Brujeria (band)

Brujeria
Brujeria performing at the 2009 Sziget Festival
Background information
Origin	Tijuana, Mexico.
Genres	Death metal grindcore
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Koolarrow Roadrunner Nuclear Blast
Associated acts	Fear Factory
Website	www.brujeria.com
Members	Juan Brujo Pinche Peach Fantasma Hongo El Cynico Podrido Pititis
Past members	Asesino Güero Sin Fe Greñudo El Embrujado Hongo Jr. Cristo de Pisto El Angelito El Sadistico Jr. Hozicon Marijuano (Control) Machete DJ

Brujeria is a Mexicanextreme metal band formed in Tijuana, Mexico in 1989. Their name comes from the Spanish word for "witchcraft". Their songs, which are sung in Spanish, are focused on Satanism, anti-Christianity, sex, immigration, narcotics smuggling, and politics. Portraying a Mexican image and with a heavy anti-American stance, the majority of the band's members are Mexican-born, with some being American, Swedish or British.

Brujeria alumni include Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and drummer Raymond Herrera, as well as Billy Gould, Nicholas Barker, Jeff Walker and Shane Embury. They perform under pseudonyms and portray themselves as a Latino band consisting of drug lords, concealing their identities due to being wanted by the FBI. In videos and photographs of the band, they are shown wearing bandannas, balaclavas, serapes, and are often shown wielding machetes.

Brujeria was formed at a party in 1989 in the spirit of creating a grindcore and death metal band representative of the Latino/Chicano community. Its members, the guitarist Dino Cazares, Jello Biafra, drummer Pat Hoed, bass guitarist Billy Gould and vocalist Juan Brujo, used pseudonyms as most were in other known bands.