Monday, June 1, 2015

Cholo Goth

So recently I found out about this really cool band called "PRAYERS". It's a two man synth pop band with one guy making the beats and the main guy on the vocals. If you didn't see what the guys looked like, you'd think it was just a normal synth pop band, but after looking into the image of the group, my interest in them rose a ton. Their persona can be described in the phrase "cholo goth". Both of the members are illegal immigrants from Mexico who came to the U.S. and ended up joining gangs. As they grew up, they were interested in things of gothic culture, like the music, clothes, etc, but they were constantly bullied because of this. The vocalist says in a documentary Noisey did on the duo, "I didn't fit in with the cholos because I'm goth, and I didn't fit in with goths because I'm a cholo." They're a pretty interesting band. Here are links to the documentary on them and my favorite song they made.

Noisey  documentary on PRAYERS
https://youtu.be/HQjtFc8sNtI

PRAYERS - From Dog To God
https://youtu.be/qVvabsXFT7w

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