Martin Sorrondeguy

Martin Sorrondeguy (born December 3, 1967) is the singer of hardcore bands Los Crudos and Limp Wrist,[1] the founder of the DIY record label, Lengua Armada Discos, documentary film director and a prominent figure in both the straight edge scene and the queercore scene.[2] He currently does vocals in the band Needles.

Martin Sorrondeguy
Martin Sorrondeguy (with microphone) performing with Limp Wrist
Background information
GenresHardcore punk
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, photographer, teacher, visual artist, musician, Maximum Rock n Roll (punkzine), Lengua Armada Discos
InstrumentsVocals, drums
Years active1985-present
LabelsLengua Armada Discos
Associated actsLimp Wrist, Los Crudos, Tragatelo, Needles, N/N, Arma Contra Arma

Biography

Martin Sorrondeguy was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, grew up in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He sang about many issues facing Spanish speaking minorities in the U.S. as the vocalist for Los Crudos.[3] The band recorded in both Spanish and English, releasing many recordings, and toured in South America and Mexico, as well as the U.S. and Canada.[4] Sorrondeguy created the independent record label, Lengua Armada Discos, to release his bands records.[5] While in Los Crudos, Sorrondeguy began making his documentary film Beyond The Screams: A U.S. Latino Hardcore Punk Documentary. The film was released in 2004.[6]

It was during the time he was vocalist for Los Crudos that Sorrondeguy made his sexuality public and began to speak out about it. In 1997, he appeared in Scott Treleaven's documentary film Queercore: A Punk-U-Mentary and spoke about being gay in the hardcore punk scene. In the mid 1990s, Sorrondeguy put together a new band called Limp Wrist, a straight edge queercore band.[7] In 2001, he was featured in the Punk Planet publication We Owe You Nothing. In 2002, he appeared in the "Queer Punk" issue of the long running San Francisco-based punk zine Maximum Rock n Roll speaking with musicians such as Aaron Detroit of The Little Deaths, Cookie Tuff of Subtonix and members of Sta-Prest. In 2006, Limp Wrist toured the U.S. and began recording for a new album, to be released in 2007.

Since the early 2000s, Sorrondeguy has been very active in solo and group photo exhibitions of his photography, which has also been regularly documented in his semi-regular 'zine, Susto. Sorrondeguy has been an occasional guest lecturer on his experiences in Canada, Brazil, Australia and the U.S.[8] Los Crudos continues to tour, embarking on U.S. and Scandinavian dates in 2016.

Discography

for discographies see:

Films
  • Queercore:A Punk-U-Mentary, directed by Scott Treleaven (1997)
  • Beyond The Screams: A U.S. Latino Hardcore Punk Documentary directed by Martin Sorrondeguy (1999)

References
  1. Jesse Doris. "Queercore Veteran Scott Moore on How Gay Punk Has Changed". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  2. Sam Lefebvre. "Martin Sorrondeguy on Los Crudos' Reissues and Latino Punk History". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  3. Stavans, Ilan (29 July 2014). Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes [2 volumes]. p. 626. ISBN 9780313343964. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. "El Andar: SUMMER 2005". Elandar.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. O'Connor, Alan (1997). Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy: The Emergence of DIY. Vol. 12. p. 91. ISBN 9780739126608. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. "Video Data Bank". Vdb.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. Johnson, Gaye Theresa (February 15, 2013). Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement in Los Angeles. p. 146. ISBN 9780520275287. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. Sorrondeguy, Martin. "Artistic record". Martinsorrondeguy.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
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