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lust 'an American band'
Los Lobos changes image
By Stanley Nelson
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I os lobos is a band shedding
the Tex-Mex image, going far
ther than the superficial label
suggests
Having played and grown in
its east Ixk Angeles heritage as
a primarily Mexican acoustic
folk band. Los lobos since has
evolved into a hand with a
sound distinctly its own.
Formed in 1974. the group is
composed of drummer, guitarist
and songwriter Louie Perez;
bassist and guitarronist Conrad
Lozano; saxophonist Steve
Berlin; guitarist, songwriter and
bajo sextoist Cesar Rosas; and
singer and songwriter David
Hidalgo.
And from its initial gigs at
wedding receptions and fun
draisers to it's propelling debut
at the Whisky in los Angeles in
1981, the band has received
critical acclaim and won inter
national audiences. Now on the
strength of its recent release. By
the Light Of The Muon, the
hand is capturing now au
diences as rock critics are
heralding the album as the first
great pop album of 1987.
*'l hope (fly the Light of the
Moon| is an evolutionary step. I
think it is a little deeper, and I
think we have tried to use more
of ourselves, in terms of using
more instruments and idioms in
different ways, than the last
record.” Berlin says, in
reference to the band's 1984
release, //on Will The Wolf
Survive?
The mood of By the Light of
the Moon suggests impres
sionistic accounts of the short
falls of the American dream and
the hardships of the economic
suffering of the working class.
As described in Rolling Stone
Magazine. “The grainy honesty
of Hidalgo's vocals, the plain
speaking poetics of his images
and the exulrerant versatility of
Los Lobos’ playing prevent
Hidalgo's deep feeling from
slipping into sentimentality."
Despite the hard reality of the
theme, the album reflects hope
and new-found faith.
"What we are striving for is to
use the various idiomatic styles
of song writing that we use and
enjoy, and try to synthesize a
vocabulary more-or-Iess of our
own using those instruments
and song styles." which will
forge something that is distinct
ly los I-obos. Berlin says.
"I don’t think any one
characterization of what we do
is an apt description of the
whole.” he adds. “Certain
bands you could get away with
calling themselves a this or that
band, but I don't think that in
many ways Los l.obos is any one
kind of band. We're just an
American rock band."
“Obviously everyone wants
to be rich and successful and
famous, but for me and all of us.
it’s like 1 really can't picture us
to be like U2,“ he says. “I think
for many reasons it's not what
kind of band we are, and I really
don't think that is what kind of
band we strive to be."
The new sounds of Los LoIxjs
stand in contrast to its former
style and mark the growing
diversity of the band.
“(By the Light of the Moon)
vindicates us as far as the
choices we have made.
Stylistically being bold, it is
nice people still want to listen
to us no matter how off the wall
we decide to get,” he says.
In addition, the experience
has given Los Lobos a broader
palate of experiences to draw
from first. “We never really
thought we would get out of
‘Certain bands you could get away
with calling themselves a this or that band,
but I don't think that in many ways Los
Lobos is any one kind of band. We 're just
an American rock band.'
— Steve Berlin
Success has l»een long com
ing for l<os lobos. having been
together for lx»tt«r than 1 :t years.
Berlin says the recent success
has been important, but he sees
it as in no way impeding the
bands musical growth.
"I think it's moot important
for what we are as a I hind to con
tinue to grow musically, to not
get bogged down on one
specific thing but to strive to
take the concept of l.os Uibus
and do those things as fur as we
can." Berlin says.
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