![]() ![]() ![]() In 1984, The Plugz name was retired and the three members continued as the Cruzados with Steven Hufsteter. Plugz bassist Tony Marsico and drummer Charlie Quintana together with their friend, guitar player JJ Holiday, accompanied Bob Dylan on his appearance on Late Night with David Letterman on March 22, 1984, for three songs: "Don't Start Me Talkin'" (by Sonny Boy Williamson), " Jokerman", and "License to Kill". The group performed "Hombre Secreto," a Spanish version of Johnny Rivers' " Secret Agent Man", "El Clavo y la Cruz" and original instrumental background music for the film, part of which appears on the soundtrack as Reel Ten. With the addition of Steven Hufsteter on lead guitar, The Plugz also feature prominently on the soundtrack to the movie Repo Man. ![]() ![]() Tony Marsico joined the band in late 1980, and Steven Hufsteter began playing lead guitar with the group in 1984. Gustavo Santaolalla (bass/guitars/ charango/backing vocals).Charlie Quintana (drums) (credited as "Chalo Quintana").The musicians on the band's second album, Better Luck (1981), were: Larriva and Curry wrote the title track to the second album Better Luck. Īfter McBride left (sometime in 1979–80), he was replaced by John Curry from The Flyboys, who left to form Choir Invisible less than a year later. The Plugz melded the spirit of punk and Latino music. This lineup recorded the band's first album, Electrify Me, produced and engineered by Alan Kutner, and released in 1979. punk band in L.A., having started their own PLUGZ RECORDS and later Fatima records. The Plugz are generally acknowledged as being the first D.I.Y. Their songs reflected the anger and angst of growing up Chicano, and this was reflected in their sardonic hi-speed version of Ritchie Valens' " La Bamba". The band was formed in 1977 and was a contemporary of the bands featured in the film The Decline of Western Civilization. 2.1 Track listing – Electrify Me (1979). ![]()
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