Demolición!

LOS SAICOS - Wild Teen Punk From Peru, 1965

Such. Jaw-droppingly. Astounding. Savagery! Los Saicos did not so much play their instruments as they attacked 'em, spewing Dick Dale-esque, bloody-knuckled, double-picked riffing coated with echoplex abuse and the slashing chords of punk topped off with truly otherworldly vox courtesy of Erwin Flores (who admitted being influenced by Paul Anka of all people!!). What's even more mind-melting is that a band with such a fearsome croak were so revered in their time, that in their home province of Lima, Peru, they had their own TV show, and were recently given a commemoration (2005). We obviously have a lot to learn, huh?

Formed in '64 by the aforementioned shouter Flores, Rolando Carpio (lead guitar), César "Papi" Castrillón (bass) and drummer Pancho Guevara, they originally called themselves "Los Sádicos" (The Sadists), but public outcry forced 'em to drop a letter, and revert to using English pronunciation, becoming good-ole-fashioned "psychos". They released six singles during their brief existence (all collected here), all released on the tiny DisPerú label. There's an intangible vibe of evil (not that I believe in such simplistic concepts, but it'll hafta do) lurking in the seemingly benign refrain, TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-YA-YA-YA from their mucho classico "Demolición"-- as far as their contemporaries go, it even beats down the likes of the Sonics with its unrestrained malice.

Look in the comments, dumbass.

Master axeslinger Rolando Carpio sadly passed away in 2005. This post is dedicated to him. RIP.