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Artist
El Grupo Sexo
5+ albums
funkrock
about
Ha-ha bands usually suck, probably because they go for the yucks only because they’re too scared or talentless to put any real emotion into their music. That wasn’t El Grupo Sexo, who in the ’80s viciously satirized OC life, but also offered something better in their rampaging funk/metal/free-jazz music. Their standout show may have been at Safari Sam’s, opening for England’s pretentious, besotted critical darlings the Jesus and Mary Chain. Bob Hilburn was there to drizzle praise upon the Limey annoyances, but first they had to endure Sexo lambasting them mercilessly, while the band’s horn-powered funk roiled like a portable riot. The whole scene was too good to last: Sam’s was shut by the cops; Sexo dissolved in a fractious mess; and OC became a much less fun and free place to be. (Description provided by the "Orange County Weekly") User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.