A good day for the "Mexican Ramones"

A warm, sunny day like today makes me think of the band they called the "MEXICAN RAMONES."
THE ZEROS were one of the leading lights of the EARLY SOCAL PUNK SCENE, forming at a high school in Chula Vista, Calif., just outside San Diego.
The band featured Javier Escovedo (younger brother of Nuns/Rank and File/solo artist Alejandro Escovedo) on vocals/guitar and Robert Lopez (later known as EL VEZ, "The Mexican Elvis") on guitar, Hector Penalosa, bass, and Baba Chenelle, drums.
The Zeros played Los Angeles throughout 1977 with contemporaries the Germs and The Weirdos.
The band's classic first single, "Wimp" b/w "Don't Push Me Around," was released in 1977 on Bomp Records.
Click here for a look at an early appearance of The Zeros on a San Diego television station. The video quality lags at times, but I love the "aw shucks" feeling about this hard-rocking band.