Los Lobos ("The Wolves") are an American Chicano rock band. They are 3-time Grammy Award winners. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B;, blues and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños.
Los Lobos released an independent LP in 1978 and an EP in 1983. Their first major-label, critically acclaimed release was 1984's T-Bone Burnett-produced How Will the Wolf Survive? In 1986, membe...
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Los Lobos ("The Wolves") are an American Chicano rock band. They are 3-time Grammy Award winners. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B;, blues and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños.
Los Lobos released an independent LP in 1978 and an EP in 1983. Their first major-label, critically acclaimed release was 1984's T-Bone Burnett-produced How Will the Wolf Survive? In 1986, members of Los Lobos appeared alongside Tomata du Plenty in the punk rock musical Population: 1. In 1987, they released a second album entitled By the Light of the Moon. In the same year, they recorded some Ritchie Valens covers for the soundtrack to the film La Bamba, including the title track which became a number one single for the band. In 1988 they followed with another album, titled La Pistola y El Corazón and featuring original and traditional Mexican songs, which sold poorly.
The band's first noteworthy public appearance occurred in 1980 at...
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