In Los Mocossos' musical world, rock, Latin, funk and Jamaican ska blend together in a melting pot of sweaty horns, stinging guitars and rock solid funky rhythms. So far, it's a sound too diverse, too tasty for mainstream radio and that's a shame. Check out their newest album American Us for some serious Bay Area flava sung both in English and Spanish.

Rehearsing with a Mackie PPM 808S, Los Mocosos (Spanish for rugrats) achieves a tightness that seems equally tight and dirty funky. El Dulce dije "mooooooooey bwaaano!"

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What can the biggest "Rock En Espanol" band on the planet and Mackie Designs do to put more music in the schools? How about installing a Mackie 32x8 recording console in the Guadalajara, Mexico high school one of Manå graduated from.

¿De veras? Es la verdad amigos!

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If there were an ice cream store serving up the flavors of music coming from the Silicon Valley the menu would have too many listings to fit—even using tiny type. Firme, one of the area's better known bands (along with Smashmouth and the Doobie Brothers) is a good example: Sorta punk, sorta ska, but songs so listenable even radio dares to play them.

Hear this amigos . . . www.purevolume.com/firme

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