Tijuana No! is a Mexican

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band from

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. The band is considered a punk rock, ska band in Mexico and influenced by The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols and Black Flag. In the beginning their name was Radio Chantaje ''(Blackmail Radio)'', and later they became No, but upon the knowledge of another band called the same, they changed their name to No de Tijuana ''(Not From Tijuana)'', to later just shorten it to Tijuana No!. They were characterized by the social criticism in their lyrics, where they also showed their support to the

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, and made reference in their songs to racial, cultural, international, and governmental problems, like the immigration policies in the

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. In 1991 they recorded their first album under an independent label, and one year later (1992) they released the same album (with some design changes) under Culebra Records (BMG), who gave them international recognition promoting the single ''Pobre de Ti'' ''(Poor You)''. In its early stages they had the participation of Mexican singer

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, who left the band and started a solo career. Luis Güereña, one of the three singers the group died in 2004 due to a

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while he was watching

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at his home in

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. He was discovered by one of his best friends, Paul Thomas, of No Cover Magazine. Thomas tried to revive Güereña to no avail. The group officially disbanded in December 2002, although they have met occasionally to pay tribute to their companion Luis Güereña.

Members

* Luis Güereña - Percussion & vocals (Deceased) * Cecilia Bastida - Keyboards, Vocals * Teca García - Percussion, vocals & flutes * Jorge Velázquez - Bass & backing vocals * Jorge Jiménez - Guitar * Alejandro Zúñiga - Drums * Dardin Coria - Keyboards * Edmundo Arroyo-Saxofon * Julieta Venegas - Vocals, acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard

Discography

* Indefinicion 1990 Demo cassette *NO - ''1991'' (Rock and Roll Circus (Independent Label)) *NO - ''1992'' (Culebra)(BMG). With the participation of Rocco and Sax (

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), Dennis Parker ( Haragan y Compania) and

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