An Artist

                                                                                             Hello!

Today I'm going to write about Alvaro Peña-Rojas. Is a chilean musician known as "the first punk of Chile" he is vegetarian since 70's and lead a drug free lifestyle (a style of life known as straight edge in the hardcore punk scene). Alvaro Peña after the coup d'état of 1973, settled in London where he met Joe Strummer. That's when they form the band called The 101'ers with Simon Cassell and Patrick Nother. The style of Peña is fantastic, he plays the piano very well and their songs are full of humor, sarcasm and poetry. Alvaro influenced Joe Strummer with ideas on political issues, where they will be portrayed in the album Sandinista! of The Clash especially with the song Washington Bullets. The first time I listened his songs was some years ago when I was browsing on YouTube, the album "Drinkin' my own sperm" blew my head.

Here is the album, listen to it or die.