Martin Sorrondeguy (born December 3, 1967) is the singer of American

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bands

Los Crudos Los Crudos is an American hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois active from 1991 to 1998 and from 2006 onward. Comprising all Latino members, the band paved the way for later Spanish-speaking punk bands in the United States and helped to ...

and

Limp Wrist Limp Wrist is an American punk rock band, who formed in 1998. Featuring members of Los Crudos, Hail Mary, Devoid of Faith, By the Throat, and Kill the Man Who Questions, the band plays short, fast hardcore music, and covers themes concerning t ...

, the founder of the

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record label

Lengua Armada Discos Lengua Armada Discos is an American punk and hardcore independent record label run by Limp Wrist/Los Crudos frontman and prominent figure in both the straight edge scene and the queercore scene, Martin Sorrondeguy. It features such bands as ...

, and a prominent figure in both the straight edge scene and the

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scene. He currently does vocals in the band Needles.

Biography

Martin Sorrondeguy was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and grew up in

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, United States. He sang about many issues facing Spanish speaking minorities in the U.S. as the vocalist for

. The band recorded in both Spanish and English, releasing many recordings, and toured in South America and Mexico, as well as the U.S. and Canada. Sorrondeguy created the independent record label Lengua Armada Discos to release his bands records. While in Los Crudos, Sorrondeguy began making his documentary film ''Beyond The Screams: A U.S. Latino Hardcore Punk Documentary''. The film was released in 2004. It was during the time he was vocalist for Los Crudos that Sorrondeguy made his sexuality public and began to speak out about it. In 1997, he appeared in

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's documentary film ''Queercore: A Punk-U-Mentary'' and spoke about being gay in the hardcore punk scene. In the mid 1990s, Sorrondeguy put together a new band called Limp Wrist, a straight edge

band. In 2001, he was featured in the ''

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'' publication ''We Owe You Nothing''. In 2002, he appeared in the "Queer Punk" issue of the long running

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-based punk

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'' speaking with musicians such as Aaron Detroit of The Little Deaths, Cookie Tuff of Subtonix and members of Sta-Prest. In 2006, Limp Wrist toured the U.S. and began recording for a new album, to be released in 2007. Since the early 2000s, Sorrondeguy has been very active in solo and group photo exhibitions of his photography, which has also been regularly documented in his semi-regular 'zine, Susto. Sorrondeguy has been an occasional guest lecturer on his experiences in Canada, Brazil, Australia and the U.S. Los Crudos continues to tour, embarking on U.S. and Scandinavian dates in 2016.

Discography

''for discographies see:'' *

Films

*''Queercore: A Punk-U-Mentary'', directed by

(1997) *''Beyond the Screams: A U.S. Latino Hardcore Punk Documentary'' directed by Martin Sorrondeguy (1999)

References

External links

Martin Sorrondeguy BioMartin Sorondeguy profiled in OC Weekly ''Beyond The Screams''
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