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Based in Logan Heights, Beach Goons is headed by Pablo Cervantez. A debut album, Boisad, was released in 2015. The band performs songs in both English and Spanish.
“If I have to call it something,” says Cervantez, “I’d like to call it Pachuco music. That was Mexican slang that used to be mean bad-ass, punk, hood-rat… I was born and raised in Logan Heights surrounded by Chicano/Mexican culture. I really want to emphasize this was our upbringing and this is who we are.”
In 2018, the band signed with Encinitas-based GRNDVW records, run by Pat Magnarella, longtime manager of Green Day and Weezer. Their subsequent album Hoodratscumbags was partially recorded at XYZ Audio in La Mesa and Rarified Recording in North Park.