Vocals - Edward Escoto
Guitars - Esteban Yanez
Bass - Martin Valenzuela
Drums - Louie Villareal
Influences
Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys,Black Flag,Minor Threat,Sick of it all,Pennywise
Sounds Like
Discography
East Los Presents '97 - Epitaph Records
Why Are We Destroying Ourselves? '98 - Epitaph Records
Youth, Betrayal and the Awakening '00 - Epitaph Records
Symptoms of Humanity '03 - Disaster Records
Union 13 is a hardcore punk band from East Los Angeles, California, USA who have, to date, released four full length albums – three on Epitaph Records and one on Disaster Records.
Their music is fast and furious – incorporating elements of their Mexican-Central-American upbringing into the music as well as occasionally singing the odd song on all their albums in Spanish.
Pre-recording history
The band had made a name for themselves by playing backyard parties in their East Los Angeles locality until one day, Brett Gurewitz, owner of the Epitaph Records label, turned up at one of their performances and persuaded them to record a demo at his Westbeach Recorders studio in Hollywood.
Rancid duo, Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen, were suitably impressed with the demo and were keen to produce the band's first album. They duly entered the studio and officially signed to Epitaph Records.
The Epitaph Years
The first album was entitled East Los Presents..., and was by Epitaph Records released in July, 1997.
At that time, the band consisted of Edward Escoto on vocals, José Mercado and Ben Sandoval on guitars, Jerry Navarro on bass, and Louie Villareal on drums.
This line-up remained the same when they entered the G-Son studio in June 1998 and recorded the album Why Are We Destroying Ourselves?. This was released in October, 1998.
By the time the band came to record their third album, Youth, Betrayal and the Awakening, the line-up had been cut in half. Sandoval and Navarro left the band and it was down to José Mercado to do the job of two guitarists and bass player. They returned to the Westbeach Recorders studio with Donnell Cameron in the producer's chair. The album was released in September, 2000.
The band immediately set about writing new material after touring, but another problem struck. This time Edward Escoto exited the band, effectively leaving the band with only two founding members – Mercado and Villareal.
Disaster Records
Finally, in 2003, their next album, Symptoms of Humanity, was released on Disaster Records. Mercado and Villareal shared vocal duties, and they were joined by Rudy Ramos on bass.
They toured extensively with the likes of The Bouncing Souls, U.S. Bombs, H2O, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Subhumans, Dead Kennedys, Pennywise, Maldita Vecindad, 2 Minutos and NOFX. Union 13 Original 3 Regroup and there are working on a new record for 2009
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Hey compadre queremos reeditar todo el material de audio y de visual (posters, tickets) que hizo esta divertida banda de Punk-Oi!-Hardcore entre 1987 y 1999. Si tienes algo por ahí y nos lo puedes mandar. Los mismísimos TOY DOLLS !!!
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