User:Efrenespinosa

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Efren Espinosa Villarreal was born on September 19th in Los Angeles, California. He is the second of four sons born to Baudel and Guadalupe Espinosa and is first generation Mexican-American. Efren was very involved in the music industry during both the punk and disco eras. He played drums/vocals for Edwin Starr, who sang the anti-war theme, War...What is it good for?? for Motown records. During the punk rock era, Efren played drums and sang vocals with Billy Thermal, a punk band led by Billy Steinberg, who remains one of the nation's sought after composers. Other members of the group included Bob Carlisle (Butterfly Kisses), and Craig Hull. Efren returned to school in the late 80's and received a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology. He is currently employed with a local government agency. As an avocation, he continues performing under the name Vince Michaels as a tribute to his adult son Vincent Michael Espinosa and is currently recording a CD that is set to be released in 2007. He has been married to Jacki Polito Espinosa for 27 years. His brothers are Eddie, Arnold, and Roland Espinosa. Efren's niece is Eden Espinosa, an American singer, who is currently on Broadway in the Musical Wicked as Elphaba.