Chuco Punk – Sonic Insurgency in El Paso López Hardback 9781477329672

Chuco PunkSonic Insurgency in El Paso\nAuthor(s): Tara Lpez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477329672, 978-1477329672\nSynopsis\n2025 Al Lowman Memorial Prize, Texas State Historical Association\n\nAn immersive study of the influential and predominantly Chicanx punk rock scene in El Paso, Texas.\n\n Punk rock is known for its daring subversion, and so is the West Texas city of El Paso. In Chuco Punk, Tara Lpez dives into the rebellious sonic history of the city, drawing on more than seventy interviews with punks, as well as unarchived flyers, photos, and other punk memorabilia. Connecting the scene to El Paso's own history as a borderland, a site of segregation, and a city with a long lineage of cultural and musical resistance, Lpez throws readers into the heat of backyard punx shows, the chaos of riots in derelict mechanic shops, and the thrill of skateboarding on the roofs of local middle schoo.