The Mariachi-Rock Genre

The brand-new Berlin-based 7-piece rock band brings back to life a long-forgotten concept once made successful by Tarantino and Rodríguez: Mexican music and rock.

With the frontman’s music background both as a mariachi and rock singer, Daniel Tejeda portrays his powerful and versatile voice through his whole range from full-chest notes to screaming in high-pitched deeppurplesque rock falsetto and authentic mariachi yells, all summed up: the band has a very unique sound to offer.

Mashing-up elements of mexican boleros, huapangos, and salsas and turning them into badass classic-rock pieces; taking what would be string arrangements and turning them into blaring electric guitar and synth lines, yet keeping the sound of two-harmonied trumpets which is essential for that incomparable mexican flavor, their songs are both catchy and musically rich.

Re-designing the traditional mariachi costume, they wear black jeans and leader vests instead of suits, with original charro botonaduras (silver horsemen buttonry), sombreros, boots and a half-face-painted Día de Muertos make-up.

From the point of view of a half-dead Mariachi Bastard, their lyrics reflect our modern society in which good music is rare and even the dead are governed by our social stigmas.

The Mariachi Bastards are here to show the world the true meaning of Mariachi Rock.