the album "Viva Tin Tan: Tributo a Tin Tan" (2005).
