Matando Güeros Explained
Matando Güeros (Killing Blondes) is the debut album by the band Brujeria.[1] [2] "Güero" is a Mexican-Spanish slang term for a blonde or light skinned/haired person. The album talks mostly about controversial topics in Mexico like drug trafficking, satanic rituals, sexuality, migration, illegal border crossing, and Anti-Americanism (like the title song, that talks about a revenge killing-spree against the White Americans that mistreated the indigenous Mexican narrator).
Album information
The front cover depicts a person out of shot holding up a severed head, which was taken from Mexican Shocking and Sensationalistic/Yellow journalistic newspaper ¡Alarma! The album was banned in many places due to its cover and content.[3] This head, nicknamed "Coco Loco", has been taken by the band as a mascot and logo.[3] Track 16 to 19 are taken from the Machetazos single; "Matando Güeros" was on the Gummo soundtrack.
Critical reception
Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture placed the album on its "100 Definitive Metal Albums" list.[4]
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Brujeria. (1993 Roadblock Music ASCAP/Machetazos Music ASCAP)
- "Pura de Venta" – 0:42 ("Pure for Sale")
- "Leyes Narcos" – 1:10 ("Narco Laws")
- "Sacrificio" – 1:16 ("Sacrifice")
- "Santa Lucía" – 0:43 ("Saint Lucia")
- "Matando Güeros" – 2:25 ("Killing Whites")
- "Seis Seis Seis" – 1:19 ("Six Six Six")
- "Cruza la Frontera" – 1:44 ("Cross the Border")
- "Greñudos Locos" – 1:28 ("Long-Haired Maniacs")
- "Chingo de Mecos" – 1:16 ("Fuckload of Cum")
- "Narcos Satánicos" – 1:50 ("Satanic Narcos")
- "Desperado" – 2:42 ("Desperado")
- "Culeros" – 0:52 ("Assholes")
- "Misas Negras (Sacrificio III)" – 1:21 ("Black Masses [Sacrifice III]")
- "Chinga Tu Madre" – 3:11 ("Go Fuck Yourself")
- "Verga del Brujo / Están Chingados" – 3:43 ("Warlock's Cock / You Are Fucked")
- "Molestando Niños Muertos" – 2:57 ("Molesting Dead Children")
- "Machetazos (Sacrificio II)" – 1:27 ("Machete Attack [Sacrifice II]")
- "Castigo del Brujo" – 1:44 ("Punishment of the Warlock")
- "Cristo de la Roca" – 1:13 ("Christ of the Stone")
Personnel
Brujeria
- Juan Brujo - vocals
- Asesino - guitars
- Hongo - guitars, additional bass
- Güero Sin Fe - bass, additional guitars
- Fantasma - additional bass, backing vocals
- Pinche Peach - samples, backing vocals
- Greñudo - drums
Additional personnel
Notes and References
- Web site: Brujeria.
- Web site: Brujeria's Gory Deathgrind Debut Inspired a Generation of Latinx Metalheads. Gary. Suarez. August 22, 2018.
- Web site: Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Home . The Metal Archives . 2012-03-01.
- Book: Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture. August 5, 2009. Hachette Books. 9780786751037. Google Books.
