La Plebe
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | La Plebe de San Pancho |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, US |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 2001-2016 |
| Labels | Koolarrow Records, Red Scare Industries |
| Website | http://www.laplebe.com |
| Members | Adam Paganini Guadalupe Bravo Alberto Cuéllar Antonio Cuéllar Mark T. Harris |
| Past members | Jose "Augie" Aguilera Mike Raytis |
La Plebe is a Latino/American punk rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in early 2001, the band has been a consistent part of various music scenes ever since, marked notably by multiple tours of Mexico, Europe and The Balkans.
La Plebe was formed in early 2001 by childhood friends Guadalupe (Lupe) Bravo and José (Augie) Aguilera. The duo was joined by Mike Raytis (percussion), Alberto Cuéllar (trumpet), and Mark T. Harris (drums) and subsequently started playing shows around the San Francisco Bay Area. Raytis left at the end of 2001. Soon after, Alberto’s brother Antonio joined to play valve trombone, thus rounding out the horn section, and solidifying the line-up for the next 2+ years. From early 2002 through mid-2004, La Plebe played 180+ shows throughout California, and into Mexico, playing Tijuana, Ensenada, Tecate, and Mexicali. They also twice ventured further south into central Mexico to play in Mexico City, Guadalajara, along with many other smaller cities.
In 2003 La Plebe released their first recording, Conquista 21, A 6-song EP which included the popular “La Posta” as well as the cover “Vahos Del Ayer”, by the late Argentina punk band Flema. In 2004 they release a 4-song EP named Exploited People, produced by Faith No More's Billy Gould.
Augie left the group in September 2004, and Adam (Pags) Paganini joined La Plebe in October 2004. The band started writing all new material. Their first official show back was in March 2005 at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, California, after which the band got back to playing shows as much as possible, including more tours of central Mexico, multiple ventures into The Balkans (since 2006), along with a couple tours of Western Europe (since 2008). At their first ever show in London in 2008, they were joined on stage by The Clash’s Mick Jones to sing the song “Guns Of Brixton”. Notably, in their 10 year history, La Plebe has played in 17 (non-U.S.) countries in total, but in only 6 U.S. states.
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