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dablink|This article relates to the band. For its self-titled album, see Cruzados (album) .Infobox musical artist| name = Cruzados| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California , United States|USA | genre = Rock music|Rock , Chicano rock | years_active = 1984–1988| label = Arista Records|Arista | website =| associated_acts = The Plugz , Tito & Tarantula , The JuJu Hounds, The Psychotic Aztecs| past_members = Tito Larriva Charlie Quintana|Chalo Quintana Steven Hufsteter Marshall Rohner Tony MarsicoThe Cruzados were a 1980s rock (music)|rock band from Los Angeles, California . The Cruzados evolved out of the Punk rock|punk band The Plugz ; Tito Larriva , Steven Hufsteter , Charlie Quintana|Chalo Quintana and Tony Marsico .
Formation and success
The Cruzados were formed in 1984 by the 3rd incarnation of the The Plugz|Plugz , members Tito Larriva , Steven Hufsteter , Charlie Quintana|Chalo Quintana and Tony Marsico . They were picked as "the next big thing" by both their musical peers and music critics, they received praise from the likes of Bob Dylan , John Fogerty , David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne , Brian Setzer , and Billy Joel . The Cruzados would record three albums for Arista Records but only two would be released, Cruzados (album)|Cruzados and After Dark (Cruzados album)|After Dark http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488644/bio Tito Larriva - Biography., the group disbanded in 1990. The Cruzados also performed the song Don't Throw Stones at the beginning of the 1989 movie Roadhouse.
Cruzados
The band's Cruzados (album)|self-titled album was released in 1985.
After Dark
Following the release of the Cruzados (album)|Cruzados , Hufsteter left the band. He was replaced by Dino's Revenge guitarist Marshall Rohner cite web |url= http://www.stevenameche.com/dino.html |title= Dino's Revenge - Hollywood Fats & Marshall Rohner|accessdate=2011-04-15 |work=Steven Ameche |date=2011-04-15 , who would record on the second album After Dark (Cruzados album)|After Dark , released in 1987.
Disbandment
The band recorded one more album for Arista records that was never released (no title).The Cruzados went through many line up changes but the band finally fizzled out by 1990. Little is known about the reasons why they split up, but Larriva says,
"The Cruzados started at the tail end of the punk scene, the way I see it, we were punk rockers at heart and in true punk rock fashion we said fuck you to the punk establishment because for us it was over. We changed our name from The Plugz|Plugz to the Cruzados and went in a totally different musical direction. I felt we were on to something but like most bands in the mid 80's, coke and too much fun cut the ride short".
Life after The Cruzados
After the band broke up, Tito Larriva|Larriva started his current band Tito & Tarantula Known for their appearance in the 1995 cult classic "From Dusk Till Dawn" written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Robert Rodriquez From Dusk Till Dawn soundtrack. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488644/bio Tito Larriva - Biography
Steven Hufsteter went on to form his own band in 1985 called Shrine which was the reason he left the Cruzados. He recently started playing with Tito again in Tito & Tarantula .
In 1991, Charlie Quintana|Quintana became the drummer for Izzy Stradlin|Izzy Stradlin & the JuJu Hounds and is currently the drummer for Social Distortion and Mike Ness's solo touring band. Marsico became bassist for MatthewSweet in 1993 until present and recorded sessions with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Roger Daltrey and Marianne Faithfull , among others, Marshall Rohner|Rohner became a guitarist for the band T.S.O.L. but died in October 2005 of AIDS -related causes.
Covers
Jenny Morris (musician)|Jenny Morris included a cover of the Cruzados song Rising Sun on her 1987 album, Body and Soul (Jenny Morris album)|Body and Soul .
Personnel
1984-1987 Original line-up
Tito Larriva - rhythm guitar , lead vocals
Charlie Quintana|Chalo Quintana - drum kit|drums , percussion instrument|percussion
Steven Hufsteter - lead guitar
Tony Marsico - bass guitar|bass , backing vocals
1987-1988 Members at the dissolution of the band
Tito Larriva - rhythm guitar , lead vocals
Charlie Quintana|Chalo Quintana - drum kit|drums , percussion instrument|percussion
Tony Marsico - bass guitar|bass , backing vocals
Marshall Rohner - lead guitar , vocals|backing vocals
