Internal Exile (Los Illegals album)

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Internal Exile
Studio album by
Released1983
Genre Punk rock, new wave
Label A&M
Los Illegals chronology
Internal Exile
(1983)
Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals
(1997)

Internal Exile is the first album by the Los Angeles Chicano punk band Los Illegals. The songs on the album deal with issues such as immigration, poverty, street gangs, violence, and alienation. The band toured to promote the album, and began to record tracks for their second album entitled "Burning Youth." The second album was not released because of differences with their label, A&M, and the album was never released. [1]

Contents

Singles

One single was released from the album, El Lay, in 1981. It was written by Willie Herrón and his artist friend and Gronk. It describes the trials and tribulations of a Mexican-American life in Los Angeles.

Track listing

  1. A1 - El Lay [2]
  2. A2 - Secret Society
  3. A3 - We Don't Need A Tan
  4. A4 - Guinea Pigs
  5. A5 - The Maze
  6. A6 - Rampage
  7. B1 - Maybe
  8. B2 - The Mall
  9. B3 - Wake Up John
  10. B4 - Search And Seizure
  11. B5 - Not Another Homicide
  12. B6 - A-95

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References

  1. "Los Illegals: Pachuco Punk Rockers of the 80s".
  2. "Punx4Life: Los Illegals- Internal Exile". Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-22.