Tijuana No!
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| Tijuana No! | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Tijuana, Baja California, México  |
| Genre(s) | Ska |
| Years active | 1992 – 2002 |
| Members | |
| Cecilia Bastida Luis Güereña (Deceased) Teca García Jorge Velazquez Jorge Jímenez Alejandro Zuñiga |
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| Former members | |
| Julieta Venegas (Vocals) | |
Tijuana No! is a Ska, Rock and Punk mexican band, from Tijuana BC, México. In the beginning their name was Radio Chantaje (Blackmail Radio), and later they became No, but upon the knowledge of another band called the same, they changed their name to No de Tijuana (Not From Tijuana), to later just shorten it to Tijuana No!. They were characterized by the social criticism in their lyrics, where they also showed their support to the EZLN, and made reference in his songs to racial, international and governmental problems, mainly to the immigration policies in the state of California. In 1991 they record their first album under an independent label, and one year later (1992) they release the same album (with some design changes) under Culebra Records (BMG), who gave them international recognition promoting the single Pobre de Ti (Poor You).
In its early stages they had the participation of Mexican singer Julieta Venegas, who abandoned the band due to the political views of the band. Luis Güereña, one of the three singers the group had, died in 2004 due to a heart attack while he was watching television in his beloved Tijuana. His close friends and family know that Guereña struggled with heroin and died as a result of an overdose.
The group officially disbanded on December 2002, although they have met occasionally to pay tribute to their companion Luis Güereña.
[edit] Members
- Cecilia Bastida - Keyboards & vocals
- Luis Güereña - Percussion & vocals (Deceased)
- Teca García - Percussion, vocals & flutes
- Jorge Velazquez - Bass & backing vocals
- Jorge Jímenez - Guitar
- Alejandro Zuñiga - Drums
[edit] Discography
- NO - 1990 (Rock and Roll Circus (Independent Label))
- NO - 1992 (Culebra)(BMG). With the participation of Rocco and Sax (Maldita Vecindad), Dennis Parker (Haragan y Compania) and Manu Chao.
- Transgresores de la Ley - 1994 (Culebra)(BMG). With the participation of Manu Chao, Fermin Muguruza and Todos Tus Muertos.
- Contra Revolución Avenue - 1998 (BMG Latin). With the participation of Kid Frost.
- Rock del Milenio - 1999 (BMG Latin)
- Live at Bilbao, Spain - 2000 (BMG Latin)
- Lo Mejor de Tijuana NO! - 2001 (BMG Latin)
