Los Nakos
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About the artist
Los Nakos were a Mexican protest and satirical folk group formed out of the 1968 Mexican student movement, whose members over the years included Ismael 'Maylo' Colmenares on guitar and vocals, the singer Mayra Cebreros, Jorge Silva on percussion and Francisco Barrios 'El Mastuerzo'. They specialised in political parody - their 'La balada del granadero' reworked José Guardiola's 'La balada del vagabundo' against the riot police - and recorded from their self-titled 1976 debut through 'La Lengua' (1980) and 'Va Por Chiapas' (1998). "Viet-Nam" belongs to this body of politically engaged…