Formed by Rex Rock and Lew Skywalker as means to explore an unhealthy fixation on '77 punk, the group soon developed their own slashing sound, tagged “swamp stompin' primitive punk,” an unusual approach that displays the genre-jumping proclivities shared by almost every ELA band past, present and future. While it may be insane to designate only 10 ELA acts as the finest of the district’s stellar and innumerable contributors, here is a rundown of some of the Eastside’s most critical and, in some cases, unappreciated musical forces.Ĭocky, scrappy, punk-infected, big-hearted R&B trash sensations The Shag Rats represent contemporary ELA big-beat malfeasance at its best. One of the most frantically fertile regional hotbeds for Chicano music on Earth, East Los Angeles, always bears re-examination. Chicano musicians have made a formidable mark on pop culture, and no matter what form they trade in - whether Question Mark & the Mysterians, Freddy Fender, The Zeros, Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds, Johnny Rodriguez, Chris Montez or Alice Bag - the results are often spectacular.

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