Question for Lou: I know you've been living in Africa and doing missionary work. How did that come about, and what's been your personal journey since those days in Brooklyn? Lou: Believe it or not, my intro to "religion," and the whole Jesus thing, was from the Twins. I knew their mom was a "holy roller" and I would ask them questions about it.
I didn't really grow up in church, but we would be drinking, and they would be getting high. They shared with me everything their mother had taught them. I felt that what I was hearing was the truth, but I didn't want to give up the skinhead lifestyle. All of it came back to me six years later, when the whole crew was gone, and I felt like I was the only one left. The police were looking for me. I was depressed and purposeless and felt like the family I had on the streets had betrayed me. That's when I gave my life over to Christ, not in some weird, loud, "holy roller" church, but in the privacy of my own living room.
I think because of my time on the streets, I can sort of identify with the street kids that we work with.
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Sometimes we feel like no one gets us or cares. I can definitely go into those dark situations in the streets and let the kids know that someone does care. Jorge and Minus, are you still living in Brooklyn, and what have you been up to lately? Jorge: Yes, I'm still in Brooklyn. I was born and raised here, and it's fucking hard leaving this place. I have a lot of history here; great friends, family, memories, etc. I'm a father with two great kids who are both into punk rock, hardcore, and all that stuff. My boy, Devin, is a die-hard punk.
I love them so much. I went to see the Misfits with my boy. He had a blast and took pics with them for his birthday. I'm working on some artwork and my brotherhood, the Babas Social Club. That's about it, besides singing in Merauder, and doing other music. Minus: I'm a union bricklayer and do waterproofing. I'm living in Boston. I love riding and enjoying the road and working on the new band, Minus1. Minus: I've been in contact with a few. Big Rich is doing the family thing. SOB R. Karate Chris and Ray I haven't talked to. We're just getting old, family, kids, bills, headaches, and college payments.
I love them the same today as I did back then. They are always my family. Not sure where a lot of them are these days. But I think of them often. Jorge: Damn, I wish I knew! It would be great to see them all again. Oh, shit, I forgot I had Lou the Jew's number [laughs].
I know "Lusty" Lou is reborn Christian. I guess all of the violence got to him, but good for him as long as he's happy. I'm still in touch with Richie. He's doing his thing. He's a dad and rides for a close friend of mine's motorcycle club. Minus is in Boston, I think. I hope all is well with him. That's all I know [laughs]. He passed away some years back, but SOB was such an integral part of the crew. Can you share any stories from his younger years? Minus: SOB opened up the doors to the punk, hardcore, and skinhead world to me. He is, and will always be, Merauder, no matter what anyone has to say.
Merauder wouldn't be if it wasn't for him. That name rose from the back room of his house in Sunset.
Like a true brother, I love and hate him at the same time. I just wish he was here so I could tell him myself. So fuck anyone that has had anything to say about him and his passing into a new world.
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Lou: The first time he smoked a cigarette was on 36th St. He took a nice long puff, got dizzy, and fell over the bannister right into the basement entrance of the house we were chilling at [laughs]. Another time, we were walking to Sunset after a L'Amour show, and he decided he was gonna roll a green garbage container down a quiet block.
It wound up crashing into a parked car. We all ran, laughing out of our minds. SOB was just crazy like that. Lou: Well, we thought the Sunset Crew were the first Latinos on the scene, but your article proved different. Because we were from Sunset and grew up in the shadow of the gangs, we felt like we had to prove ourselves, and I think to some extent we did. But I think back on some of those incidences and realize I was a coward.
The brotherhood part of it I will never forget. Those guys always had my back and I always had theirs. But I think there comes a time when you realize that actually the whole world isn't out to get you. Does that make sense? Jorge: Shit, bro, we were the ones that put in most of the work. A lot of them were for the scene, and a lot weren't [laughs]. But I don't give a fuck what anyone says. A lot of Nazi dudes hung out when I first came around, and I couldn't understand it, nor did my boys.
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Whether they weren't doing anything or not, it didn't matter. They didn't belong here, especially in hardcore. Whether motherfuckers liked us or not, they showed respect. We made them Nazi skinheads look like baby shit compared to us. Not that it's a good thing [laughs]. But give us our spot. I got it when I was in DMS, in a hardcore documentary. Before anything else, there was the Sunset Skins.
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Damn right we belong in it! We're still here doing our thing. We're still involved, passing down stories, knowledge, and traditions to the younger kids still putting out music. We've done some real shit. Merauder created one of the genres of music that's big right now.
I never thought in a million years that I'd be in a touring band that is known and respected by new and older bands. But I also didn't know I was going to get fucked by the music industry. I should have seen that coming [laughs].
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Minus: With no ego whatsoever, Sunset was the pioneer to the skinhead movement for a lot of Boricuas in the New York scene. Not saying we were the first, but we made you aware. All rights reserved. Create a new password. Almost Done! It's Your Birthday! Send me a special email on my birthday.