The Plugz

Most folks are familiar with The Plugz (also called Los Plugz) from what was arguably one of the best punk soundtracks ever produced: Repo Man.

On it, they perform El Clavo y La Cruz, a very original melding of ranchero and punk and a Spanish version of Secret Agent Man titled El Hombre Secreto, which I think is better than the original.

The Plugz were one of the original 70s Chicano punk groups and are acknowledged as having started the DIY movement for the Los Angeles punk scene.

They were around for about six years, reforming as Los Cruzados in the early 80s. Musically, the Plugz's lead singer Tito Larriva is the frontman for Tito & Tarantula and Psychotic Aztec. He played Hammy on The Pee-Wee Herman Show and Ramon in Talking Heads' film True Stories. He also has been in just about every Robert Rodriguez film.

1979's "Electrify Me" was The Plugz first full length album, self-released on vinyl under their now defunct independent label Fatima. Restless Records reissued this album on CD in the 90s, but they are now sold out and commanding utterly ridiculous prices (e.g., the cheapest copy available on Amazon is $198.99).

An interesting tidbit on this album is their drummer was only 14 years old when The Plugz were formed and was only 16 years old at the recording of "Electrify Me."
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