There are a lot of old punk bands that are well known, like SS20, KAAOOOSS, SUBTERRANEO, XENOFOBIA,...
I can write about these ones : MASSACRE 68 (http://www.myspace.com/massacre68band) is one of the most well-known bands, they sometimes played but very occasionally, the name came from a year/date when there was a very strong political movement, in which most of the people got involved, including students, and on October the 2nd 1968 a lot of people were killed at a peaceful protest, disappeared, got arrested, tortured by the army and police under the orders of the president, and as always nothing happened. The singer runs a very well know custom clothing for bikers, the original drummer lives in Finland now and he also used to play in HISTERIA. Same as the guitar player that ended up playing or plays in some of the most well known bands over here.
HISTERIA : (http://www.myspace.com/histeriadf) some members later played in MASSACRE 68, this band was from 84. The drummer now lives in Finland, they recorded something more in 98 with the singer of AK47, because the drummer visited Mexico.
ATOXXXICO (http://www.myspace.com/atoxico), featuring also members of MASSACRE 68 and HISTERIA, the drummer now plays in a surf band and is a very famous radio dj, the singer... some years ago the government wanted to start charging money in the biggest university here (it’s like a small city, and it also has a lot of scattered schools through the city and the country) so the students and teachers took hold of the university and stopped all activities ; it became a huge movement, a lot of people ended up in jail and with no possibility to keep studying or working or at least not in a easy way, anyways the singer since he wore dreadlocks and because he used to sing in an anarchist punk band (ATOXXXICO) was the most seen person on Tv at that time.
There’s also ANARCHUS (http://www.myspace.com/anarchusmx), here plays a guy named Miguel who used to play in all these well known bands like HISTERIA, MASSACRE 68, ATOXXXICO, AK 47, and CACOFONIA (http://www.myspace.com/cacofonia). ANARCHUS play grindcore and are still active, they recently toured Japan.
REGENERACION : Hc-punk band who released an Lp, the guy from CRYPTAS RECORDS used to play in the band, they were also around the 90’s.
COPROFILIA : they were a Punk-Hc from the mid-90’s, a band with some ska touches, they released a 7" on PROFANE EXISTENCE and the singer used to distribute that magazine over here, they toured South america and released a Cd featuring the songs they liked the more. The singer died 3 years ago and the other guy formed a band called LOS PESCUEZOS, they released a Cd-r.
AK47 (http://www.myspace.com/dfhcak47) are more NyHc oriented, they’re still active since 1995, featuring members from HISTERIA, MASSACRE 68 and ANARCHUS.
DESPUES DEL ODIO is also an anarchopunk band, very influenced by AUTONOMY (whom they covered), they were active around the 90’s, the drummer edited a zine called ESPERANZA VIVA (living hope), they now live in different countries, there used to be a tape of their recordings.
DESOBEDIENCIA CIVIL (http://www.myspace.com/desobedienci...) were one of the most well known anarchopunk bands from the early 90’s, they released a 7", a split tape with a Brazilian band, and an Lp that you might find in some distros. The band split up and some members now live in the Us, a friend that now lives in the Us is going to release an Lp of a band in which the singers plays, they’re from Minneapolis and called MYTH OF PROGRESS.
A lot of people around here listen to spanish punk because of the language, and the most famous bands here are LA POLLA RECORDS and ESKORBUTO, although they are not a big musical influence.
Now, here is a little report from Mexico city :
Mexico city is one of the most populated cities in the world (almost 9 million inhabitants), but the state of Mexico... there’s like an invisible border between the city and the state so this makes these cities together and this ends up in like 25 million persons so you can imagine it is almost impossible to know all the bands and people involved in it !!
The scene is not too big nor very united, sometimes to see a friend takes you 2 or 3 hours (although this is very normal) so you can understand this situation a bit. There were not too many bands, but now with the internet and the myspace thing, punk is getting more popular, it is also starting to become a fashion.
One of the most active bands is WHAT IF GODS LIE (http://www.myspace.com/whatifgodslie), with members from HOG, very good band, you can get their records trough a lot of distros, honest Hc-crust people who are going to tour Europe in a few months.
INSOLENTES (http://www.myspace.com/insolentes) toured Europe not so long ago and have some split records and a Cd out.
ANTIMASTER (http://www.myspace.com/antimaster), featuring members from HOG/ INSOLENTES/ DESPUE DEL ODIO, play Hc in the Tragedy style, they have a split with another band from the Uk and are going to have a split Lp out soon. The drummer runs a distro label called DOGMA DESTROYER records.
There are more bands but they come as they go, so there’s no recordings at all.
NyHc style
AK 47 : (http://www.myspace.com/dfhcak47) NyHc since 1995.
DESPUES DEL ODIO : (http://www.myspace.com/despuesdelodio) some of the members used/play in ANTIMASTER. Mix of Hc and metal.
UNDERSTAND : (http://www.myspace.com/understandhc).
POR CADA ENEMIGO : (http://www.myspace.com/porcadaenemigo).
TIEMPO DE AFRONTAR : (http://www.myspace.com/xtiempodeafr...).
Grind
Mexican syndicate of grind (http://www.myspace.com/sindicatodelgrind) is a link to all mexican grind bands.
CACOFONIA (http://www.myspace.com/cacofonia) is one of the oldest and one of the most well-known, nowadays they sing about wrestling and that kind of things.
ANARCHUS (http://www.myspace.com/anarchusmx) is the oldest (20 years !) and the best one according to me.
CARNE : (http://www.myspace.com/carnegoregrind) gore grind.
OXIDISED RAZOR : (http://www.myspace.com/oxidisedxrazor) gore grind. The drummer runs CRYPTAS records.
Oi !
NACIDOS DEL ODIO. (http://www.myspace.com/nacidosdelod...) SxE Hc zine run by a krishna guy, it is also a distro and label for this style of music.
Gigs and other towns :
Many of the gigs here are played in these places :
EL CLANDESTINO : (http://www.myspace.com/multiforoelc...) this one have some activities and is run by a punk guy.
(http://www.myspace.com/foroalicia) this is the most well known place for shows but now is getting popular for pop-punk or alternative bands.
The following bands are from other states of Mexico ; I don’t know much about them but they are good bands :
(http://www.myspace.com/massakro) (Tijuana)
(http://www.myspace.com/bumbklaattch...) (Tijuana/California)
(http://www.myspace.com/coaccion) (Tijuana)
(http://www.myspace.com/fallasdelsistema) (Guadalajara)
(http://www.myspace.com/doadancingonashes) (Guadalajara)