''Matando Güeros'' (Killing Whites) is the debut album by the band
Brujeria. "Güero" is a
Mexican-Spanish slang term for a blonde or light skinned/haired person. The album talks mostly about controversial topics in Mexico like
drug trafficking
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,
satanic rituals,
sexuality
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, migration, illegal
border crossing
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, and
Anti-Americanism
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(like the title song, that talks about a revenge killing-spree against the
White Americans
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that mistreated the indigenous Mexican narrator).
Album information
The front cover depicts a person out of shot holding up a severed head, which was taken from Mexican Shocking and Sensationalistic/
Yellow journalistic newspaper ''¡Peligro!'' The album was banned in many places due to its cover and content.
This head, nicknamed "Coco Loco", has been taken by the band as a mascot and logo.
Track 16 to 19 are taken from the ''Machetazos'' single; "Matando Güeros" was on the ''
Gummo
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'' soundtrack.
Critical reception
''Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture'' placed the album on its "100 Definitive Metal Albums" list.
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Brujeria. (1993 Roadblock Music
ASCAP
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/Machetazos Music ASCAP)
# "Pura de Venta" – 0:42 ("Pure for Sale")
# "Leyes Narcos" – 1:10 ("Narco Laws")
# "Sacrificio" – 1:16 ("Sacrifice")
# "Santa Lucía" – 0:43 ("Saint Lucia")
# "Matando Güeros" – 2:25 ("Killing Whites")
# "Seis Seis Seis" – 1:19 ("Six Six Six")
# "Cruza la Frontera" – 1:44 ("Cross the Border")
# "Greñudos Locos" – 1:28 ("Long-Haired Maniacs")
# "Chingo de Mecos" – 1:16 ("Fuckload of Cum")
# "Narcos Satánicos" – 1:50 ("Satanic Narcos")
# "Desperado" – 2:42 ("Desperado")
# "Culeros" – 0:52 ("Assholes")
# "Misas Negras (Sacrificio III)" – 1:21 ("Black Masses
acrifice III)
# "Chinga Tu Madre" – 3:11 ("Go Fuck Yourself")
# "Verga del Brujo / Están Chingados" – 3:43 ("Warlock's Cock / You Are Fucked")
# "Molestando Niños Muertos" – 2:57 ("Molesting Dead Children")
# "Machetazos (Sacrificio II)" – 1:27 ("Machete Attack
acrifice II)
# "Castigo del Brujo" – 1:44 ("Punishment of the Warlock")
# "Cristo de la Roca" – 1:14 ("Christ of the Stone")
Personnel
Brujeria
* Juan Brujo - vocals
*
Asesino - guitars
*
Hongo - guitars, additional bass
*
Güero Sin Fe - bass, additional guitars
*
Fantasma - additional bass, backing vocals
* Pinche Peach - samples, backing vocals
*
Greñudo - drums
Additional personnel
* Hozicon Jr. - direction
References
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Brujeria (band) albums
1993 debut albums
Roadrunner Records albums
Obscenity controversies in music