El Vez

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El Vez and Joe Santiago (2006)

El Vez is the stage name of Robert Lopez, a Mexican-American rock and roll artist,^[1] who performs and records original material and covers classic rock songs. Mixing the styles of many American rock artists with his own Latin-American heritage and music, he is known for expressing revolutionary views through his music. A supporter of the AFL-CIO union workers, among other organizations and movements, El Vez integrates his strong pro-Mexican position into most of his songs.

Lopez's main persona and style is very similar to Elvis Presley, as his stage name suggests. However, he is not strictly an Elvis impersonator; on his recordings and in his live show, he covers many non-Mexican artists, like John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and David Bowie. Also known as the "Thin Brown Duke",^{[citation needed]} "The Chicano Elvis",^{[citation needed]} or "The Mexican Elvis",^[1] he got his start in the Latino punk band The Zeros, and played in Catholic Discipline with lesbian folk singer Phranc.

In 2003, Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr opened a Mexican restaurant named "El Vez". While the restaurant isn't strictly themed to the singer, it is named after him, and is decorated in an East L.A. style familiar to his fans.

In Spanish, "El Vez" literally means "The Time", despite its gender-noun disagreement in the Spanish language.

1 Discography
- 1.1 Albums
2 Filmography
3 Notes and references
4 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums


Paul Simon's Graceland and El Vez's Graciasland

Fun in Español
Graciasland (the cover graphics play on Paul Simon's Graceland)
Merry Mex-Mas
El Vez is Alive
Never Been to Spain (Until Now)
G.I. Ay! Ay! Blues (A play on Elvis's G.I. Blues)
A Lad from Spain? and Son of a Lad From Spain (the cover graphics play on David Bowie's Aladdin Sane)
Boxing with God
Sno-Way José