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Studio discography of this band formed in the year 1984 in Colonia San Felipe in Mexico DF. After a couple of live demos in their early years, it was not until 89 that they recorded their FÚNEBRE album that only saw the light on cassette. Previously they were part of the mythical compilation and first of Mexican punk ROCK NACIONAL VOLUMEN II: SÓLO PARA PUNKS published in the year 87 with 2 songs also included in this album.
Our take: Fuego a las Fronteras brings us another high-quality reissue of vintage Mexican punk, this time a studio recordings discography from Desorden Publico. I’d never heard of Desorden Publico before this release. They never released their own vinyl before now, but they put out the Fúnebre cassette full-length (recorded in 1991, but released in 1994) and appeared on the Rock Nacional Volumen II: Sólo Para Punks compilation LP in 1987, both of which are included on this LP collection. If you have a taste for the raw and wild 80s Mexican punk sound, you’ll love Desorden Publico, as they have a similarly frantic sound to better-known bands like Xenofobia and Massacre 68. The sound on their Fúnebre tape is a little more metallic than those bands; the booklet mentions that there were death and speed metal influences creeping into the band’s music by this time, and while you can hear this on a few tracks (like “Campos de Exterminio”), Desorden Publico’s focus was ripping fast hardcore that reminds me of faster Discharge-influenced bands like Shitlickers and Varukers. As with Fuego a las Fronteras’s Xenofobia reissue, you also get a big full-color booklet telling the band’s story in English and Spanish and presenting a wealth of archival material that gives us a much-needed window into Mexico’s unique punk scene. One of my favorite parts of the booklet is where they reproduce j-cards from the bootleg Desorden Publico tapes that circulated and kept the band’s name alive through the years.
Our take: Fuego a las Fronteras brings us another high-quality reissue of vintage Mexican punk, this time a studio recordings discography from Desorden Publico. I’d never heard of Desorden Publico before this release. They never released their own vinyl before now, but they put out the Fúnebre cassette full-length (recorded in 1991, but released in 1994) and appeared on the Rock Nacional Volumen II: Sólo Para Punks compilation LP in 1987, both of which are included on this LP collection. If you have a taste for the raw and wild 80s Mexican punk sound, you’ll love Desorden Publico, as they have a similarly frantic sound to better-known bands like Xenofobia and Massacre 68. The sound on their Fúnebre tape is a little more metallic than those bands; the booklet mentions that there were death and speed metal influences creeping into the band’s music by this time, and while you can hear this on a few tracks (like “Campos de Exterminio”), Desorden Publico’s focus was ripping fast hardcore that reminds me of faster Discharge-influenced bands like Shitlickers and Varukers. As with Fuego a las Fronteras’s Xenofobia reissue, you also get a big full-color booklet telling the band’s story in English and Spanish and presenting a wealth of archival material that gives us a much-needed window into Mexico’s unique punk scene. One of my favorite parts of the booklet is where they reproduce j-cards from the bootleg Desorden Publico tapes that circulated and kept the band’s name alive through the years.