Martin Sorrondeguy (born December 3, 1967) is the singer of hardcore
bands Los Crudos and Limp Wrist, 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. He currently
does vocals in the band Needles.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. 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. At the same time, Sorrondeguy
started his independent record label, Lengua Armada Discos. 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.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 2000s, Sorrondeguy put together a new band called
Limp Wrist, a straight edge queercore band. 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. Los Crudos continues to tour, embarking on U.S.
and Scandinavian dates in 2016.
bands Los Crudos and Limp Wrist, 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. He currently
does vocals in the band Needles.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. 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. At the same time, Sorrondeguy
started his independent record label, Lengua Armada Discos. 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.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 2000s, Sorrondeguy put together a new band called
Limp Wrist, a straight edge queercore band. 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. Los Crudos continues to tour, embarking on U.S.
and Scandinavian dates in 2016.
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