TWO YEARS, SIX SINGLES, AND DONE

There's only one reason to not post Los Saicos. I've posted them before. But there's a thousand reasons I find it necessary, not the least of which is turning at least one person onto them. If you have never heard the glorious pipes of Erwin Flores, I suggest you listen to the first couple down there and see if you can go back to what you were doing. This is Peru, mid-sixties. A band that had only been playing for months fell into fame after a series of opportunities unfolded within a short amount of time, resulting in six singles and a TV show. When the Beatles were topping the charts singing la-la-la, Los Saicos were somewhere else near the bottom singing about destruction. It's all there, no translation needed. They rode it for two years and when they were done, they just stopped playing. They never broke up. They just stopped playing.

The prop says it all.

Here's eight of the twelve sides that they recorded, a link to all twelve streaming at YouTube and a short video profile for the uninitiated. Dig into these, and see if you can go back to whatever it is that's hot right now. You know what I'm talking about. That forced lo-fi self aware hipster jive.

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Listen:
Los Saicos - El Entierro De Los Gatos mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Los Saicos - Camisa de Fuerza mp3 at Laoficinalive (?)
Los Saicos - Fugitivo de Alcatraz mp3 at Berceuse Electrique
Los Saicos - Salvaje mp3 at Tape Wrecks
Los Saico's - Cemetenterio mp3 (via Box.net) at Pop Goes the Radio Download button at top right at Box.net
Los Saicos - Demolicion mp3 at Matula (?)
Los Saicos - Ana mp3 at ATumblr (?)
Los Saicos - Besando A Otras mp3 at ATumblr (?)
Los Saicos - Complete discography (streaming) at YouTube 12 songs
Video:
Was Punk Rock Born in Peru? - Los Saicos documentary at YouTube 13 minutes
Saicomania trailer at YouTube
Los Saicos - El Entierro De Los Gatos (live, Spain, 2010) at YouTube
Visit:
Where did punk begin? A cinema in Peru at The Guardian UK
Los Saicos at Wikipedia