Ha-ha bands usually suck, probably because they go for the yucks only because they’re too scared or talentless to put any real emotion into their music. That wasn’t El Grupo Sexo, who in the ’80s viciously satirized OC life, but also offered something better in their rampaging funk/metal/free-jazz music. Their standout show may have been at Safari Sam’s, opening for England’s pretentious, besotted critical darlings the Jesus and Mary Chain.
These are photos from concerts where El Grupo Sexo played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
El Grupo Sexo / Clapping Fish Aug 14, 1986 Huntington Beach, California, United States Uploaded by Gfuhrer
El Grupo Sexo / Hard as Nails/Cheap as Dirt Jul 11, 1986 Huntington Beach, California, United States Uploaded by Gfuhrer
El Grupo Sexo Jul 4, 1986 Huntington Beach, California, United States Uploaded by Gfuhrer
El Grupo Sexo / A Noise Agency / Pete The Bartender May 5, 1986 Huntington Beach, California, United States Uploaded by Gfuhrer
The Final Tourguides / Screamin' Sirens / El Grupo Sexo Mar 23, 1986 Huntington Beach, California, United States Uploaded by Gfuhrer
El Grupo Sexo / Screamin' Sirens Mar 7, 1986 Huntington Beach, California, United States Uploaded by Gfuhrer
Raw Material / Screamin' Sirens / El Grupo Sexo Feb 14, 1986 Huntington Beach, California, United States Uploaded by Gfuhrer
El Grupo Sexo / Intra Muros Feb 13, 1986 Huntington Beach, California, United States Uploaded by Gfuhrer
